...from 13.3 million in 2012 to 30.4 million by 2016. Dominique Bonte, vice president and group director, telematics and M2M, ABI Research, said, “The commercial telematics market continues to enjoy good overall growth as smaller fleets and new non-trucking segments such as delivery, service, and public and private transportation are being addressed by vendors offering more affordable solutions. Qualcomm Enterprise Services’ recently launched Mobile Computing Platform MCP50 fleet management solution available for $799, as well as a $19.95 monthly service plan, aims to bring commercial telematics within reach of these markets.”
The commercial telematics industry continues to adopt next-generation technologies, such as SaaS, as demonstrated by the recent acquisition of commercial off-board navigation vendor Maptuit by Telogis. Real-time traffic is finding its way into FMS solutions with MiX Telematics partnering with crowdsourced traffic application provider Waze in South Africa and TomTom Business Solutions launching a dispatch feature based on shortest travel time and estimated arrival times (ETA), allowing businesses increased customer service levels. Finally, the convergence trend continues unabated with TomTom launching their WEBFLEET mobile fleet management application on iPad and Android tablets.
Insurance telematics in commercial fleets is also finally gaining momentum with recent announcements from TomTom/Motaquote and NexTraq/GMAC. This mirrors rising interest levels in UBI in consumer markets.
ABI Research’s new “Commercial Telematics Market Data, Global” contains forecast data per region on hardware shipments, hardware revenue, system users, subscribers, and service revenues in the commercial telematics sector for the US, Canada, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Africa and the Middle East. Statistics on vehicle sales and vehicles in operation are also included. It is part of the Commercial Telematics Research Service.