Make sure to subscribe to get ATW in your inbox, for free, each Monday. // M&A, Strategies, Alliances // Vodafone has joined the prpl Foundation and its board, aiming to spur smart home CPE innovation, using prpl’s experience and ecosystem of open source and secure silicon. Bosch, Geo++, Mitsubishi Electric, and u-blox have announced a new joint-venture, called Sapcorda Services, to pitch GNSS positioning services and hardware to mass markets. Wabco Holdings has acquired AssetTrackr, a fleet management specialist based in Bangalore,to link it with Wabco’s vehicle tracking platform, ahead of an Indian launch. The Automotive Edge Computing Consortium has been founded by Denso, Ericsson, Intel, NTT, NTT Docomo, and Toyota. As for its purpose, the clue is in the…