vehicle telematics

Cellular operators battling for new subscribers by improving their services have driven up ‘population coverage’ – the percentage of people with access to a GSM network – to over 90% in most major economies. This is great news for a large chunk of the M2M and IoT industries where this level of coverage is enough.

Rochelle Park, New Jersey, USA – Orbcomm Inc., a global provider of M2M solutions, has announced that it has been selected by Cartrack (Pty) Ltd. to provide satellite data communication services to extend its current range of GSM logistics and telematics solutions. Cartrack will distribute the high performance fleet management solution throughout the African continent

In the first of a two-part feature Telematics Update reports on the growth of the fleet telematics market in Latin America and Russia. And Register Here for a $100 discount on a Fleet Management event, exclusive to M2M Now readers. (Discount Code: 216769)

Although the OEM in-vehicle telematics market is still in an early phase in China right now, IMS Research (recently acquired by IHS Inc.) forecasts it will soon become a billion dollar market.