12-05-2022 | U-Blox | New Technologies
u-blox and Geespace have signed an MoU on the expansion of their respective augmentation services for high precision applications. The partners will be able to expand their services to the US, European, and Chinese markets, mainly in the automotive sector.
The MoU between the companies aims to produce a combined offering that will allow the companies to deliver full-stack high precision positioning software and hardware solutions to customers across the US, European, and Chinese markets. Also, it will enable Geespace to use the u-blox PointPerfect GNSS augmentation service to expand its coverage to serve Geely’s automotive brands.
Meanwhile, it will facilitate u-blox to expand the coverage of the PointPerfect service to provide their customers with a comprehensive high precision solution for products sold in China and benefit from simplified development and logistics efforts.
“We are proud to enter into this partnership with u-blox, a reliable and innovative provider with a long history in GNSS products and solutions. Through this partnership, we aim to provide a very competitive and comprehensive solution to support our automotive market in the USA and Europe and to support the level of technological innovation our customers and car drivers expect from our products,” says Ding Sheng, CTO at Geespace.
“This partnership with Geespace is a cornerstone to our plans of expanding our services and solutions in the APAC region. With this expansion, u-blox will be able to offer PointPerfect and high precision solutions to all our American and European customers that have products ready for the Chinese market. At the same time, we will create an alliance with one of the most successful car makers in the automotive industry,” says Franco de Lorenzo, principal product owner, Product Center Services, at u-blox.
