ABI Research: Growing Number of Fleets Turning To Telematics for Trailer Tracking.OYSTER BAY Oyster Bay, uninc. area (1990 pop. 6,687) of the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau co., SE N.Y., on N Long Island, on Long Island Sound; settled 1653. It is chiefly residential. , N.Y. -- According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. new research from market intelligence firm ABI Abi (ā`bī) [short for Abijah], in the Bible, King Hezekiah's mother. (Application Binary Interface) A specification for a specific hardware platform combined with the operating system. Research, increasing fleet owner interest in trailer tracking and monitoring solutions has telematics vendors scrambling to introduce new, specialized telematics equipment. The study finds that the industry has evolved to the point where telematics systems vendors are now providing specialized hardware for specific types of trailers besides the common dry van, such as refrigerated re·frig·er·ate tr.v. re·frig·er·at·ed, re·frig·er·at·ing, re·frig·er·ates 1. To cool or chill (a substance). 2. To preserve (food) by chilling. and flatbed trailers, and even intermodal cargo containers. "We are seeing this newfound interest in trailer tracking and monitoring coming from several areas," states Frank Viquez, ABI Research's Director of Automotive Research. "Homeland Security has been a big motivator among fleet owners and will remain so, but other factors include the replacement of analog-based telematics hardware with digital, a readily-realized return-on-investment for hardware, and the use of telematics as a differentiator for major truckload carriers to improve their efficiency and customer service efforts." The new study, "Trailer Tracking Markets," is one of several telematics research titles available from ABI Research. It tracks the varied efforts of vendors around the world to provide trailer tracking and monitoring solutions to a diverse customer base. It also examines applicable technologies -- RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. , terrestrial and satellite communications infrastructures, as well as new GPS competitors -- for their significance and impact. One of the largest commercial deployments so far this year has been in North America, where Schneider National will outfit all of its 48,000 trailers with QUALCOMM's new T2 trailer tracking hardware. ABI Research cautions industry participants that markets are in differing stages of growth around the world. For example in Europe, the EU's growing pains grow·ing pains pl.n. Pains in the limbs and joints of children or adolescents, frequently occurring at night and often attributed to rapid growth but arising from various unrelated causes. are temporarily stalling hardware vendor efforts until standards for a harmonized road tolling infrastructure and equipment can be realized. In the Middle East and Africa increasing adoption continues, but will pale in comparison to some emerging Asian regions, including India and China. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , ABI Research maintains global operations that support annual research programs, intelligence services and market reports in automotive, semiconductors, wireless, broadband, and energy. For more information please visit www.abiresearch.com, or call 516.624.2500. |
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