WHY WIRELESS CAPABILITIES ARE IMPORTANT TO FLEET OPERATORS

The first generation of wireless fleet management and mobile office solutions unlocked amazing new capabilities for users. For the first time, fleet managers could track the health and status of their vehicles in realtime, across vast geographic distances. For users who spent much of their day working from a vehicle (such as police officers, utility workers, waste-management personnel, etc.), wireless connectivity offered the possibility of a true “mobile office,” extending useful business applications wherever users needed them.

The benefits to consumers apply to the trucking industry in even bigger ways. The benefits of digital technology on the road have provided fleet management with efficiencies, visibility, and control that have bolstered profitability and strengthened business like never before. Millions of truck drivers who interact via freight exchanges, communications, and payment on their smartphones can easily get these services through wireless connections.

A combined 4G communication and GPS satellite navigation technology could provide fleet owners with the information and services that they were looking for. Currently, 4G communication has become one of the main trends in the telematics market. A 4G combined with GPS allows collecting enormous vehicle data for the purposes of remote monitoring and diagnostics. By utilizing such systems symbiotically with the modern mobile resource management platform, it is possible to monitor and control various parameters including status, location and movements of fleets, thus increasing cost efficiency and performance. 4G also provides opportunities to increase monitoring of centre-to-vehicles communication performance.

In principle, the more advanced and faster wireless network, the more complex and advantageous onboard services it may potentially support. By implementing 4G based solutions, fleet owners obtaining a forward-compatibility, i.e. owners of 4G compatible devices could take advantage of forthcoming technologies without otherwise necessary re-shaping of technological infrastructure.