Tag: GPS
Webfleet Partners With TomTom
Bridgestone’s Webfleet Solutions subsidiary has partnered with TomTom to launch the WEBFLEET Work App and TomTom GO Fleet App for the fleet market.
WEBFLEET Work App works with Android mobile devices to allow fleet...
Geotab Provides Fleet Management for BAS
Geotab has announced it is providing a fleet management platform for British Antarctic Survey (BAS), which operates in the world’s polar regions. This month, Geotab is providing...
Conferences Combine For Geo Week
DENVER—The worldwide pandemic has significantly reduced the size of trade shows—if not cancelled many of them all together. However, Geo Week has found success this year...
Supply Chain Woes Haunt TomTom in Quarter Loss
Company believes supply chain shortages will continue to 2023
Citing continuing supply chain shortages, digital mapping company TomTom last week reported a larger-than-expected quarterly loss. For...
Moody’s Says Solera’s Acquisition of Spireon Totals $737.5 Million
Moody's Investors Service says Polaris Newco's (dba Solera) financial ratings are unchanged following a recently announced acquisition of Spireon for an estimated $737.5 million. Last week, Location Business News reported that the financial...
Super Bowl Teams Feature Company’s Tracking Solution
Both teams in this year’s NFL Super Bowl are Boston-based Catapult clients— who use its Catapult Vector to measure player performance. The Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals use the Catapult Vector, a...
Toyota Research Institute Conducts Autonomous Drift Test
Toyota Research Institute (TRI) recently demonstrated programming a vehicle to autonomously drift around obstacles on a closed track. TRI's Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC), which extends...
NextNav Participates in EC’s APNT Evaluation
NextNav has announced that it participated in the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) alternative positioning, navigation, and timing (APNT) evaluation in Ispra, Italy. The trial analyzes...
Comtech Spurns $790 Million Takeover Offer
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. last week rejected a $790 million offer from investment firm Acacia Research Corp. to take over the company.
In October, Acacia...
HERE Technologies Makes Slew of Announcements at CES
HERE Technologies, appearing virtually as did most location industry companies, made a number of announcements at CES, centering on its HERE Navigation cloud-based navigation product for passenger cars,...
