telematics
RSS telematicsElectronic driving instructors puts thousands of bus drivers through their paces
News The system, from telematics company GreenRoad, will assess drivers' performance by analysing how well they perform manoeuvres such as cornering and braking. First UK Bus - the UK's largest bus operator - is to install... [04 Aug 2009]
Zonar Drives Advanced Fleet Telematics With Google Maps for Enterprise
White Paper Since 2001, Seattle-based Zonar Systems has been revolutionizing transportation industry with Electronic Fleet Management solution which uses inspection and GPS data to track and analyze passenger bus and truck activity nationwide. [23 Jun 2009]
Informatica Trentina Enhances Asset Management in Local Government Using BMC Remedy Solution
White Paper Informatica Trentina provides IT and telematics planning, development and management services in support of the regional government authorities. Informatica Trentina decided to extend the use of BMC Remedy with the aim... [29 May 2009]
Ford builds in telematics to vans, pickups
News Car manufacturer Ford has signed a deal to build telematics systems into vehicles at the factory. There are no plans to factory build in telematics systems in Europe, however. From next year, Ford will... [19 Nov 2008]
Satellite tech keeps tabs on Cornwall's rubbish
News Each vehicle is fitted with a telematics unit which uses a GPS satellite receiver and GPRS capability to communicate back to the council team. Caradon and North Cornwall District Councils have been using Masternaut Three... [13 Nov 2008]
MarconiNet Supporting Streaming Media Over Localized Wireless Multicast
White Paper All of these applications also provide added value to telematics, and military usage including coordination, education, situation awareness, distributed simulation, battlefield communication and multi-player games. [22 Oct 2008]
Ditched pay-as-you-drive insurance set for revival?
News Insurance giant Norwich Union launched its Pay As You Drive insurance policy back in October 2006, paying for telematics boxes to be installed in customers' cars to collect data on when, where and how their vehicles were... [06 Oct 2008]
A Multi-Layer Approach for Improving the Scalability of Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks
White Paper Inter-Vehicle Communication (IVC) and its diverse possibilities for telematics and on-line safety applications have led to great interest in both academia and industry. Especially the broadcast-based dissemination of... [04 Aug 2008]
Tesco.com vans cut fuel bills with telematics tech
News Tesco.com has upped delivery rates and reduced fuel consumption of its delivery vans - by 10 per cent in both cases - using new telematics technology. Tesco.com has struck a multimillion-pound deal with supply chain... [25 Jul 2008]
Wi-fi for free on board commuter coach
News The service, which is free to commuters, piggybacks on an Ethernet in-bus network used to support CCTV, telematics and remote GPS fleet monitoring. Independent bus operator Trent Barton has equipped eight of its 270... [19 May 2008]
Mobile M2M connections on the up
News Cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) connections are set to rise by more than a third in the next four years, analyst Berg Insight predicts, driven by rollouts of vehicle telematics. But the analyst predicts vehicle... [06 May 2008]
India's high-tech cities, web whispers, Babbage's Difference engine and more...
Photo The cutting-edge Masternaut Three X telematics system allows a control centre to track 20 gritter lorries that keep a 178km stretch of the M4 motorway in South Wales clear of snow and ice. Pictured here is Tata... [29 Apr 2008]
Photos: Satellites free the roads from snow and ice
Photo The cutting-edge Masternaut Three X telematics system allows a control centre - pictured above - to track 20 gritter lorries that keep a 178km stretch of the M4 motorway in South Wales clear of snow and ice. [09 Apr 2008]
Developed an On-Board Diagnostics and Telematics Unit That Enabled the Client to Offer Services From Remote Location and Enhance the User Experience
White Paper MindTree developed an on-board automotive diagnostics and telematics unit for the world's leading manufacturer of automotive tools. The solution re-engineered the earlier design, reduced the BOM cost and added a lot of... [28 Mar 2008]
How Norwich Union computes pay-as-you-drive
Case Study Early suppliers emerged including IBM and Orange, for the telematics software and network coverage respectively, and Intec - a company better known for writing billing software for telcos - also came on board. [27 Nov 2007]
