According to the US Department of Transportation, “In 2013 the U.S. transportation system moved a daily average of about 55 million tons of freight valued at more than $49.3 billion”. Water transport accounted for 808 million tons in 2013, with projections to increase to 1,070 million tons by 2040. This growth in Inland Marine Transport stresses the… Read More
Theft and Security Take A Second Seat In Telematics ROI
Over the years it has become a stereotype that GPS monitoring solutions are mainly installed due to security issues or to play “Big Brother” on their employees. In reality, these requirements have shifted and security is low on the list of requirements if it’s a requirement at all. I have heard many reasons why companies… Read More
Smaller Unit, More Messages for Less
Lat-Lon is changing the cost and size of the tracking market, while offering more messages. The new Micro Tracking Unit (MTU) is the smallest solar powered unit designed by Lat-Lon, measuring less than 4”x 4”x 2.5”. The MTU eliminates the costly cellular data plan within typical telematics units. The MTU transmits data via LoRa to… Read More
BSM Technologies Mobi Earn-Out and Changes
Lat-Lon’s parent company, BSM Technologies, announces Mobi Earn-Out Agreement and Senior Officer Changes. TORONTO, October 16, 2017 – BSM Technologies Inc. (“BSM” or the “Company”) (TSX: GPS), a leading provider of real-time GPS fleet and asset management solutions, today announced that, further to its previously announced acquisition of substantially all of the assets of MBCR Dissolution Corp…. Read More
Lat-Lon Reduces the Cost of IoT
August 1st, 2017 Denver, CO: Lat-Lon announces that it has eliminated the monthly cellular service charge on its new version of Solar Tracking Unit. Lat-Lon has replaced the standard cellular modem with a LoRa data modem. The LoRa data modem can off load the data collected during a trip to a Gateway for no charge. LoRa… Read More
M2M: An Evolving Technology
In today’s fast paced world, technology is ever-changing and innovations such as autonomous cars and drone delivery services are just around the corner. Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication is among those technologies gaining popularity and expanding in more industries than ever before- although M2M has been around for quite some time. As an article in Computer Weekly… Read More