Mobile operators are entering the high precision positioning game with Vodafone among the leaders. The operator is partnering with Samcordia, a specialist German company in the field that has just enhanced its own satellite-rooted navigation system. Accurate positioning down to the decimeter (dm) level, or even to a few centimeters, is vital for a number of prospective 5G applications, including autonomous driving, precision farming, unattended automated vehicle (UAV) operation, and remote drone flying. Accuracy of current navigation systems based on LTE, or for that matter GPS, typically down to a few meters, is inadequate for use cases where errors greater than 1dm can be fatal. Drones can be flown remotely through use of onboard cameras and sensors, either in autonomous…