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Telecommunications Optus to monitor traffic flows by tracking drivers' cellphones
Telecommunications Optus to monitor traffic flows by tracking drivers' cellphones | Optus to monitor traffic flows by tracking drivers' cellphones |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Tuesday, 21 November 2006 | |
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Page 2 of 2 In the UK (population 60 million), according to the ITIS website, it uses around 50,000 vehicles but focuses on those with very high mileages: AA (NRMA or RAC Vic equivalent) patrol cars, courier company National Express and Eddie Stobart, a large haulage truck operators. However the UK has a much smaller land mass and many more areas where congestion is a problem: in Australia congestion occurs almost entirely in major cities and a few main highways. Featured Whitepaper
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In the UK and elsewhere, ITIS sells its service to fleet operators, government and local authorities and organisations that provide location based services to end users One example is Getmethere.co.uk a traffic information site operated by Toyota UK, which uses an IT IS traffic data feed to provide travel advice to road users.
Traffic Intelligence already has an Australian website on which it promises to offer such services. www.trafficintel.com.au. However, it is somewhat out of date. It presently states: "Traffic Intelligence is in the early stages commercialising the ITIS Floating Vehicle Data (FVD) and Cellular Floating Vehicle Data (CFVD) technologies in cooperation with a major cellular network. We expect to be providing high quality real time traffic information services before the end of 2005."{moscomment} |
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