U-blox

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u-blox is an international company headquartered in Switzerland and listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange under ticker symbol UBXN. u-blox has subsidiaries in the USA, Singapore and Hong Kong and additional representative offices in China, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan. Founded in 1997, u-blox develops positioning technology, products and services based on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), including GPS and Galileo, for the automotive, mobile terminal and infrastructure markets.

u-blox' product offering comprises GPS chips, GPS modules and A-GPS services. The company's fifth generation positioning engine, u-blox 5, simultaneously tracks GPS, GALILEO, WAAS, EGNOS and MSAS signals for improved coverage, positioning accuracy, reliability and availability. u-blox products support AssistNow A-GPS services for faster acquisition performance of online and offline applications and come with built-in technologies such as:

- Dead reckoning for automotive applications, ensuring road coverage in tunnels and underground parking lots.

- SuperSense Indoor GPS technology for (-160 dBm) weak signal tracking in challenging environments like urban canyons.

- KickStart accelerated weak signal acquisition technology for mobile applications with small antennas.

- Precision timing GPS technology for network synchronization of base stations and WiMAX femtocells.

u-blox GPS chips and GPS modules are used by major automotive, asset tracking and mobile device manufacturers worldwide.

[edit] External links

• u-blox website