Corporate Profile for Minorplanet Systems USA, dated August 2, 2002.Business Editors --(BUSINESS WIRE) The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services. -0-
Published Date: August 2, 2002
Company Name: Minorplanet Systems USA
Address: 1155 Kas Dr., Suite 100
Richardson, TX 75081
Main Telephone
Number: 972-301-2100
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL) www.minorplanetusa.com
Chief Executive
Officer: Jana Ahlfinger Bell
Chief Financial
Officer: W. Michael Smith
Investor Relations
Contact:
Business number:
E-mail address: info@minorplanetusa.com
Public Relations
Contact: Melissa Berg-Baker
Business number: 972-301-2098
E-mail address: mberg-baker@minorplanetusa.com
Industry: Fleet Management
Trading Symbol/
Exchange: MNPL
Market Makers:
Company description: Minorplanet Systems USA, Inc. (minorplanetusa.com) markets, sells and supports Vehicle Management Information (VMI VMI Virginia Military Institute VMI Vendor Managed Inventory VMI Vertical Motion Index VMI Valtakunnan Metsien Inventointi (Finnish: National Forest Inventory) VMI Video Module Interface ), a state-of-the-art fleet management solution that contributes to higher customer revenues and improved operator efficiency. VMI combines global positioning system Global Positioning System: see navigation satellite. Global Positioning System (GPS) Precise satellite-based navigation and location system originally developed for U.S. military use. (GPS) and wireless vehicle telematics Originally coined to mean the convergence of telecommunications and information processing, the term later evolved to refer to automation in automobiles. GPS navigation, integrated hands-free cellphones, wireless communications and automatic driving assistance systems all come under the technologies to monitor vehicles, minute by minute, and in real time. VMI ensures optimal fleet utilization by increasing productivity levels, decreasing fuel costs, reducing payroll expenses and improving customer service. The company also markets, sells and supports a customized GPS-based fleet management solution for large fleets like SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. Communications, which has more than 37,000 installed vehicles. Minorplanet is headquartered in Richardson, Texas Richardson is a suburb in Dallas County and Collin County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 91,803, while according to a 2006 estimate, the population had grown to 99,200. , and has sales offices operating in Dallas Dallas, city (1990 pop. 1,006,877), seat of Dallas co., N Tex., on the Trinity River near the junction of its three forks; inc. 1871. The second largest Texas city, after Houston, and the eighth largest U.S. , Houston, Atlanta, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and Austin with more locations planned for the future. |
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