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Swift Navigation Updates its Multi GNSS Receiver

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

By improving the positioning engine and integrating NMEA GST notification, the future of GNSS transmitters will advance rapidly.

FREMONT, CA: The transmitters were traditionally big analog equipment constructed for the defense industry. However, the applications of GNSS transmitters did not remain confined within the military sector, with the development of receivers; it started to play a critical role for major industries. Presently, GNSS receivers are extensively broadened to include remotely controlled platforms, chipsets, microprocessors, Integrated Chips (IC), DSP, FPGA, portable devices. In addition, GNSS transmitters are currently operating across a broad range of systems, improving receiver quality, price, energy consumption, and autonomy.

Swift Navigation Launches Partner Program to Accelerate Mass Market Deployment of Precise Positioning Technologies

Thursday, October 19, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, -- Swift Navigation, a market leader in precise positioning technology for automotive, Internet of Things (IoT), and mobile applications, today announced the launch of the Swift Partner Program. By bringing together an ecosystem of industry-leading companies across the technology stack – mobile network operators (MNOs), chipset and module manufacturers, system integrators, and application platform providers – Swift is doubling down on its mission to build a safer and more efficient future by changing the way we understand and navigate every centimeter of our planet.

Centimeter accurate, failsafe, and cost-effective precise positioning technologies are key to unlocking megatrends: vehicle autonomy, industrial automation, and the next generation location-based mobile applications, such as navigation, worker safety, and augmented reality, among others. But integrating precise location can add complexity and costs to an already challenging product design cycle, contributing to delayed product launches, cost overruns, and suboptimal consumer experiences.

With the launch of its Partner Program, Swift is dramatically simplifying the process to enable precise location and deliver exceptional user experiences in any geography, at any scale, with unit economics that work.

“Swift is on a mission to democratize precise positioning technology to accelerate the deployment of location-based products that improve safety and efficiency for business and consumers,” said Holger Ippach, Executive Vice President of Product at Swift Navigation. “Swift’s technology already underpins some of the most complex deployments in the world, and we couldn’t be more excited to partner with the best companies in our industry to unlock the next wave of innovation.”

Swift’s cloud-modeled Skylark™ Precise Positioning Service delivers uniform, centimeter accurate positioning through carrier-grade networks deployed and operated in partnership with MNOs around the world. This enables Swift’s customers to seamlessly deploy products across multiple geographies and ensures failsafe, end-to-end system reliability backed by commercial-grade SLAs, a rarity in the industry.

Commenting on the partnership with Swift Navigation, Andreas Reich, Chief Product & Innovation Officer Deutsche Telekom’s IoT division, said: “Through our long-term partnership with Swift, we expanded Skylark’s coverage across Europe and continue to help our customers deliver new cutting-edge IoT products and solutions enabled by precise location. In a recent cross-border drive test across Europe, we showcased Skylark’s failsafe performance by tracking a vehicle every centimeter of the way from Hanover to Barcelona — over rugged mountains, through tunnels, and across urban canyons.”

Swift’s hardware agnostic precise positioning service is differentiated in a market historically dominated by vertically integrated solutions that lock customers into one vendor for both the GNSS receiver and corrections service. By allowing customers to select components that have been rigorously tested for their use case, Swift simplifies the product design cycle, maximizes the customer’s purchasing power, reduces the risk of downstream field support issues, and minimizes any effort required to incorporate precise location into existing solutions.

Finally, by partnering with system integrators and industry-specific application providers, Swift is accelerating adoption of its precise positioning technology across industries. Today, Swift’s more than 7,000 customers – including more than 20 automotive OEMs and suppliers, multiple market-leading handset manufacturers, logistics companies, industrial equipment manufacturers, and more – are collectively deploying more than 5 million vehicles and devices enabled by Swift’s technology.

Chipset manufacturer STMicroelectronics, module maker Septentrio, system integrator Taoglas, and GIS platform provider ITS Geo Solutions, are among other partners participating in Swift’s Partner Program.

Commenting on their respective partnerships with Swift:

Luca Celant, ADAS and Infotainment Division General Manager, STMicroelectronics, said: “STMicroelectronics is delighted to have partnered with Swift Navigation. We have worked closely together on several successful projects, delivering the powerful combination of Swift’s reliable centimeter accurate positioning service enabled by ST’s market-leading Teseo GNSS receivers, IMUs, and processors. We share Swift’s commitment to an open ecosystem, which offers our customers the utmost flexibility in designing their solutions.”

Jan Van Hees, Business Development Director, Septentrio, added: “Septentrio is thrilled to be part of Swift’s partner program. We have collaborated closely with Swift to enable mosaic and AsterRx receivers to deliver Skylark’s uniform centimeter accuracy and fast convergence as part of Septentrio’s Agnostic Corrections Partner Program. This partnership has provided our customers with a great option offering the consistent performance needed to deliver reliable products with exceptional consumer experiences.”

Dermot O'Shea, CEO and Co-Founder, Taoglas, added: “Swift’s partner program allows us to integrate precise positioning into our ever-growing variety of out-of-the-box solutions. By joining forces, we are reducing the cost and effort required to perform module-level validation, integration and engineering development.”

Erik Schütz, Managing Director, ITS Geo Solutions, added: “Our collaboration with Swift enabled us to enhance our flagship solution, GeoAce, with ultra-precise GNSS corrections. Thanks to Swift’s open ecosystem, we were able to quickly source hardware that was already pre-integrated with Skylark and rapidly launch the new offering to our customers without a hitch.”

Swift Navigation and Telit Cinterion Partner to Enable Precise Positioning in Ultra-Low Power Applications

Friday, March 22, 2024

The integration of Swift’s Skylark® Precise Positioning Service and Telit Cinterion’s GNSS modules will unlock location-based mobile apps that improve tracking efficiency around the world

SAN FRANCISCO - Swift Navigation, a market leader in precise positioning technologies for automotive, IoT, and mobile applications, and Telit Cinterion, a leading end-to-end IoT solutions enabler, today unveiled their joint solution to empower ultra-low power consumption devices, such as wearables, robotic lawn mowers, and vehicle tracking devices with precise GNSS positioning. The partnership will help to unlock the next generation of location-based apps for navigation, worker safety, fleet management, asset tracking, and more.

By making it possible for devices to determine their location with centimeter accuracy, precise positioning is already enabling autonomous passenger cars and industrial robots to operate safely. But this technology has historically been challenging to integrate into applications that leverage small, battery-powered devices to navigate roads more precisely and track assets more efficiently.

With the introduction of their joint solution, Telit Cinterion and Swift are tackling this challenge head on. Together with Telit Cinterion’s suite of best-in-class GNSS receivers, Swift’s Skylark® Precise Positioning Service offers uniform precision across entire countries while minimizing power consumption, processing loads, and data transmissions, all at an unbeatable price-to-performance ratio. In even the most challenging environments, such as dense urban areas and canyons, the joint solution dramatically improves location accuracy within seconds.

"We are collaborating with Swift to bring forth a solution that addresses the evolving needs of e-mobility and IoT applications,” said Marco Argenton, Vice President Product Management, IoT Modules at Telit Cinterion. “The integration of Skylark with our GNSS receivers, such as the SE868SY-D module, ensures our customers benefit from enhanced precision without compromising on power efficiency."

“We partnered with Telit Cinterion because they share our commitment to providing innovative solutions that unlock entirely new use cases for precise positioning across industries,” said Holger Ippach, Executive Vice President of Product at Swift Navigation. “We are thrilled to offer a new solution that enables IoT and mobile app developers to harness the power of precise positioning as never before.”

Swift Navigation and Bad Elf Partner to Bring the Power of Precision to Field Workers in Construction and Utilities

Monday, July 22, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO,- Swift Navigation, a market leader in precise positioning technologies for automotive, IoT and mobile applications, today announced its partnership with Bad Elf, a leading provider of GNSS receivers for GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and survey. Through this collaboration, Swift and Bad Elf deliver a complete, turnkey solution for high volume and high precision GIS data collection.

GIS data enables workers across industries to create precise digital maps (showing the location of buried infrastructure, for example) that improve worker safety and efficiency in construction, utilities, and environmental management. But historically, centimeter-accurate GIS location data could only be gathered by licensed surveyors using expensive and relatively complex equipment, causing inefficiencies.



The combination of BadElf’s affordable and user-friendly GNSS receivers with Swift’s reliable, high-accuracy precise positioning solutions tackles this challenge head-on. Using the combined solution, field teams can quickly and easily capture centimeter-accurate location data on any tablet or smartphone. This enables field teams to more quickly and safely perform maintenance, dig trenches, and avoid hazards like high-voltage wires.



“We are thrilled to partner with Bad Elf to bring centimeter-accurate positioning to GIS professionals around the world” said Holger Ippach, Executive Vice President of Product & Marketing at Swift Navigation. “This partnership advances our shared mission to harness the power of precision to unlock affordable mass market solutions that improve safety and efficiency across industries.”



Swift’s Skylark® Precise Positioning Service is a cloud-based GNSS corrections service that enables accurate and reliable positioning for location-based products around the world. Skylark is offered in multiple variants to unlock the broadest possible array of use cases, each with varying requirements for accuracy, coverage, power consumption, and cost.



Bad Elf provides high performance GNSS receivers built for modern GIS mapping applications. Bad Elf’s line of Flex and Flex Mini receivers stream location data to any Bluetooth equipped device, including Apple, Android, and Windows, enabling GIS professionals to break free from vendor lock-in. When paired with Skylark, Bad Elf receivers deliver accuracy down to one centimeter and a fix within seconds. The combined solution is ideal for field workers who need reliable high-accuracy positioning with a simple and easy-to-use interface.



“Bad Elf is committed to democratizing GNSS data so GIS professionals can independently collect spatial data and leverage the rapidly expanding marketplace of GIS applications,” said Larry Fox, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Bad Elf. “By partnering with Swift Navigation, our customers now have more flexibility to deploy solutions that deliver the precision they need for their unique requirements.”