Small business owners will receive access to Geotab's telematics platform as well as direct support services. Geotab for Small Business, a new offering specifically designed to support small businesses who may own and operate only a few vehicles.Other announcements made by Geotab during its Geotab Extend event are: The moment trucks leave, the record in the database will shut off, he said. By using Extended Services, fleets will be able to create a database that only shows the locations when drivers enter the port. The Port has a program that guarantees wait times for trucking companies will not be more than 30 minutes if they install a telematics device or share location data. Leasing companies will be able to set up separate databases for telematics modules they offer to their fleet customers - one database for ELD data, another for fuel card data, engine diagnostics, odometer readings and more.ĭistributing data and controlling access and flow “is what it’s all about,” he said.Ĭawse points to another use case with the Port of Vancouver, Wash. Currently, 50,000 of the more than 2.2 million vehicle subscriptions in Geotab’s network are owned by equipment leasing companies who are offering telematics services to their customers from the Geotab platform. Extended Services allows the customer to control that and other parameters.Ĭawse expects to see fleets sharing the same database containing the last 30 days of data, for example, to multiple insurance companies to obtain competing quotes based on their actual risk behaviors.Įquipment leasing companies are another Geotab customer that Sutherland sees a demand for Extended Services. Fleets may not want to share telematics data that includes customer locations, for example, or the time of day that drivers are driving, said Neil Cawse, chief executive of Geotab.
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