Key Takeaways
- • PHY Wireless and Ubiik announced a strategic collaboration to deliver an integrated private LTE/5G communications and edge-based positioning platform for enterprise, industrial, utility, healthcare, and campus environments.
- • The solution combines Ubiik's private LTE/5G infrastructure with PHY Wireless' hellaPHY positioning technology, which calculates location directly on the device rather than in the cloud.
- • The companies claim meter-level location accuracy and up to 10x lower device power consumption versus alternative approaches, per the press release.
- • The platform is positioned as a 3GPP standards-based alternative to costly proprietary positioning systems, leveraging existing private LTE and 5G deployments without separate positioning networks.
- • The offering targets asset tracking, workforce safety, inventory management, and logistics, and is aligned with 5G Advanced, eRedCap, and 6G sensing standards.
Summary
PHY Wireless, a San Diego-based developer of edge-based cellular positioning technology, and Ubiik, a Taipei-based provider of private LTE and 5G networking solutions, announced a strategic collaboration to deliver an integrated communications and positioning platform, according to a Business Wire release dated October 20, 2026. The offering is designed for enterprise, industrial, utility, healthcare, and campus environments.
The combined solution pairs Ubiik's private LTE/5G infrastructure with PHY Wireless' hellaPHY positioning technology, allowing organizations to deploy a single platform for wireless communications and location services. The companies say it provides real-time visibility of assets, equipment, vehicles, and personnel, and creates a foundation for Physical AI and sensing applications.
The companies contrast their approach with GPS and Wi-Fi-based location systems, which they say often struggle in warehouses, containers, and manufacturing facilities while consuming significant power. Because PHY Wireless calculates location on the device, the platform can determine when location updates are needed, reducing network traffic, bandwidth usage, data costs, and power consumption. The release characterizes this architecture as more scalable, cost-effective, and privacy-preserving than cloud-dependent approaches.
According to the release, key benefits include meter-level accuracy, lower deployment and operational costs compared with traditional high-precision positioning systems, and device power consumption reductions of up to 10x versus alternative approaches. The solution is built on standards-based LTE and 5G infrastructure, which the companies say allows organizations to add location intelligence without deploying separate positioning networks. The companies also cite alignment with 5G Advanced, eRedCap, and 6G sensing standards.
Tom Horgan, CEO of PHY Wireless, said organizations pursuing Physical AI and industrial automation need location technologies that can scale economically across thousands of devices. TH Peng, CEO of Ubiik, described the joint development as a demonstration of how Ubiik's pLTE platform can be customized to incorporate new positioning technology, and called the unified high-precision geolocation platform an excellent result of the partnership. The release does not disclose commercial terms, deployment customers, or pricing.
The combined solution pairs Ubiik's private LTE/5G infrastructure with PHY Wireless' hellaPHY positioning technology, allowing organizations to deploy a single platform for wireless communications and location services. The companies say it provides real-time visibility of assets, equipment, vehicles, and personnel, and creates a foundation for Physical AI and sensing applications.
The companies contrast their approach with GPS and Wi-Fi-based location systems, which they say often struggle in warehouses, containers, and manufacturing facilities while consuming significant power. Because PHY Wireless calculates location on the device, the platform can determine when location updates are needed, reducing network traffic, bandwidth usage, data costs, and power consumption. The release characterizes this architecture as more scalable, cost-effective, and privacy-preserving than cloud-dependent approaches.
According to the release, key benefits include meter-level accuracy, lower deployment and operational costs compared with traditional high-precision positioning systems, and device power consumption reductions of up to 10x versus alternative approaches. The solution is built on standards-based LTE and 5G infrastructure, which the companies say allows organizations to add location intelligence without deploying separate positioning networks. The companies also cite alignment with 5G Advanced, eRedCap, and 6G sensing standards.
Tom Horgan, CEO of PHY Wireless, said organizations pursuing Physical AI and industrial automation need location technologies that can scale economically across thousands of devices. TH Peng, CEO of Ubiik, described the joint development as a demonstration of how Ubiik's pLTE platform can be customized to incorporate new positioning technology, and called the unified high-precision geolocation platform an excellent result of the partnership. The release does not disclose commercial terms, deployment customers, or pricing.
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