u-blox is a Swiss company specializing in wireless semiconductors and modules for positioning and short-range communications. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Thalwil, Switzerland, u-blox operates as a fabless IC and design house, providing products that enable devices to determine precise locations and communicate wirelessly. Their offerings cater to automotive, industrial, and consumer markets, supporting technologies like GNSS (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou), cellular communications (GSM, UMTS, LTE), and short-range communications (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi). u-blox maintains a global presence with offices across Europe, Asia, and the USA, employing approximately 1,300 people as of 2023.
Ricoh’s latest 360-degree camera model, the THETA X, comes equipped with the miniature low-power u-blox ZOE-M8B module that delivers long-lasting, dependable GNSS performance for small battery-powered devices.
Featuring the full gamut of u-blox technologies and services, the u-blox XPLR-IOT-1 enables end-to-end proofs of concepts for IoT products and applications.
u-blox (SIX:UBXN), a global provider of leading positioning and wireless communication technologies and services, announced the certification of its SARA-R5 module on KDDI’s LTE-M networks. The module is the first product based on UBX-R5, u‑blox’s own low-power wide-area (LPWA) chipset, to achieve operator certification in Japan.
u-blox (SIX:UBXN), a global provider of leading positioning and wireless communication technologies and services, announced the certification of its SARA-R510M8S-71B module on LG U+’s LTE-M network. The module is the first product based on UBX-R5, u‑blox’s own low power wide area (LPWA) chipset, to achieve Korean operator certification.
u-blox (SIX:UBXN), a leading global provider of positioning and wireless communication technologies and services, and Exsurgo, a company developing technology-based neurological treatments, are announcing that Exsurgo’s Axon headset for chronic pain treatment runs on a u-blox ANNA-B112 Bluetooth 5 system-in-package (SIP) also used for wireless communication.
Companies to develop common GNSS augmentation services for Japan, the USA and Europe. SoftBank Corp. (“SoftBank”), ALES Corp. (“ALES”) and Swiss-based u-blox AG (“u-blox”) (SIX:UBXN) today announced they signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in GNSS 1 augmentation services for global markets.