Terrestar-1, the largest and most powerful commercial satellite to date, was successfully launched into geostationary orbit aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from the spaceport in French Guiana.

 

Dell plans to introduce a GPS and Wi-Fi card that can be integrated into the company’s netbooks to turn them into gizmos that can offer turn-by-turn direction as well as any Garmin or TomTom.

Networkfleet announced that the City of Napa, has received a grant from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) to install Networkfleet wireless fleet management to reduce harmful vehicle emissions.

Location Based Technologies announced it has received its first Purchase Order for LoadRack Tracker devices.

KORE Telematics announced that Wireless Matrix Corp., has selected the KORE Premier CDMA service to expand its applications across North America.

ALK announced that CoPilot® Live™ satellite navigation system is available for Android-based mobile phones. It can be purchased and downloaded immediately from Android Market for devices such as HTC Magic, T-Mobile G1 and the new HTC Hero.

GeoDecisions has selected INRIX to provide highly accurate real-time traffic flow and incident data covering 126 metropolitan markets in North America, to support nationwide US military logistics planning and homeland security operations.

Smart Metering in Western Europe is the sixth consecutive report from Berg Insight analysing the latest developments for smart metering in Europe.

CSR and SiRF merger was completed on Friday 26 creating a provider of connectivity and location platforms.

Multimap, a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft, has renewed its contract with deCarta.