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Quartix reports that more than 50 per cent of its overall sales are now derived from its high-specification pay-as-you-go vehicle tracking product.
The company attributes the product’s success to fleet managers’ nervousness over the future viability of some competitor companies and a reluctance to enter into long-term, binding contracts at a time of uncertainty.
Andy Kirk, sales and marketing director, said: “The recession has seen the collapse of, or problems at, many telematics companies... [more]
Quartix is setting up a distributor network dedicated to its pay-as-you-go vehicle tracking service. The move follows strong demand from established distributors seeking a competitively- priced PAYG product for customers.
The Quartix system provides users with a fast, efficient, ‘point-and-click’ source of real-time information, together with tailored e-mail reports. Highly flexible, the service has scope to meet the demands of large corporations and owner-managed businesses alike.
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Innovative map icons that change colour with a vehicle’s speed have been added to the Quartix Pay As You Go online tracking system.
Andy Kirk, sales and marketing director, said: “With increasing emphasis on health and safety, this new feature is exactly what our customers have been asking for. It’s extremely easy to understand. An operator can see by glancing at their screen whether a driver is travelling a little too fast, crawling along because of heavy traffic or for some reason has stop... [more]
Quartix has become the first major telematics specialist to provide pay as you go vehicle tracking with Google Maps. Google’s advanced mapping, satellite, terrain and hybrid views are now available with both the InfoPlus and Corporate versions of Quartix Pay As You Go.
Using Google Maps’ zoom and scroll controls to search a live tracking screen an operator can quickly trace vehicle-journey details or find the nearest vehicle to a customer.
The new mapping system, also included in Quarti... [more]
Quartix has won the Innovation Award in this year’s Van Fleet World Honours. The company’s managing director, Andy Walters, received the prize from Van Fleet World editor, John Kendall, during a ceremony at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London.
Mr Kendall said: “Quartix has been at the forefront of telematics delivery for many years, and has been a persistent innovator, with a strong track record in commercial vehicle fleet management. Their new pay as you go service takes telematics ... [more]
Nationwide plant hire company Quattro Group has chosen vehicle telematics specialists Minorplanet to keep track of its growing fleet of vehicles and heavy plant equipment.
Quattro, which is the country’s second largest rail plant company and one of the main municipal plant hire providers, says the installation of Minorplanet’s vehicle management information (VMI) systems is helping achieve high levels of efficiency throughout the group.
Minorplanet’s VMIgreenlight tracking technology has b... [more]
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