Advanced Transportation Technology News articles from December 2001

Advanced Transportation Technology News archives from December 2001

Wingcast Selects Sun's Servers. (Traveler Information Services).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Wingcast (10251 Vista Sorrento Pkwy., SanDiego, CA92121-2706; Tel: 858/795-4539, Fax: 858/795-2324; Website: www.wingcast.com) and Sun Microsystems (901 San Antonio Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94303; Tel: 650/786-5145; Website: www.sun.com) formed...

InfoMove Starts in Germany. (Traveler Information Services).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... InfoMove, Inc. (10635 NE 38th Pl., Suite A, Kirkland, WA 98033; Tel: 425/576-4583, Fax: 425/576-4600; Email: stephanie.tran@infomove.com, Website: www.infomove.com) began a trial of its Smart Telematics product in Germany as part of its...

Software Allows Car-to-Car Data Flow. (Traveler Information Services).(DaimlerChrysler Venture GmbH invests in Definiens AG)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... DaimlerChrysler Venture GmbH (DCV), a wholly owned subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler AG, (1000 Chrysler Dr., Auburn Hills, MI 48326; Tel: 248/576-5741, Fax: 248/512-292; Website: www.daimlerchrysler.com) took an equity stake in Definiens AG...

Commuter Downtime Decreases. (Traveler Information Services).(Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, MobileAria team up on cell phone product for use in cars)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... The ability to add productivity to the commute time has long been a goal of some intelligent transportation technology. Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (Tel: 919/472-1305; Email: kim.korb@ericsson.com, Website: www.SonyEricssonMobile.com)...

OnStar Gains Subscribers. (Traveler Information Services).(OnStar Communications)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... OnStar (100 Renaissance Ctr., Detroit, MI 48243; Tel: 248/588-4950; Email: geri.lama@onstar.com, Website: www.onstar.com) will end 2001 with close to two million subscribers. OnStar grew its subscriber base by more than 250% this year. OnStar...

Weather Pulse to Be Measured. (Traveler Information Services).(Mobility Technologies to introduce weather sensors to traffic monitoring system)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Weather conditions often determine traffic conditions, most often unexpectedly. Mobility Technologies (Mobility, Chesterbrook Corporate Ctr., 640 Lee Rd., Suite 300, Wayne, PA 19087; Tel: 610/407-7424; Email: jsmith@traffic.com, Website:...

Another Entrant Tracks Thefts. (Vehicle Systems).(NaviCom Inc)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... NaviCom, Inc. (17011 Beach Blvd., Suite 900, Huntington Beach, CA 92647; Email: info(c)navicom.cc, Website: www.navicom.cc) selected Televoke's (612 Howard St., Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94105; Tel: 415/908-4400) telematics service platform...

Alliances Favored for Future Progress. (Vehicle Systems).(QNX Software Systems forms alliances)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Alliances are still a favored way to build technology in telematics. Groups of companies come together to establish common standards. ONX Software Systems (175 Terence Matthews Crescent, Kanata, Ontario, Canada, K2M 1W8; Tel: 613/591-0931)...

Repo Man Goes High-Tech. (Vehicle Systems).(AirIQ buys stake in telematics patents)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Will telematic systems prove useful to the repo man? AirIQ/ eDispatch (1099 Kingston Rd., Suite 233, Pickering, ON, Canada L1V1B5; Tel: 905/831-6444x4248, Fax: 905/831-0567; Email: jbokser@airiq.com, Website: www.airiq.com) announced the...

Consortium Designs to Be Safe by Wire. (Vehicle Systems).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... A new consortium, called Safe-by-Wire, formed to develop an industry standard automotive safety bus targeted for use in restraint systems. The consortium includes Autoliv, Inc. (Tel: 468/5872-0623; Email: mats.odman@autoliv.com), Delphi...

Cellpoint Tests Performance. (Communication).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Whether integrated into the vehicle, or handheld, cellular phone technology is an important component for telematic systems. CellPoint, Inc. (3000 Hillswood Dr., Hillswood Business Park, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 ORS, England; Tel:...

Speaking with a Small Footprint. (Communication).(Cepstral announces new software engine)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Cepstral, LLC (1801 East Carson St., 2nd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15203; Tel: 412/432-0400, Fax: 412/432-0406; Email: Joe@Cepstral.com, Website: www. cepstral.com) announced the release of a software engine, called Theta. Theta is a unit...

Fonix Distributed by Motorola. (Communication).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Fonix Corp. (180 W Election Rd., Draper, UT 84020; Tel: 801/553-6600, Fax: 801/553-6707; Website: www.fonix.com) announced the signing of a distribution agreement with Motorola (1303 E. Algonquin Rd., Motorola Center, Schaumburg, IL 60196; Tel:...

XM Arrives in Detroit. (Communication).(XM Satellite Radio)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... XM Satellite Radio (1250 23rdSt., NW, Suite 57, Washington, DC 20037; Tel: 202/969-7070, Fax: 202/969-7050; Email: charles.robbins@xmradio.com, Website: www.xmradio.com) is now available in the Detroit area. Moreover, General Motors (GM, 100...

@Road Provides Delivery Proof. (Fleet Management).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... @Road (47200 Bayside Pkwy., Fremont, CA 94538; Tel: 877/429-7623, Fax: 510/870-1444; Website: www.atroad.com) launched a two-way messaging and data collection system called MobileForms. The new system uses Symbol Technologies' (One Symbol...

Sirf and Navman Issue Product. (Fleet Management).(SiRF Technology Inc., Navman USA)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... SiRF Technology, Inc. (Tel: 408/392-8307; Email: kanwar@sirf.com, Website: www.sirf.com) and Navman USA (P.O. Box 68 155, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand; Tel: 866/628-6261; Email: Wrgraham2@aol.com) announced that the new Navman in series global...

Qualcomm Moves into New Markets. (Fleet Management).(Qualcomm Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... Qualcomm, Inc. (6455 Lusk Blvd.; San Diego, CA 92121; Tel: 619/587-1121; Website: www.qualcomm.com) and Eutelsat (70 rue Balard, F-75502 Paris Cedex 15, France; Tel: 331/5398-4757; Email: voconnor@eutelsat.fr) signed a 5-yr. agreement to...

PageTrack Extends Its Coverage. (Fleet Management).(Elite Logistics Inc., PageNet Canada)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Elite Logistics, Inc. (1201 North Ave., H., Freeport, TX77541; Tel: 979/230-0222; Email: jdsmith@elitelog.com, Website: www.elitelog.com) announced an agreement with Paging Network of Canada, Inc. (PageNet Canada; Tel: 416/207-4316; Email:...

PB Studies Miami Bay Link. (Transit).(Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... The Miami-Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO, Stephen P. Clark Ctr., 111 NW First St., Suite 910, Miami, FL 33128; Tel: 305/375-4507, Fax: 305/375-4950; Website: www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/mpo/) selected Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB, 5775...

PB Wins Warm Springs Extension. (Transit).(Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc., California)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... The Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART, 101 8th St., Metro 2, Oakland CA 94607) chose Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB, 303 Second St., San Francisco, CA 94107; Website: www.pbworld.com) to perform general engineering services for the Warm Springs...

Utah Lab to Monitor Olympic Traffic. (Traffic Management).(University of Utah's Utah Traffic Lab, Olympics, Salt Lake City, Utah)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... University of Utah researchers will be monitoring traffic jams and other highway problems from the university's Utah Traffic Lab (201 S Presidents Circle, Room 308, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9017; Tel: 801/581-6773, Fax: 801/585-3350; Email:...

Nestor Installs More Video Cameras. (Traffic Management).(Nestor Traffic Systems Inc. receives contract from City of Germantown, Tennessee)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... Nestor Traffic Systems, Inc. (NTS) announced that the City of Germantown, Tennessee, has chosen CrossingGuard to automate red light enforcement and improve intersection safety. As the pioneer, implementing the first automated enforcement...

Software Assists Traffic Planning. (Traffic Management).(Exor Corp.'s Network Manager Version 3)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 2001... Exor Corp. (3 Ballard Way, Suite 303, Lawrence, MA 01843; Tel: 978/738-1907, Fax: 978/738-8936; Email: bnally@exorcorp.com, Website: www.exorcorp.com) announced the availability of a new version of its transportation database software. Called...

Facial Recognition Offered Jointly. (Airlines).(Arinc Inc., Visionics Corp.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... Arinc, Inc. (2551 Riva Rd., Annapolis, MD 21401-7465; Tel: 410/266-4000; Website: www.arinc.com) and Visionics Corp. (5600 Rowland Rd., Minnetonka, MN 55343; Tel: 952/932-0888, Fax: 952/932-7181; Website: www.visionics.com) will jointly promote...

Weather Reported to Cockpit. (Airlines).(Flight Explorer Inc. teams up with Satellink Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Weather is a critical factor in transportation, both on the ground and in the air. Flight Explorer (10640 Page Ave., Suite 400, Fairfax, VA 22030; Website: www.flightexplorer.com) and Satellink Technologies, Inc. (21700 Atlantic Blvd., Dulles,...

Pilots Get Early Storm Warning. (Airlines).(from system introduced by Federal Aviation Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA, 800 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20591; Tel: 202/267-3462) and the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA, 14th St. & Constitution Ave., NW, Room 6013, Washington, DC 20230; Tel:...

Cubic Locates Personally. (Airlines).(Cubic Defense Systems to supply avionics system to Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Cubic Defense Systems, a subsidiary of San Diego--based Cubic Corp. (9333 Balboa Ave., San Diego, CA 92123; Tel: 858/505-2378; Email: Kelly.Williams@cubic.com, Website: www.cubic.com), won an approximately $2 million contract to supply...

STM and Delphi Integrate Circuits. (Auto Electronics).(STMicroelectronics, Delphi Automotive Systems to work together in developing integrated circuits for automotive applications)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... STMicroelectronics (Route de PreBois, ICC BlocA1215, Geneva 15, Switzerland; Tel: 602/485-2061) and Delphi Automotive Systems (5725 DelphiDr., Troy, MI 48098-2815; Tel: 248/813-2527, Fax: 248/813-2670; Email: Jennifer.l. Zajac@delpbiauto.com,...

Smart Labels Increase Safety. (Asset Tracking).(Infineon Technologies' radio frequency identification products)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 2001... Infineon Technologies (1730 North First St., SanJose, CA 95112; Tel: 408/501-6390; Email: matt. schmidt@infineon.com, Website: www.infineon.com) announced the availability of radio frequency identification (RFID) products. The RFID units have...

Upaid Receives U.S. Patent. (Industry News).(United States)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... In November, Upaid Systems (Tel: 33 (0)1 58 36 58 58; Email: mcharris@upaid.net) received U.S. Patent 6,320,947 covering its technology entitled "Telephony platform and method for providing enhanced communication services." The company plans to...

Bringing TV to Boaters, Campers. (Industry News).(KVH Industries introduces TracVision S3)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
December 1, 2001... KVH Industries (50 Enterprise Ctr., Middletown, RI 02842; Tel: 401/847-3327, Fax: 401/849-0045) introduced TracVision S3 satellite TV antenna. With its integrated Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) technology and automatic satellite acquisition, the...

Odetics Has Succession Plan. (Industry News).(Joel Slutzky to turn over part of his executive duties to Greg Miner)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Joel Slutzky, chairman and chief executive officer of Odetics, Inc. (1515 S. Manchester Ave., Anaheim, CA 92802-2907; Tel: 714/774-5000; Website: www.odetics.com) announced a phased succession plan for the company. As part of the plan, Slutzky...

'Tis the Season for Earnings. (Industry News).(Aether Systems Inc., @Track Communications Inc., Image Sensing Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... Aether Systems, Inc. (11460 Cronridge Dr., Owings Mills, MD 21117; Tel: 410/654-6400; Website: www.aethersystems.com) announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2001. Revenues for the third quarter were $25 million as...

ATTN Stock Watch.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... ATTN Stock Watch (At Close, December 3, 2001) This Last Company Exchange Symbol Month Month Change Amerigon (NSDAQ) ARGN 1.50 0.98 0.52 Delphi (NYSE)...

Amerigon, Inc. (Briefly Noted).(vehicle climate control systems)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Amerigon, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ARGN) (Tel: 949/341-7691; Email: ncarollo@ford.com) Climate Control Seat (CCS) system is a standard feature in the 2002 model year Lincoln Blackwood luxury utility vehicle. The vehicle is now available in dealer...

International Road Dynamics, Inc. (Briefly Noted).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... International Road Dynamics, Inc. (IRD) announced that it has received a letter of intent to award a contract from APEX Contracting, Inc. to install a Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Network (CVISN) Mainline Pre-Clearance System at...

Weidlinger Associates, Inc. (Briefly Noted).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB, One PennPlaza, New York, NY 10119; Website: www.pbworld.com) and Weidlinger Associates, Inc. (375 Hudson St., 12th Floor, New York, NY 10014-3656; Tel: 212/367-3000, Fax: 212/367-3030; Website: www.weidlinger.com)...

Diagnostics Options Increase. (Reports).(market for remote vehicle diagnostics)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... Frost & Sullivan (7550 West Interstate 10, Suite 910, San Antonio, TX 78229-5616; Website: www.transportation.frost.com) analyzed the North American market for remote vehicle diagnostics markets and concluded that revenues of $360 million in...

Calendar.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... December 3-4, 2001. Telematics Software and Hardware Developers Conference, Hilton Hotel Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA. Contact: Pete Costello; Tel: 202/4842896; Email: pcostello@itsa.org. March l3-15, 2002. Eighth International Conference...