Tag: GPS
Comtech Investor Sends Board of Directors Brutal Letter
A shareholder of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. says the location company has been undervalued in public markets because of “poor corporate governance, a history...
FCC Commissioners Say Wireless Carriers Got Over on 911 Location Requirements
Rather Than Requiring Carriers to Certify This Year, FCC Kicks the Can Down the Road
FCC Commissioners Brendan Carr and Nathan Simington say that a deal the agency cut with...
AWS Announces Availability of Amazon Location Service
(Photo: Amazon)
Online Giant Says Location Service Costs Less Than Leading LBS Companies' Offerings.
Amazon Web Services announced the general availability of its Amazon Location...
oneNav Grabs $21 Million in Funding, Launches L5 GNSS Receiver
Startup Takes in $33 Million Total Funding
Palo Alto, Calif.-based oneNav last week said it had closed a $21 million Series B round, led by GV, with...
Accel-KKR Buys GPS Insight
Private equity firm Accel-KKR has acquired fleet management software company GPS Insight, a fleet management software leader. Founded in 2005, Scottsdale, Ariz.-based GPS Insight...
Questions and Answers with Steve Poizner
LBN: You've assembled an impressive team with experience at most of largest location companies. Was that one of the goals when you started oneNav?
SP: ...
Airbus, Orange and Geoflex Partnering on Location Services
Prototype Focusing on Ride-Hailing Markets
Airbus Intelligence, Orange Business Services and Geoflex are working on a prototype to deliver a mix of telecom and cloud services that rely on GPS/GNSS...
Softbank SPAC in Talks To Take Mapbox Public
Deal Could Be Worth $2 Billion
Mapbox is in discussions to go public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that will be backed by SoftBank Group...
T-Mobile Launches SyncUP Tracker
Saying the average American spends 2.5 days a year looking for lost itmes work $2.7 billion, T-Mobile rolled out its SyncUP Tracker, which is available...
Mapbox To Go Into 900,000 GM Vehicles
Maps+ To Be Installed In Vehicles That Did Not Have Built-in Navigation
By Kevin Dennehy
General Motors is launching an in-vehicle, app-based navigation service with Mapbox to install...