International to Unveil Tracking System

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ALTIMORE — International Truck and Engine Corp. is poised to introduce a telematics system that would allow fleet managers to track vehicles and monitor their performance, a company official said.

“Telematics puts the fleet owner in every truck,” said Mark Schumacher, marketing manager of truck electronics for International, who gave a presentation on the system March 2 at the National Truck Equipment Association’s Work Truck Show here.

The telematics system communicates information from the truck through a wireless system to a desktop computer at the home office, accessible via the Internet, Schumacher said. The system includes an electronics module, an antenna and a GPS receiver antenna.

International will unveil its system officially at the Technology & Maintenance Council meeting next week in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and plans to roll out the system in July, Schumacher said.

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