Webtech Wireless Powers Wayne County Compass Web Portal
February 01, 2012 06:00 ET
Webtech Wireless Powers Wayne County Compass Web Portal
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 1, 2012) -Webtech Wireless Inc. (TSX:WEW), a leading provider of vehicle fleet location-based services (LBS) and telematics technology, today announces that Wayne County, Michigan has released their "Compass" web portal providing real-time vehicle, traffic, and video information to their citizens, with the telematics and vehicle data provided from the County's Webtech Wireless InterFleet solution.
The Wayne County "Compass" portal combines information from many disparate sources to provide a single integrated live view of what is happening on the streets of Wayne County. Real-time GPS vehicle location information for county vehicles is provided by the Webtech Wireless InterFleet solution. County Executive Robert Ficano is quoted in the Detroit News: "Compass is a system that allows the public to view and plan out their commute, to see what roads have been plowed and projections of where the plows are going to go."
Scott Edmonds, President and CEO of Webtech Wireless said, "Wayne County demonstrates leadership in using our telematics and other information to create innovative services for their citizens. This is a great example of a customer delivering our vision of fleet intelligence anywhere."
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Webtech Wireless Inc. (TSX:WEW) is a provider of vehicle fleet location-based services (LBS) and telematics technology. It develops, manufactures and supports end-to-end wireless solutions that improve the productivity, profitability, environmental compliance and safety of vehicle fleets. Its comprehensive suite of products and services include: automatic vehicle location (AVL), mapping, vehicle diagnostics, CO2 reporting, navigation, messaging, and mobile resource management. The Company serves customers of all sizes in the transport, government, service, insurance and OEM markets in over forty-one countries, including Fortune 500 companies. Specialized products include: Quadrant® commercial fleet solutions, InterFleet® solutions for government, and NextBus® real-time passenger information services for transit fleets. For more information, please visit webtechwireless.com or contact:
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