Terion FleetView(TM) Trailer Monitoring Equipment Launched January 15
26 January 2000
Terion FleetView(TM) Trailer Monitoring Equipment Launched January 15MELBOURNE, Fla., Jan. 25 -- Terion announces commercial availability of its FleetView(TM) trailer monitoring system. FleetView enables enhanced asset management through continuous visibility of location and status. Sophisticated trailer event detection provides trailer utilization data, changes in trailer availability status, as well as the identification of trailer and cargo events. FleetView combines cellular communications technology for comprehensive coverage, Internet data access for ease of operation, with innovative hardware design. FleetView's unique approach integrates the GPS and cellular antennae into a standard trailer marker light, providing covert installation. The system design also features over-the-air software downloads for future upgrades and enhancements, sophisticated power management using an integral motion sensor, and the ability to transmit five trailer events per message. Terion's Tview(TM) software works in a familiar browser environment on standard PC hardware. "We're excited about the launch of this new product," said Ed Mushill, Product Manager of FleetView. "It provides a simple and affordable trailer monitoring and tracking solution with innovative features that address the needs of the industry." The addition of FleetView to the Terion team expands the company's technological base to include core cellular expertise and furthers Terion's strategy to become a total mobile-information solutions provider for the transportation industry. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, Terion, Inc. provides industry leading information solutions using two way wireless communications. The Company's patents and other intellectual properties include digital high frequency technologies originally developed under contract by Harris Corporation as a nationwide backup communication system. Terion has adapted the technology to a commercial application that provides a low cost communication alternative with comprehensive geographic coverage. The Company is initially focusing its product development and business strategy toward meeting the needs of transportation customers. Terion's investors and strategic partners include Penske Capital Partners, Delphi Automotive Systems, Detroit Diesel Corporation, KteCom, LLC, a company affiliated with Knight Transportation, HVFM-II, LP in which Harris Corporation is the major investor and Madison Venture Corporation of Vancouver, Canada. The Company's goal is to combine the best People, Products and Partners to offer its customers world class wireless information solutions.