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Newsby Jim BeachMarch 25, 2014

Omnitracs Focuses on Expanding Portfolio, Getting Close to Customers

TCA, GRAPEVINE, TX – Delivering value to its customers, expanding its portfolio of services and getting closer to customers are three areas that Omnitracs will focus on in coming months, according to its new CEO John K. Graham.

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NewsNovember 26, 2013

Vista Equity Partners Completes Acquisition of Omnitracs

Vista Equity Partners LLC announced it has completed its acquisition of Omnitracs Inc., formerly a subsidiary of Qualcomm Inc. In conjunction with this announcement, Omnitracs announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Roadnet Technologies Inc., a provider of fleet management software solutions for private fleets.

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NewsSeptember 16, 2013

Tom Flies Joins Cadec as COO

Former Qualcomm and Xata executive Tom Flies has joined the company as chief operating officer.

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NewsAugust 23, 2013

Qualcomm Selling Omnitracs Transportation and Logistics Business to Vista Equity Partners

Qualcomm announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Omnitracs subsidiary to Vista Equity Partners, a U.S.-based private equity firm. Omnitracs was a pioneer in in-cab communication, developing the first widely used satellite tracking and communications system for truck fleets, and today offers a variety of fleet management and telematics solutions.

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ProductsJuly 15, 2013

Eleos' Service Corrects Image Quality on Scanned Documents

Eleos Technologies announced that it has launched a new service that corrects and enhances document images scanned with Qualcomm in-cab scanners. The new service dramatically improves image quality and legibility while reducing the size of the document images.

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ProductsJuly 15, 2013

Omnitracs Delivers Advanced Trailer Tracking Capabilities

Omnitracs Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated and a provider of integrated wireless systems, applications and services to transportation and logistics companies, announced new features for its Trailer Tracks 210 (TT210) platform.

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Trailer Talkby Tom BergJune 28, 2013

Schneider Begins Installing Container- and Trailer-Tracking Devices

It’s 11 p.m. Do you know where my load is? That’s a shipper asking a trucker the whereabouts of the trailer or container carrying his cargo. He’s not asking about a tractor and its driver; he wants to know about his load. From that point of view, it’s odd that trucking companies attached the first satellite and cellular-based tracking devices to tractors years ago, when products became available.

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Newsby Oliver PattonMay 21, 2013

Log Mandate Could Push Late Adopters of Technology

The pending mandate for electronic logging could pave the way for more mobile productivity systems in smaller fleets, said Norm Ellis, vice president of sales and marketing for Qualcomm’s Omnitracs.

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Articlesby Jim BeachMay 3, 2013

Management Software: No Longer Islands of Automation

Whether you call it a trucking management system, fleet management software, trucking enterprise software or a freight management system, in a nutshell, these systems manage vehicles (and the things on them), people and money.

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ProductsMarch 27, 2013

Qualcomm Exact Fuel Application to Reduce Fuel Theft, Improve Fuel Stop Planning

Qualcomm's new Exact Fuel application monitors and transmits fuel level information on the vehicle data bus directly to fleet managers. This insight helps identify discrepancies in fuel levels that may indicate theft, as well as helps fleets make better fuel stop decisions that reduce out-of-route miles.

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