SmartNet Larger Footprint Than Point One

Network scale is a product advantage in precision positioning because more stations mean faster fixes, denser local corrections, and earlier coverage in the places global OEMs actually ship vehicles and machines. Hexagon can pair TerraStar-X with HxGN SmartNet’s 4,500 plus reference stations and both IP and satellite delivery, while Point One is operating from a smaller base station footprint of 2,000 plus stations and is still building out Europe and Asia.

• Hexagon’s edge is not just raw station count. TerraStar-X uses SmartNet reference stations plus L-band satellite delivery, so a device can keep receiving corrections outside strong cellular coverage, which matters in highways, farms, mines, and cross border fleets.
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• Point One’s network is already meaningful at 2,000 plus base stations, but the gap shows up in international deployment. A customer launching in North America can often use Point One directly, while a customer needing broad Europe and Asia coverage gets a more mature footprint from SmartNet and its regional CORS partnerships.
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• This is the same pattern seen with Trimble. Large incumbents turn correction networks into bundles, combining receivers, inertial sensors, chips, and correction subscriptions, which makes it easier to win OEM programs than selling corrections alone.
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The market is moving toward fewer vendors that can deliver a full positioning stack across continents. Point One’s path is to keep turning software and lower deployment cost into faster network expansion, while incumbents like Hexagon and Trimble use existing station density and bundled hardware to lock in global automotive, robotics, and industrial programs.