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BUS' PRODUCTS * USA - First Sales Order Received From Ecuador for NavStar Technologies, Inc. GPS Fleet Management System
Fixed Equipment S.A. Ecuador, Provides Sales Order Toward the 15,000 Units Announced Last Month
Anaheim,CA,USA -MarketWatch -Nov 12, 2008: -- NavStar Technologies Inc., announces the first sale for 4,033 from Fixed Equipment S.A. (distribution partner in Ecuador) to satisfy the 15,000 units for the Ecuador Government Transportation Agency... The agreement with Fixed Equipment S.A. and the government of Ecuador will generate $4.5 to $6.0M of hardware and services revenue for NavStar Technologies, Inc. in 2009... As previously reported, NavStar Technologies, Inc. has been selected to provide asset tracking equipment in support of the public transportation system in Ecuador and will partner with Fixed Equipment S.A. to provide equipment, software and related services. The NavStar Fleet Management System will allow the Public Transportation System in Ecuador to track assets, provide roadside assistance, increase security, and provide data to manage their fleet more efficiently... (Photo: NavStar's Fleet Management hardware)Labels: products and services
PRODUCTS & SERVICES * Ireland - iPhone apps for public transport users is next big thing
Dublin,Ireland -Siliconrepublic.com -7 Oct 2008: -- Personalised information for bus passengers, tailored maps and online payment on the go via your iPhone is about to become a reality for millions of US public transport users... An Irish technology company called Mapflow yesterday unveiled a new technology at the annual meeting of the American Public Transit Association (APTA)... The company, which was acquired by US millionaire businessman Sean O’Sullivan last year for US$6.1m, has developed a new technology called Avego Futurefleet which combines next-generation computing of devices such as the iPhone with Web 2.0, SMS, RTPI and online ticketing... Labels: products and services
BUSES' SPARE PARTS * China - Ultracapacitors Are Adopted in Hybrid Buses
Hangzhou,China -Power Electronics -Aug 13, 2008: -- Spotlight on Digital PowerMaxwell Technologies has announced that Golden Dragon Bus Co., a producer of medium and heavy duty buses, has selected Maxwell's BOOSTCAP ultracapacitors for braking energy recuperation and torque assist in fuel-efficient, low-emission, diesel-electric hybrid buses Golden Dragon is producing for the Hangzhou, China, Public Transport Group Co.... According to David Schramm, Maxwell's president and chief executive officer, Maxwell has completed delivery of 720 48-V BMOD0165 P048 multi-cell ultracapacitor modules to Golden Dragon for installation into 45 hybrid buses ordered by the Hangzhou Public Transport Group Co... Golden Dragon delivered the first prototype hybrid bus with an ultracapacitor-based energy storage system to Hangzhou in July 2007, for comparison with other hybrid drive systems under actual operating conditions... (Photo: A Golden Dragon Bus Commuter Series)Labels: products and services
PRODUCTS & SERVICES * India - Dhanus to deploy its solution in 10000 more Kerala buses
Kerala,Chennai,India -The Business Standard, by Thiruvananthapuram -April 29, 2008: -- Dhanus Technologies Limited, a Chennai-based telecommunications company, has bagged an order from the All Kerala Bus Operators Organisation to deploy its FleeTrac solution in 10,000 buses... Dhanus Technologies has entered into an agreement with the All Kerala Bus Operators Organisation along with its consortium partners – Chennai-based Sobha AppliedDSP and Kochi-based Kiran Technologies... The current deal would enable Dhanus to provide telematics services for the entire state. The order is scheduled to be completed in a phased manner, he said...Labels: products and services
PRODUCTS & SERVICES * Germany - PSI Awarded Contract in Transportation Sector by EW Bus GmbH Leinefelde
Control system improves attractiveness of public transportation in Eichsfeld County in ThuringiaBerlin,Germany -openPR (press release)/PSI AG -22 November 2007 : -- The Thuringian EW Bus GmbH Leinefelde has awarded the contract for the introduction of a computer-supported operations control system PSItraffic/ITCS to the PSI subsidiary PSI Transcom GmbH. The contract also includes equipping 85 busses with on-board computers from Krauth Apparatebau GmbH... The EW Bus GmbH, a company in the Eichsfeldwerke Group, is licensed to handle 38 regional bus lines and three city bus lines for the public transportation network in the county of Eichsfeld in Thuringia.
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* Dubai - ACS wins contracts worth $21m to supply ticketing system toDubai -The Gulf News, by Shakir Husain -August 20, 2007: -- American firm Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) said on Monday it has won two contracts worth $21 million (Dh77 million) to supply electronic ticketing system to Dubai and expects its technology to make it easier to travel on the city's public buses...Labels: products and services
Fixed Equipment S.A. Ecuador, Provides Sales Order Toward the 15,000 Units Announced Last Month
