Police "drone" in the slums

14/03/2010 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

Equipment will monitor, via GPS, the steps of the military police in raids in communities ...  Read more

Brazilian Space Agency and Space Agency of the Russian Federation promotes Business Meeting on Glonass

08/03/2010 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

On 6 April, the Business Meeting on Glonass, in Sao Paulo. The Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) and the Federal Space Agency of Russia, in the Cooperative Program of the Glonass system, will hold the event in order to present to the Brazilian business opportunities for cooperation with Russian companies. ...  Read more

Charter of the city of Sao Paulo have to install via GPS tracker within 60 days

16/02/2010 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

Charter vehicles moving through the city of Sao Paulo will be required to install equipment with GPS positioning. ...  Read more

Government of Ceara distributed 100 school buses with tachographs and GPS

10/02/2010 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

 Twenty-seven cities in the State of Ceará received on Monday (08), school buses to transport donated by the State Government. In total, 100 new vehicles were delivered to the municipal managers as a form of recognition and improvement of basic education in rural Ceará. ...  Read more

Ituran obtain certification of NCC and is awaiting approval from the National to meet the resolution 245/07

09/02/2010 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The Ituran one of the associates of Gristec obtained certification from the NCC Certification in Brazil, and now seeks its approval as a provider of anti-theft devices for vehicles, according to Resolution 245/07 of the National Traffic Council (Contran). ...  Read more

Contran publishes deadlines for mandatory installation of anti-theft devices for vehicles

03/02/2010 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The Official Gazette of last Monday (1) published the resolution of the National Traffic Council (Contran), setting deadlines for the mandatory installation of anti-theft devices in new cars, domestic or imported to be licensed in Brazil. ...  Read more

Sun protection alarms

03/02/2010 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

To attract public campaigns rely on utilities to users. Advertising uses features of the phone, as geotagging. ...  Read more

Curitiba winning international standard in software production

02/02/2010 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

According to recent report by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), which produce world class business software solutions, the Sofha Management & Technology, based in Curitiba, received a Level 3 maturity model in CMMI (Capability Maturity Model © Integration). In Brazil, little more than two dozen companies have such status. ...  Read more

Installation of tracking devices in new vehicles is the subject of public hearing

12/01/2010 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

On Wednesday (13 / 1) will hold a public hearing for technical clarifications about the requirement for automakers install a monitoring system and new vehicles antitheft-determination already prohibited by law. ...  Read more

Bill provides for mandatory GPS for taxis in big cities

09/01/2010 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The Board examines the Bill 5758/09, which mandates the installation of GPS in all taxis and rental vehicles that provide service in cities with more than 200 thousand inhabitants. ...  Read more

Sao Paolo: Project GPS to track buses after a year of testing

29/12/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

A year after being announced the deployment of the GPS system on buses in Jundiaí still in sporadic tests.  "The service will be deployed by the city in February," said an official of the Traffic Management. The term is denied by Roberto Scaringella, Secretary of Transportation. For press relations he reports that "there is no deadline for implementation of the GPS system. ...  Read more

Brazil Project ID is officially launched at an event in Bahia

23/12/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The Departments of State Treasury, the IRS and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT), represented by the National Meeting of Tax Administrators (ENCAT) and the Center for Advanced Research Wernher von Braun, respectively, announced last Thursday (17) in Salvado (BA), the launch of the "Brazil-ID" to start on national television the System of Identification, Authentication and Tracking of Goods. ...  Read more

Assembly approves mining tracking cell

22/12/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais approved a bill that requires the cell phone companies to inform the location of its customers to the police. The PL 900/07 was approved on Thursday (17/12) and now goes to sanction the governor. ...  Read more

Trucks Trios electric carnival in Salvador will be located via GPS

21/12/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The Carnival booklet containing all the standardization bodies for blocks and is almost ready. The requirements of some organs, such as Surveillance, Fire Department and Regional Superintendent of Labor and Employment Security Department, among others, remain the same, but there are some changes. ...  Read more

Bahia runs the largest highway program in Brazil

17/12/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The recovery of the highway from Bahia continues in full swing. The State Department of Infrastructure (Seinfra), through the Department of Transport Infrastructure in Bahia (Derbi), is performing work areas in various regions of the state. ...  Read more

Galileo Networking Meeting, 24-25Nov, 2009, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil

23/11/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The Galileo Information Centre, supervised by the GSA invites you to participate to the Galileo Networking Meeting for Industry to foster the International Cooperation of the Galileo Programme. Private and Public sector, research organizations and governments’ representatives, with the need to be informed on the collaborative opportunities and get involved into the Galileo Adventure, are welcome. ...  Read more

Justice Veto the bill that requires the installation of GPS in ambulances

13/11/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The Commission of Justice and Constitution of the Legislative Assembly of Paraíba dropped by four to three the governor's veto José Maranhão to a bill authored by Romero Rodrigues requiring the installation of GPS in ambulances. The matter now goes for consideration by the plenary of the Legislative Branch, worth noted that the project had been approved unanimously by the House. ...  Read more

FREIGHTWATCH ANNOUNCES JOINT VENTURE WITH OpenTech IN BRAZIL

09/11/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The U.S. company and Brazilian FreightWatch OpenTech have formed a Joint Venture in Brazil, which will bring together the services of both in solution for risk management in global supply chain. This association, signed on November 2, 2009, will combine security activities, logistics, consulting and risk management, providing the domestic market to offer an extremely effective service. The partnership will enable companies to develop and manage complete programs and customized security of supply chain for shippers, distributors, logistics providers and insurers. "The security expertise to the supply chain that holds OpenTech contribute significantly to the global spread of the portfolio of services FreightWatch," says Barry Conlon, president of FreightWatch. ...  Read more

Gristec defends use of locators in vehicles from 2010

06/11/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The Brazilian Association for Enterprise Risk Management and Technology Tracking and Monitoring (Gristec) a strange Court decision (17th Federal de Sao Paulo), through a preliminary injunction, set aside the order of the National Traffic Department (Denatran ) that determines the compulsory installation of locators in vehicles emerging from the factory, from 2010. ...  Read more

GPS improves the quality of public transport

04/11/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

Delays in bus lines, defects in the vehicles during the trip, changes in itinerary and fraud in the electronic ticketing system. To solve these and other problems in the public transport system, the Municipality of Aracaju (PMA), in agreement with the companies responsible for providing the service, just deploy the fleet tracking system and monitoring via GPS (Global Positioning System in English). ...  Read more

Fleet of Sao Paulo will be the first tracked by chips

01/11/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The federal government announced on Thursday (29), during seminar held in Brasilia, the details for installation of automatic identification of vehicles (SINIAV).  Sao Paulo should be one of the first cities to monitor the fleet with chips. ...  Read more

In Bahia, the 2014 World Cup has started

30/10/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The 2014 World Cup will be hosted by twelve cities. In Salvador, the investment tide will turn at least five projects in structural works for the games and after the event. These preparations and the challenges of the city were presented on Monday (26) during the Forum FIFA 2014. ...  Read more

GM can profit and grow in Brazil

27/10/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

In the command of General Motors just seven months ago, Fritz Henderson, chosen to lead the process of restructuring in the pre and post bankruptcy, saw the company where he has worked for 25 years to close six plants and lay off 18 thousand employees this year alone in America North. He admits that the sheer size of the company, exalted in the past decades has not brought positive results, especially in the midst of the crisis affecting the United States. ...  Read more

Research and Markets: The Impact of Mandatory Anti-theft Systems in Brazil

20/10/2009 - language: English - posted by telematics

DUBLIN--(Business Wire)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of SBD's new report "The Impact of Mandatory Anti-theft Systems in Brazil" to their offering. How will the legal requirement for stolen vehicle tracking systems affect theft trends and future telematics service opportunities? ...  Read more

Viajeo: towards efficient travel and transport planning

15/10/2009 - language: English - posted by telematics

Supported by the European Commission the project was officially launched on 25 September at the ITS World Congress in Stockholm, Sweden. Coordinated by ERTICO – ITS Europe, the project brings together various stakeholders who decided to join their forces under the Viajeo umbrella for a period of 36 months. They will design, demonstrate and implement an open platform to collect and process data for transport planning and travel information in cities in Europe, China and Brazil. ...  Read more

Rio youth use GPS phones to put favelas on map

12/10/2009 - language: English - posted by telematics

Rio's favelas are home to a third of the city's population, but are almost invisible on maps -- a situation five young women are trying to change with the help of GPS and the Internet. ...  Read more

Municipality of San Jose deploys fleet monitoring system

11/10/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The city of San Jose launched yesterday a new system for monitoring the fleet.The project is considered a pioneer in the country by putting together a system of fleet and fuel management. ...  Read more

The Computer System of Florianopolis join the Rio provider of toll voucher Dbtrans.

10/10/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

With this, the company becomes part of the Dbtrans He will have investments of $ 4 million for a restructuring that will include, among other things, increasing the team in at least 30 new employees. ...  Read more

TomTom Sees Brazil as its Priority Market

06/10/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

SAO PAULO - Brazil tops the list of priorities of the Dutch TomTom, a global leader in portable navigation - known primarily for GPS devices (global positioning system) that have maps and road maps to guide drivers. ...  Read more

Green Wave is already present in 100 crossings across the Brazilian Capital

05/10/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The synchronization of traffic lights in the capital began in May and since then more than 100 crossings Capital already operate the system with GPS (Global Positioning System). However, the goal is to install a "green wave" at 150 intersections, in order to end the congestion. ...  Read more

GPS technology offers more security in railway

18/09/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The railway is a modal with many opportunities for technological development and improvement of operations. However, the area of security is of paramount importance for the proper performance of the activity. Therefore, the FTC (Ferrovia Tereza Cristina) search technologies, systems and adaptations that enable their activities are safer ...  Read more

Brazil will have a single standard for RFID

13/09/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The Ministry of Science and Technology presented a project in partnership with the Ministry of Finance, to create a single standard in the country to use RFID (radio frequency identification) smart tags. ...  Read more

Brazil developing a national RFID system for identifying goods

05/09/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

São Paulo, 04 September 2009 - The Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT) and the Treasury and the departments of Finance of all Brazilian states have signed a cooperation agreement for the creation of the Brazil-ID: System Identification and Tracking Authentication Goods. ...  Read more

Brazil will organize a fully computerized census in 2010

04/09/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

Handheld computers equipped with GPS receivers and digital maps. This will be the working equipment of about 230 thousand agents and census enumerators who will work at the XII Population Census, the first survey of this size completely computerized in the country Some of the questionnaires could be returned via the internet. The budget of the survey, conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), will be 1.4 billion. ...  Read more

GPS locators in Brazil compulsory by 2010?

01/09/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

A measure of the National Traffic Council (Contran) scheduled to take effect next year has the potential to take off the sector of vehicle tracking. From February of 2010 equipments that allow the tracking of cars, motorcycles and trucks via satellite will become mandatory items.So, who wants the service to locate and lock and only need to hire an accredited company. ...  Read more

Zatix acquires Controlsat

26/08/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

Martin Hackett, president of Zatix, announced the acquisition of Controlsat, renowned company in the segment of vehicle tracking and fleet in the country. This is the most significant acquisition since the creation of Zatix in 2008.The purchase is part of the company's expansion plan Zatix recently announced and includes, in addition to growing through acquisitions, organic growth.The prediction is that the operations and customers Controlsat are fully integrated into Zatix from today and within six months. ...  Read more

Electronic tracking of prisoners was adopted in Rio de Janeiro

11/08/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro (ALERJ) approved this Tuesday a draft law which stipulates that prisoners in the open or in semi-state of Rio will have its output monitored by electronic tracking equipment.  The project will be forwarded to the governor Sérgio Cabral, who has 15 working days to sanction or veto it. ...  Read more

Auto insurance market grows, but number of policies is still limited

10/08/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

An automotive heated as Brazil involves the growth of the whole production chain, but also force changes in services that depend on the world of four wheels, such as insurance. The market for car insurance grew only 10% in first half of 2009, while the segment of vehicles rose by 3% over the same period. That is, the renewal of the fleet by selling more cars zero-km directly stimulates greater employment insurance. ...  Read more

Judge grants exception suspending obligation required by Contran

06/08/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

Judge grants injunction suspending obligation required by Contran.The manufacturers are obliged to install monitored by satellite tracking of vehicles produced in Minas. The Federal Court granted injunction suspending the effects of resolution 245/2007, the National Traffic Council (Contran), begin to assert that from now. The request for suspension of installation of equipment was presented to the Federal Court by the Brazilian Association of Consumers (ABC). ...  Read more

Noise for nothing: Brazil prepares to expand the use of GPS

29/07/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

Brazil is preparing to expand the use of GPS (Global Positioning System, in English) so fast. In land transport, the symbol became known for browsers, which soon became objects of desire, despite the high price. ...  Read more

Robberies and thefts of vehicles increased 100%, are now more than ten per day

24/07/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The rates of robbery and theft of vehicles has increased 100% this year compared to last year. Five cases per day recorded in the year 2008, the numbers rose to ten per day in the last three months in Greater Cuiabá. And what is worse, the recovery rate, which reached 70% before, fell to 50% this year. ...  Read more

Brazil Stolen Vehicle Tracking - Interview with Paul Burnley, Telematics and ITS Senior Specialist - SBD

23/07/2009 - language: English - posted by telematics

Vehicle theft is a significant problem in the Brazilian market and thefts have been at a high level for a number of years. Violent thefts, such as hijackings, are commonplace in some areas of the larger cities. ...  Read more

Congress debate Resolution 245 of Contran

15/07/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

Panel will involve the Denatran, Sindipeças, Abraciclo, Fenseg, Controlsat and Motorola. The National Council of Transit (Contran) established in 2007, that domestic and imported vehicles manufactured from August this year should necessarily leave the dealerships equipped with a device that allows antitheft block them and track them. However, an injunction, granted by the Federal Court in April, stayed the decision. ...  Read more

Fire Department starts bidding for purchase of GPS

15/07/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The Fire Department of Londrina opened the bidding process for the purchase of 11 Global Positioning equipment - GPS. ...  Read more

Telecom Italia Plans $4.2 Billion Brazilian Investment

10/07/2009 - language: English - posted by telematics

Telecom Italia has said that it will invest EUR3 billion (US$4.2 billion) over the next three year on its Brazilian operation, TIM Participacoes. In an interview with the local Folha de S. Paulo newspaper, Telecom Italia Chairman Gabriele Galateri said that developing wireless broadband services offered more solid opportunities than landline services. ...  Read more

Google and Fiat close partnership for maps Street View service in Sao Paulo

30/06/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

Google in Brazil hit a partnership with Fiat to supply the national service maps "Street View" in Sao Paulo. The announcement will be this Thursday the chairmen of both companies. According to a source close to the matter, Fiat will sponsor the Google service that allows the Internet user to have images of the city at the streets. ...  Read more

Rio PMs damaged 15 GPS in 2009 to cover crimes

28/06/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

At least 15 units of GPS (Global Positioning System) installed in police cars have been broken purposely by PMs this year. The goal was to impede the investigation of crimes, or atrocities committed by these deviations. ...  Read more

Manaus uses GPS to monitor school lunches

24/06/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

Distribution of meals in the units of the network of teaching Manaus will be tracked by GPS, the solution was presented at last Friday (19) by the Mayor. The equipment is being installed in the vehicles responsible for the delivery of food and is part of a pilot project of the municipal departments of Administration (Semad) and Education (Semedo), still in testing. ...  Read more

Intermunicipal vans and buses in Rio will have GPS from September

24/06/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

RIO - The security of intercity vans operating in the regions of Costa Verde and the low coast  will not be guaranteed only for police operations. The agency announced that the vehicles will be tracked by GPS (satellite location) to be accompanied throughout the journey. The system will also be used in intercity bus. ...  Read more

New system of satellite tracking of aircraft will be used in Brazil this year

15/06/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

A new type of tracking aircraft is used by Brazilian pilots from August onwards. The Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) satellite signals it receives and sends data bases on land.This way the exact position of the aircraft is available even in area without ground radar coverage, as part of the Rio-Paris route, on the Atlantic Ocean, where the A330 fell. ...  Read more

The Department of Road Transport Rio de Janeiro fines buses that do not have GPS on board

11/06/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The Department of Road Transport (DETR) in Rio de Janeiro, had an operation this Thursday to review the garages of the 185 companies operating in the transport intercity passenger. The objective was to verify if the ordinance requiring vehicles to have GPS, valid from the day on May 31 this year, is being met. 81 fines were issued, each valued at 1,715 reais. ...  Read more

Ericsson, Qualcomm blocking WiMAX in Brazil, says Neotec

09/06/2009 - language: English - posted by telematics

The long-running dispute between Brazil’s MMDS (multichannel multipoint distribution service) operators and 3G operators over mobile WiMAX deployment shows little sign of resolution. ...  Read more

Africa uses satellites to monitor deforestation

04/06/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

A project in Brazil with African countries will make possible the monitoring of forests in Africa. The National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) installed antennas to capture images of satellites in Egypt, the Canary Islands should take the technology to the Congo and Gabon, and will be used for the evaluation of deforestation in the Amazon and monitoring of areas Canavieiras. ...  Read more

Brazilian project to create a digital map of low income communities

02/06/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The Youth Network program, the NGO Community, founded by former First Lady and sociologistRuth Cardoso, has just launched a new open collaborative project open, the WikiMapa, which aims to put on the map low-income communities of Rio de Janeiro and rest of Brazil. ...  Read more

Volkswagen and Intel sign partnership to computers to cars with integrated GPS

22/05/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

In partnership with Intel, Volkswagen should launch project to include on-board computers with integrated GPS in their cars. The prediction is that in three years the equipment is embedded in cars. The screens should be sensitive to touch and respond to simple commands of the driver. ...  Read more

Installation of tracking on vehicles is no longer mandatory

21/05/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The automakers operating in Brazil will not be required to install tracking equipment attached to vehicles blocking the ex-works as provided for in the Resolution 245/07 of CONTRAN.
...  Read more

Truck driver admits killing of dentist in the Sun Route

20/05/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

According to police, the satellite system of the vehicle revealed that the truck stopped at the site of the crime in time that mark was attacked and killed. The experts met, Monday night, traces of blood in the cabin of the truck.
...  Read more

Deployment Scenario for mandatory tracking is confusing in Brazil

13/05/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

It is increasingly confusing the scenario that involves the implementation of mandatory system for tracking and blocking of vehicles in case of theft or robbery. All because of Resolution 245, National Traffic Council (Contran), which established the schedule for installation in all vehicles, from August next, extending to 2010. The origins of the imbroglio is the Complementary Law n º 121, 2006, which created the National System of Prevention, Surveillance and Prevention of Theft and Theft of Vehicles and Loads.It's legal allocation Contran regulate the matter. ...  Read more

Brazilian Consumer Association debates requirements on new cars

06/05/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The Commission of Consumer Protection conducts a public hearing this Wednesday (6) to discuss the requirement to deploy system antifurto in cars left the factory and replace the seals of the plates of vehicles Brazilians. ...  Read more

Brazilian Federal Court bars compulsory tracking of vehicles

18/04/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The Brazilian Federal Court decided in the first instance the installation of the chip tracking antifurto will not be mandatory in new cars sold in the country from August, as provided for Denatran (National Department of Transit). The agency did not comment the decision - said only that it will appeal. ...  Read more

Brazil: Fiat and suppliers of MG renew agreement to keep jobs

15/03/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

BELO HORIZONTE (Reuters) - Fiat Automobiles and 13 suppliers of assembly of Minas Gerais renew this agreement Friday to prevent layoffs until April 20, when a new assessment will be conducted. ...  Read more

Brazilian federal prosecutors against compulsory anti-theft systems in cars

13/02/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

SÃO PAULO - The Federal prosecutors recommended that the National Traffic Department (Denatran) and National Council of Transit (Contran) cancel the resolution and ordinances which require that manufacturers install anti-theft and tracking system in all vehicles. ...  Read more

Minas Gerias fights dengue with GPS equipped mosquito traps

13/02/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

An interconnected computer system will help monitor the infestation of the mosquito that transmits dengue, in Minas Gerais. Traps that seem a vase of flowers, created to attract the females of the mosquito began to be installed by the end of February 2009. ...  Read more

New horizons for modernization of public enterprises

13/02/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

Although available in the market for over 40 years, the technology of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has never been in evidence as at present - especially in the current time where the agenda is to save resources.Unable to hold a master plan, the control method or any other activity of planning and integrated management without maps, without GIS. ...  Read more

Commission approves use of GPS to locate missing persons

04/01/2009 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The Commission for Public Security and Combating Organized Crime approved on Wednesday (17), the Project of Law 3797/08, which provides for the use of GPS (Global Positioning System) to locate missing persons and track elderly, disabled and adolescents who need follow-up. ...  Read more

Technology promises information on traffic in real time on GPS

22/12/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

In partnership with Grupo Radio Bandeirantes and Maplink, the movix has today (10/12) the states, service that promises to help motorists with updated information in real time to transit through the GPS navigators. ...  Read more

Brazilian army launches the mapping of the Amazon jungle

16/12/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The project will map in high-definition, 1.8 million square kilometers of the Amazon for which there are no basic data. The pyramid of aluminum that soldiers installed inside the river is a reflector that will be used to assess the accuracy of the geographical imaging radar planes made by the project Mapping of the Amazon, a great deal of mapping remote areas of the forest, launched this year by the federal government. Back at base, the point of GPS will be marked on the ground compared to the details obtained from the air, using the reflectors as a reference point. ...  Read more

ATRAC index reaches zero in accidents involving the installation of the system of Continental Fleet Manager

15/12/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The ATRAC (Association of Protection to carry loads) a full year of use of the VDO Fleet Manager, mark for the industry to return to Continental Brazil Automobile Industry, one of the world's leading supplier of automotive components, and achieves the goal of accident zero on the roads. ...  Read more

Environmental Military Police use GPS to preventive actions in the Pantanal

11/12/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The Military Police of Environmental Corumbá and Miranda, in the Pantanal, now has GPS receivers to perform their work. Twenty-five police officers participated in a course sponsored by the NGO Human Rights Office Pantaneito on the use and functions of equipment, which will be a tool for everyday use in all actions of the police field. ...  Read more

Number of robberies and thefts of vehicles falls 16%, the lowest in 20 years

10/12/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

For the first time in the last 20 years, the robberies and thefts of vehicles fell by 16.74% from the first of January and October 2008 in the same period of last year in the Grande Cuiabá. ...  Read more

GPS: consumers must consider the price update, warns Pro Test

09/12/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

Sao paulo - In testing with 9 models of GPS sold in Brazil, shows that price entity to update maps can reach 10% of the value of GPS. ...  Read more

Drivers of Sao Paulo will have traffic information in the browser even in 2008

05/12/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

Movix, in partnership with the Group Bandeirante Radio and MapLink, announced that later this year, they will provide traffic information to users of GPS navigators in Sao Paulo. ...  Read more

Implementation of the location of RTLS technology grows in Brazil

05/12/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The technology RTLS (Real Time Location System), focused on the location and tracking of people and equipment in various industries, has grown in recent years. ...  Read more

The obligation of antitheft

04/12/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

On July 27, 2007, the National Council of Transit (Contran), through Resolution 245, established the requirement for equipment in new vehicles antifurto left the factory, are produced in Brazil or abroad, starting in 2009. ...  Read more

MPF is against the obbligation of car tracking system

04/12/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The Federal Public Ministry of Rio Grande do Sul sent recommendation to the National Council of Transit (Contran) to the national repeal the first four articles of the resolution 245/2007, which require the automakers to install satellite tracking equipment on all new cars ...  Read more

Canaccord Initiates Coverage on Ituran (ITRN) with a Buy, Sees Significant Upside From Defensible Business Model and Brazilian Opportunity

03/12/2008 - language: English - posted by telematics

Canaccord analyst says, "We believe that Ituran is likely to face near-term challenges due to F/X headwinds and a related decline in ARPU. However, we do not believe that the company’s core business is in a decline. Ituran has a defensible business model that includes a recurring revenue stream and long-term contracts with insurance companies ...  Read more

Taxis in Curitiba will have GPS already in the first months of 2009

01/12/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The Union of Taxistas of Curitiba provides that in the first months of 2009 is deployed an integrated GPS fleet of taxis in the capital of Parana ...  Read more

GPS does not avoid passing through areas of risk

01/12/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

It was thus that the Norwegian tourists Triguve Tveit of 24 years, Andry and Odomund Olav Kristoffer myke Le Bust, both of 21 years, eventually becoming the target of traffickers in the Complexo da Maré, last weekend. ...  Read more

Cargo and truck crawled by Segsat are recovered in Pernambuco

01/12/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

This week, a truck loaded with appliances and bicycle was stolen in the city of Chorrochó in Bahia. Equipped with GPS Tracking Plus Segsat of Pernambuco, the vehicle was located on the same day the notice of theft and cargo was recovered hours later, with the help of information provided by the crawler, during the accident. ...  Read more

Six are arrested for theft of truck loaded with jeans

27/11/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

Six people were arrested in Itaquaquecetuba, in Greater Sao Paulo, accused of stealing a load of jeans trousers carried by a truck in Mooca districts, an area east of the capital. ...  Read more

Interview: Antonio Calmon tells magazine InfoGPS on the resolution No 245 of Contran

27/11/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

To clarify the issue, the magazine interviewed InfoGPS Antonio Calmon, general coordinator of the Strategic Policy Guidelines of Denatran. Electronic engineer and a master's degree in International Management, the adviser is Calmon CEITEC (Center of Excellence in Advanced Electronics Technology) and serves on the segment of Telecommunications and Semiconductors for 15 years. ...  Read more

GPS will track prisoners in MT (Brazil)

27/11/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

In Mato Grosso, five prisoners will start an experiment of being tracked  via GPS. ...  Read more

Brazil also will use GLONASS

27/11/2008 - language: Russian - posted by telematics

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Brazilian President Lula da Silva signed several documents on cooperation, including cooperation program in the use and joint development of the Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) between Roskosmos and the Brazilian Space Agency, said somnews.ru. ...  Read more

Automakers will have to install antitheft equipment in vehicles

24/11/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

Starting in August 2009, the carmakers will, gradually, be obliged to install antitheft tracking equipment and remote locking in new vehicles leaving the factory, domestic and imported. ...  Read more

Associated Gristec presented in the news industry's Hall of the Automobile

20/11/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The main innovations in equipment and tracking services were presented at the 2008 edition of the Auto Salon, largest automobile fair in Latin America, three associated Gristec ...  Read more

Bradesco launches first Brazilian application for use in iPhone

18/11/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The license is for the launch of software Bradesco Auto Insurance that from today, November 11, poses for free in the palm of the hand of users iPhone a series of unique features, such as access to addresses of shops, gas stations and parks, and digital vídeodicas maps, among other options. ...  Read more

Technology invades the field and creates greater productivity

18/11/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

Fertilization system, agriculture, precision correcting the deficiencies of the soil, generating higher productivity and lower cost of production ...  Read more

Cases of rapid recovery of vehicles highlight importance of tracking

18/11/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

Solutions based on tracking and monitoring have proven effective in their proposals. Already there are any number of reported cases of theft from vehicles and subsequent recovery of these, when used a system of location, either via radio frequency, satellite or GPS. ...  Read more

Automakers will have to install antitheft equipment in vehicles

14/11/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

Starting in August 2009, the carmakers will gradually, to install equipment antifurto tracking and remote locking in new vehicles left the factory, domestic and imported. That is what determines the resolution 245, widely discussed in an event held by the Business Council of the Association of Telecommunications Business in Rio de Janeiro (ACRJ). ...  Read more

Theft of cargo at 12% SP grows in three months, says study

14/11/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

Removal of the Syndicate of cargo transport of Sao Paulo shows that the theft of cargo increased by almost 12% over the past three months. Between January and September this year were registered more than 4.8 thousand thefts of cargo only in the state of Sao Paulo, an average of 535 per month. ...  Read more

Marronzinhos exchange coupon fines for equipment with GPS

13/11/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The monitoring of transit won an ally in Sao Paulo. The ancient beads of a fine of Traffic Engineering Company (CET) should be replaced by electronic equipment connected to the Internet and a satellite locator. Tests have already started. ...  Read more

Continental stresses expansion of product line for the after-market in Automechanika 2008

13/11/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

Between 12 and Nov. 15, Continental Brazil Automobile Industry, one of the world's leading supplier of automotive components, participated in Automechanika 2008 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. On the occasion, the company introduced new applications of products to the market for replacement, these are fuel-level sensor, fuel pump, manometer and horímetro. ...  Read more

Tracking System Required: new blow to the consumer

10/11/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The National Council of Transit (Contran), interpreting the code of Transit know there is interest which moved by the view that could require the manufacturers to install in all new vehicles, equipment for tracking. Excuse the term, but this is stupid. It is another blow to the already plundered the Brazilian. ...  Read more

Cars will have to leave the factory with antitheft system

31/10/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

Contran forcing factories to install ignition blocking and tracking systems.
Automakers will have to provide system from August of 2009. ...  Read more

Catch Me: if you can

27/10/2008 - language: Spanish - posted by telematics

A Brazilian lingerie firm launched a corset with a global positioning system (GPS) built, which will allow the person chosen by the women to take you know the exact place where she is. ...  Read more

Controlsat launches tracking system especially for motorcycles

25/07/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The Controlsat, a company tracking fleets of the group Schahin, launches the Moto ControlCell 4000, crawler developed specifically for the segment of motorcycles. ...  Read more

Generali expands benefits for the self insured with installation of Lojack crawler

22/07/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

From today, policyholders of Generali Insurance's portfolio of car (the individual) can install, free of charge, the crawler LoJack, the Tracker in Brazil, informs the Commercial Director, March Andre Carvalho. ...  Read more

TECHNOLOGY: Sao Paulo receives the first fair on GPS

17/07/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

Widely used for the monitoring of cars, trucks, ships, airplanes, prisons and even people, the Global Positioning System (GPS) is increasingly present in today. Driven by high that market, ... ...  Read more

OmniLink participates in three major fairs of transport

08/07/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

Company shows new solutions and strengthens its activities in the market for tracking and monitoring of vehicles ...  Read more

Marketing Association of tracking of vehicles leads to ZATIX

03/07/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

GRABER, OMNILINK AND TELETRIM join under the leadership of PÁTRIA INVESTMENTS and create the biggest and most complete national company for tracking of vehicles, telemetry and Logistics ...  Read more

Volvo Order for Telematics System for 1,400 Buses in Brazil

01/07/2008 - language: English - posted by telematics

ITS4mobility is Volvo Buses (STO:VOLVA)(STO:VOLVB) advanced technological platform that supports the bus operators’ control of bus operations and provides passengers with information at bus stops and on the buses. ...  Read more

Tracking - Technology against the theft of cargo

16/06/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The growth of industry in the theft of loads become the industry of tracking and monitoring one of the most competitive in the road and led companies to adopt the system and prepare the drivers for this technology. ...  Read more

Profits Stolen

11/06/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The most visible surface of insurers in Brazil is that the worst is causing a headache in the business sector. The statistics for theft of car shot and, consequently, raised its portfolio of car insurance from most companies in the red. ...  Read more

White and sports

05/06/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

Women will want a white car and sports. The M-Benz bet on this trend and proof of that vision is in the avant garde film Sex and the City, with national debut in the next day on June 6. ...  Read more

SIEMENS foresees 30% growth in the market for security services

02/06/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

Thanks to the good performance of the economy and the constant growth of the market for electronic security in recent years, the unit of Siemens Building Technologies, which develops integrated security systems, fire protection and automation land, for 2008 foresees a growth of 30% in Brazil. ...  Read more

Maxtrack launches automotive tracking solution

02/06/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The Maxtrack, mining company manufacturer of automotive crawlers, launches a new solution on the market tracking, focused on the consumer end, without the cost or monthly subscription. ...  Read more

Tracking cars in service ensures optimization of occurrences

30/05/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The Secretariat of State for Justice and Public Security (Sejusp) through the Integrated Operations Center and Public Security (Ciosp), is completing the installation of the system of Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) on new cars the state. ...  Read more

GPS with "almost virtual" and "panic button" arrives in Brazil

27/05/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The company Hisco of technology brings Latin America to Brazil, this month the S-911, a personal locator that came through GPS (global positioning system), the steps of the bearer. It provides dashed route, speed and time traveled. Your use covert measures suggest: 10x 4.5 x 2.4 cm. ...  Read more

Celevoke Buys Crown Telecom for Telematics Business in Brazil

28/04/2008 - language: English - posted by telematics

Current Technology Corporation and MSGI Security Solutions. announced that Celevoke has formed Star One Telematica SA. This will be for marketing and selling Celevoke’s proprietary Telematics solutions to the dynamic automotive market in Brazil. ...  Read more

País installs the first company of cars and fleets tracking

24/04/2008 - language: Portuguese - posted by telematics

The public transport companies and freight, and the Transporters can now count with the services of their vehicle tracking and fleet through GPS and GPRS technology, according to Director General of MaxFangola, Manuel Xavier. ...  Read more

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