GeoLogic Solutions, which provides multi-mode communications and tracking systems to the transportation industry, said it is offering Cingular Wireless’ nationwide digital wireless data network as an option for users of its MobileMax

mobile communications and fleet management system.
This new communications choice for GeoLogic customers will provide MobileMax users with expanded terrestrial wireless coverage and increased data capabilities such as wireless downloads of mobile software. Southeastern Freight Lines, one of the nation’s premier LTL carriers, is the first joint GeoLogic and Cingular Wireless customer.
“In the few weeks we’ve been using the Cingular network we have been pleased with the speed in which messages are transmitted to and from the truck,” said Braxton Vick, senior vice president of corporate planning at SEFL. “The Cingular system is living up to our expectations and we look forward to switching the rest of our fleet over to the Cingular network.”
The Southeastern Freight Lines solution is utilizing Cingular’s General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network, which is based on GSM technology, a worldwide standard for wireless communications. Cingular’s GPRS network offers the largest digital data coverage in the United States with service in 13,000 cities and towns, and along more than 40,000 miles of major highways.
“We chose the Cingular network because it has the best nationwide coverage,” stated John Lewis, CEO for GeoLogic Solutions. “We designed this new GPRS option to work with all MobileMax units, including those already on the road, as well as with all current dispatch systems.
“Those customers opting to utilize this new network option – and we believe just about every customer will choose to do so – will find the transition to be very seamless and uneventful,” said Lewis.
MobileMax users will now have multiple communications options: satellite with the current land-based network, satellite with the Cingular network or a combination of both throughout their fleet. The Cingular GPRS network will be available to all new customers as well as an upgrade option for all existing customers.