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WebTech Wireless Inc., a wireless service provider offering location-based and fleet Telematics services has been selected by Coach Canada, a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group, to deploy the WebTech Wireless Quadrant system.

 

The bus and coach industry has always run into snags managing and maintaining their fleet operations. With real-time monitoring of fleets its possible to improve customer service and safety.

 

WebTech Wireless Quadrant system is an advanced vehicle-based Telematics solution using GPS tracking on the GSM/GPRS network and its service is available with wireless hardware and software services for cellular and satellite networks, and includes Automatic Vehicle Location, Mapping, Reporting, Vehicle Diagnostics, Driver Status, In-vehicle Telemetry, Messaging, In-vehicle Navigation, as well as wireless application and Internet connectivity.

 

"We designed and built our Quadrant system to have maximum flexibility across a variety of industries, which makes it simple to achieve the level of integration required by Coach Canada," commented Anwar Sukkarie, WebTech Wireless President and CEO in a statement to the press.

 

Coach Canada, operates 2,800 buses and coaches in North America and 7,000 in the United Kingdom.

 

The Quadrant system configuration for Coach Canada includes the WT6000 Locator coupled with the WebTech Wireless mobile data terminal (MDT). The WT6000 records data for periodic transfer over the GSM/GPRS network and is able to receive over-the-air upgrades of parameters such as route geofences. The MDT enables over 750 full time and part time drivers to log-in with individual driver ID's enabling accurate, automated driver log compliance for Transport Canada and the United States Department of Transport (USDOT).

 

With Coach Canada's existing AS400 business systems platform, the system will include custom forms and reporting that combines data from the WT6000 Locator, the MDT and the AS400.

 

James J. Devlin, President, Coach Canada also commented, "The WebTech Wireless Quadrant system integrates with our business and provides the management information we need to run the business most effectively. We can make better decisions about fleet utilization and deployment to better serve our customers, identifying areas of cost-saving and reducing the administrative time spent on compliance issues such as driver logs."

 

 

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