U-blox

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u-blox Holding AG

Type
Public Company
Founded
1997
Headquarters
Thalwil, Switzerland
Key people
Thomas Seiler(CEO)Fritz Fahrni(Chairman of the Board)
Industry
Semiconductor positioning solutions provider
Products
GPS and GALILEO technology, chips, modules and services
Revenue
78,4 Mio. CHF (2007)
Employees
73 (2007)
Website
www.u-blox.com
u-blox is a fabless semiconductor positioning solutions provider for the automotive, mobile communications and infrastructure markets.
u-blox develops chips and complete modules based on the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) including GPS and GALILEO. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Switzerland, the u-blox group is listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange and has offices in the USA, in Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan.
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.