NextNav this year plans to deploy sensors that will let cellular devices determine their vertical—or Z-axis—location for 911 purposes in at least the top 50 markets after securing $120 million in a funding to pay for the installation of the needed infrastructure, according to a company official.

NextNav last week announced the $120 million funding round, which was completed in December, according to Chris Gates, NextNav’s vice president of strategy and development. READ MORE: https://urgentcomm.com/2020/01/21/nextnav-plans-to-make-vertical-location-capability-available-in-top-50-markets-this-year/