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Mercedes-Benz and Google strategic partnership

Mercedes-Benz and Google announced a long-term strategic partnership to further accelerate auto innovation and create the industry’s next-generation digital luxury car experience. With this partnership, Mercedes-Benz will be the first automaker to build its own branded navigation experience based on new in-car data and navigation capabilities from Google Maps Platform. https://group.mercedes-benz.com

EH216 AAV completes its Japan’s first passenger-carrying demo flight

EHang Holdings Limited has announced that its EH216 passengergrade autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) has completed its first passenger-carrying autonomous flight demonstration within Japan, which also marks the first passenger-carrying flight for an autonomous eVTOL aircraft in Japan.

Earlier in July 2022, EH216 completed Japan’s first eVTOL point-to-point demo flight for air mobility in Oita City, Oita Prefecture, making a breakthrough in exploring UAM use cases in Japan. This year, EHang and its partner, MASC, revisited Oita to demonstrate the EH216’s first passenger-carrying autonomous flight within Japan, which is expected to further enhance the awareness and interest of UAM in the local community and accelerate the development of the Japanese UAM industry. www.ehang.com

TEOCO expands 5G geolocation analytics and optimization

TEOCO, a provider of analytics, assurance, planning and optimization solutions to over 300 communication service providers (CSPs) worldwide, released a new version of its Mentor Suite. This latest release, v2022.2, includes enhancements to Mentor’s Server, Client and CogniSense products to expand the breadth of analytics use cases with a particular focus on 5G geo-analytics and optimization using advanced machine learning algorithms. www.teoco.com

Radisys introduces ReachPoint Indoor Navigation

Radisys Corporation announced the availability of Radisys ReachPoint, a network-based geolocation platform that allows Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to deliver real-time geolocation service capable of reaching places where GPS may not be available. The solution enables Enterprises to get the location of any connected device without relying on GPS, using geospatial data from cell towers and Wi-Fi nodes. radisys.com

Aurrigo International partners with Changi Airport

Singapore’s Changi Airport Group (CAG) is partnering with autonomous shuttle specialist Aurrigo International for the continued joint development and testing of advanced autonomous, electric baggage vehicles.

The multi-year partnership with CAG provides an opportunity for the further development of Aurrigo’s autonomous solutions at Changi Airport and demonstrations to showcase the technology to other airports and stakeholders. www.airport-technology.com

SOLiTHOR and Sonaca sign new MoU

The Belgian solid-state Lithium battery technology company, SOLiTHOR and the leading aerospace company, Sonaca, have signed a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding to go into partnership where they will jointly develop safe, highdensity rechargeable solid-state Lithium battery systems for Regional Aircraft and Urban Air Mobility. This partnership will also expand to Satellite systems as well as Defence systems. www.solithor.com

Ooredoo Group selects Nokia to deploy 5G

Nokia announced that it has been selected by Ooredoo Group to upgrade its existing radio access networks (RAN), as well as deploy new sites in Algeria and Tunisia. This will improve the network performance and help Ooredoo Group to prepare for a launch of 5G services in the future. www.nokia.com

WiMi explores 6G holographic communication

WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. has announced an in-depth study on the integration of edge computing, robotics, artificial intelligence, digital holography, and 6G communications using 6G high-speed broadband networks in combination with its self-developed multi-dimensional holographic vision mapping technology. The holographic communication service is a holistic application solution for the acquisition, encoding, transmission, rendering, and display of data from highly immersive, multi-dimensional interactive application scenes based on naked-eye holographic technology, encompassing the entire end-to-end process from data acquisition to multi-dimensional sensory data restoration, and is a highly immersive, highly natural interactive business form. http://ir.wimiar.com

Nokia and Bosch set a new bar for 5G positioning

Nokia and Bosch have jointly developed 5G-based precision positioning technology intended for new Industry 4.0 use cases. The two have deployed the proof of concept in a Bosch production plant in Germany, where extensive tests under realistic manufacturing conditions have shown an accuracy within 50 cm in 90 percent of the factory footprint. The positioning technology tracks mobile and portable devices connected to the 5G network, accurately determining their positions where no global navigation satellite service coverage is available, for instance in factories, warehouses or underground facilities. As part of the factory test, an enhanced private 5G network was able to determine the precise position of assets such as automated guided vehicles (AGVs), mobile robots and mobile control panels – tracking their movements throughout the plant in real time. www.nokia.com