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Communication (formerly known as
Pacific Telesis) in exchange for 49% equity of the company. Teletrac launched two service offerings in 1990 for its flagship Los Angeles market: a consumer service called "Stolen Vehicle Location Services" and a fleet/enterprise service called "Corporate Vehicle
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Capital in 2010, in a deal valued at $ 145 million. The company was taken private after the purchase. Prior to the purchase, the bulk of Trafficmaster's income came from its operations in the United States.
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platform. It has been used for numerous purposes over the years including tracking stolen vehicles and monitoring fuel consumption. The software platform has built-in capabilities that track for compliance with
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receivers became affordable, Teletrac discontinued its network-based positioning system and began marketing products and services centered around a cloud-based
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as well as compliance with electronic driver logs. Its capabilities allow for the tracking of a few vehicles or a fleet of vehicles for larger companies.
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and receivers were installed throughout a city, and vehicles equipped with special transmitters could have their location determined on command. Once
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in 1994 and expanded into
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fleet tracking software, stolen vehicle tracking and connected services such as eCall, bCall and
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Location services". Los Angeles was followed by Detroit, Miami, Dallas, Chicago, and Houston.
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In 2024, Teletrac Navman was awarded best vehicle tracking provider by BusinessPrices.co.uk.
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342:"Navman Wireless takes its telematics back-end to AWS"
680:"Navman Wireless and Teletrac announce unified brand"
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