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News Release from: u-blox | Subject: GPS receivers
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 30 September 2005
Mobile resource management drives GPS
module sales
U-blox America has delivered its 2 millionth GPS receiver to @Road, a global provider of mobile resource management and intelligent field service automation solutions.
u-blox America has delivered its 2 millionth GPS receiver, based on its Antaris technology, to @Road, a global provider of mobile resource management (MRM) and intelligent field service automation solutions Nikolaos Papadopoulos, President of u-blox America, delivered the GPS receiver personally to Leo Jolicoeur, @Road Chief Marketing Officer, during a special ceremony held during CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment 2005 in San Francisco
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 1 Sep 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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"u-blox is delighted that @Road uses our GPS technology for its innovative MRM solution", said Papadopoulos.
"It is only natural that the leading MRM company and the leading GPS maker should work together to offer the very best market solutions for businesses wanting to optimise mobile workforce productivity, drive down fuel and other operational costs and increase revenues".
From actual vehicle routes, starts and stops, to customisable maps showing mobile workforce or resource location relative to important landmarks, @Road field force management solutions enable businesses to gain visibility into the daily activities of their mobile workers and resources, on-demand.
Users can also upload customer and/or trip information into a routing engine and generate on-demand reports such as optimised routes for drive-time, fuel economy, city ordinance compliance and much more.
The @Road family of advanced field force management solutions includes products such as the @Road GeoManager iLM, @Road Pathway iLM and @Road Portico iLM.
Combining u-blox' Antaris GPS receivers with its advanced iLM capabilities, @Road has helped businesses benefit from MRM solutions, through improved knowledge and visibility of their mobile workers, their mobile workers' work and their mobile workers' assets.
With the newly introduced ultra-low-power Antaris 4 GPS chipset, @Road will be able to offer even more power- and space-efficient field force management solutions, while further reducing costs thanks to Antaris 4 products' higher system integration.
"For our customers, staying connected with their mobile workforce is mission-critical for maximising their competitive advantage", Jolicoeur said.
"Accurate and reliable location and vehicle information is vital to the efficient management of mobile resources".
"This is why our choice to use u-blox GPS receivers was a natural one".
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