QUALCOMM Inc. announced the commercial release of its T2 Untethered TrailerTRACS Asset Management Solution.
The system has been in development since QUALCOMM left the untethered trailer tracking market in September of 2001. At the same time, the company announced that Schneider National had committed to installing the new system on 48,000 trailers.
When QUALCOMM suspended sales of its first TrailerTRACS product, the company cited uncertainties about the availability of analog cellular service on which the product was based at that time. The new product, which shares at least part of a name with the old, uses digital cellular as its primary communications mode, with analog cellular as a back up. The company has continued to offer its tethered trailer tracking solution.
According to QUALCOMM, the new “T2 Untethered TrailerTRACS solution is an advanced, stand-alone satellite/cellular system that offers rapid-status visibility into trailer locations and operational events and provides vehicle position reporting for improved fleet utilization and security. Features include sophisticated on-board hardware, advanced power management, complete network services, cargo and door sensors and data integration capabilities using state-of-the-art, multimode communications.”
The T2 Untethered TrailerTRACS solution is installed on the nose of the trailer in a cavity-sealed enclosure, making it virtually invisible. QUALCOMM is programmable over-the-air and the solution is already integrated into many of the industry's larger enterprise software ystems. T2 Untethered TrailerTRACS has an added auxiliary port for future sensor upgrades as they become available.
Meanwhile according to QUALCOMM, Schneider National has begun implementing T2 across its fleet of more than 48,000 trailers. Schneider National named QUALCOMM its untethered trailer tracking provider of choice in August 2003.
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