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Apple and Google: Barbarians at the gate? 27 Aug 2013 | 01:17 pm
Précis: The two CE giants make still more automotive announcements, and their fandom cheers – but traditional telematics providers downplay the threat. Susan Kuchinskas peers beneath the hype. Appl....
Weekly Brief: Qualcomm announces the biggest summer sale yet 26 Aug 2013 | 11:56 am
Précis: Qualcomm sells its fleet management business. Plus, the latest scoops from the walk-up to the Frankfurt Motor Show. Andrew Tolve reports. In this week’s Brief: Qualcomm, Omnitracs, Vista Eq....
Video: Holistic approach to insurance telematics 23 Aug 2013 | 02:40 pm
Précis: George Ayres, VP of global sales, Verizon Telematics, on the coming toghether of Verizon Communications and Hughes Telematics, and the importance of caring for everything around the car. Re....
SiriusXM: Ready for prime time? 22 Aug 2013 | 01:13 pm
Précis: Jenny Neill assesses the satellite radio broadcaster's chances of becoming the largest telematics service provider in North America. In this day and age, anything satellite seems like an an....
Q&A: Playing on the Brazilian telematics market 21 Aug 2013 | 01:04 pm
Précis: Andreas Hecht, vice president and general manager of automotive, INRIX, on his company’s plans to become a major player on the Brazilian telematics market. Hecht has been in his current pos....
From pay-per-click to pay-per-drive 20 Aug 2013 | 12:48 pm
Précis: Andrew Thompson reports on TeleNav's efforts to cash in on location-based capabilities of on-board apps with an evolution of pay-per-click. First, there was pay-per-impression, beginning in....
Weekly Brief: The next wave of TSP consolidation 19 Aug 2013 | 12:20 pm
Précis: SiriusXM acquires Agero’s connected vehicle business, as a new study finds that mobile phone usage does not increase crash rates. Andrew Tolve reports. In this week’s Brief: Verizon Wireles....
Video: Insurance telematics and the young U.K. driver 16 Aug 2013 | 03:02 pm
Précis: Ed Rochfort, product director and co-founder, Carrot, on targeting the brand-new driver segment of the auto insurance market in the United Kingdom. Related Content: Industry insight: Insu.....
Brazil World Cup and Olympics: Opportunities lost & gained, part II 15 Aug 2013 | 11:38 am
Précis: The 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympic Games were widely regarded as a boost for Brazil’s telematics sector. But they may be too little, too late. Siegfried Mortkowitz reports. ....
Viewpoint: Raising the bar on M2M telematics through predictive analytics 14 Aug 2013 | 12:45 pm
Précis: Venkat Rajan, SVP and general manager, Symphony Analytics, on using a combination of telematics and predictive analytics to usher in a new era for M2M. As machine-to-machine based applicati....
