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Qualcomm (QCOM), Baidu (BIDU) Enter Agreement for Integration of IZat HLP

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Qualcomm and Baidu Announce Commercialization of IZat Integrated Hardware Location Platform to Lead the Way for Smartphone Location Services in China

August 4, 2016 9:00 PM EDT

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI), is working closely with Baidu in the implementation of the Qualcomm® IZat Integrated Hardware Location Platform,  which will be available in the latest generation of Qualcomm® Snapdragon chipsets across all tiers. The IZat Location Platform uses a combination of signals from various location sources, including GNSS and sensors. This integration at a hardware level is designed to result in accurate location information, fast time-to-first-fix, improved robustness and seamless transition for both outdoor and indoor... More