Vodafone is boosting its Web of Issues (IoT) capabilities (opens in new tab) with new satellite tv for pc expertise that may find linked units and autonomous automobiles to inside centimetres fairly than metres.

The ‘Vodafone GNSS Corrections’ platform combines the operator’s international IoT community with expertise developed by Topcon that corrects inaccuracies from international navigation satellites methods (GNSS) utilizing a community of 1000’s of reference stations throughout Europe.

These reference stations calculate and proper potential discrepancies in GNSS knowledge utilizing cloud-based software program.

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Higher precision is seen as vital to the event of Automobile to Something (V2X) expertise which permits automobiles to talk to one another and roadside infrastructure in actual time, in addition to for autonomous equipment and robotics.

This new functionality may allow a raft of providers from autonomous garden mowers to real-time telematics.

The 2 corporations at the moment are inviting chosen prospects to hitch trials in Germany, Spain and the UK with a view to rolling it out throughout all markets sooner or later.

“As new applied sciences like autonomous vehicles and linked equipment proceed to evolve, Vodafone is offering the vital connections to help these new providers with higher precision, extra security and at scale,” stated Justin Shields, director of Vodafone Enterprise platform and options.

“Our prospects need to have the ability to higher find their units, and the collaboration with Topcon enhances our current asset monitoring and fleet telematics options.”

“At Topcon, we’re proud to be partnering with Vodafone to convey excessive accuracy correction providers to allow V2X functions to function on the accuracy wanted to assist enhance highway security, particularly for susceptible highway customers,” added Ian Stilgoe, vice chairman of Topcon International Rising Enterprise.

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