WOODBRIDGE, ON, July 5 /CNW/ - BSM Technologies Inc, (GPS: TSX-V)
(http://www.bsmtechnologies.com) a leading provider of secure vehicle and
trailer fleet management, high security vehicle tracking and surveillance
solutions, today announced that Consolidated Fastfrate, which had previously
been identified in a January 2006 press release as a "major Toronto GTA-based
national transportation company", has now committed to the Canada-wide
implementation of BSM's "SentinelFM" vehicle tracking and locating
application. This includes divisions in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and
Montreal. This will translate into 300 plus installations within the
Consolidated Fastfrate Group.
Based on a successful pilot project in January and the subsequent
implementation of an initial 53 "SentinelFM" units in the GTA, there was an
immediate realization of benefits to Fastfrate derived from BSM's "SentinelFM"
solution. Consolidated Fastfrate is now moving ahead with Vancouver and other
major cities during the balance of 2006 for a fleet of over 300 tractor units.
Fastfrate has developed their own dispatch system. Data is captured through
BSM's "B2B XML SOAP" interface for immediate position updates and other
relevant data from their fleet.
"With the BSM integration tools provided during the development and pilot
phase, the implementation of BSM's "SentinelFM" tracking on Fastfrate's entire
GTA fleet, Fastfrate realized the many ROI benefits and efficiencies for
improving customer service through knowledge and responsiveness and detailed
reporting to aid in fuel savings for the transportation company. As a
Web-based ASP solution, benefits include fuel savings, no infrastructure
costs, accuracy, speed of data retrieval and robust reporting over the web,"
said Michael Bookbinder, Director Sales for TELUS at BSM Wireless.
Bookbinder, continued, "The Toronto region-Head Office had initially
implemented BSM'S "SentinelFM" units on their entire Toronto pickup and
delivery fleet that included onboard and portable units for broker vehicles.
Fastfrate is now able to meet the Company's mission statement by providing
fast, efficient and innovative customer service with performance level
improvements across Canada."
"BSM Wireless provided Fastfrate with all of the integration tools
necessary to integrate with our newly developed dispatch system. Their support
was pivotal to ensure that the integration process went smoothly and the
outcome was successful. Fastfrate has made a significant investment in
building the dispatch system and it was very important to us to select the
right technology partner in order to move forward with our Canada-wide
implementation. We are highly confident with our decision to go with BSM",
said Ahmet Taran, Director of IT at Consolidated Fastfrate.
"Fastfrate is very pleased with the performance of the BSM "SentinelFM"
solution and we are now realizing the many benefits previously identified by
BSM Wireless team. The efficiency, performance, speed and accuracy of the BSM
AVL (Automatic Vehicle Security and Tracking) solution over the TELUS Mobility
network has enabled Fastfrate to achieve its goals and objectives from our AVL
initiative. BSM was able to achieve all of the performance criteria for our
operations and integration as had been established for the implementation, all
of which improves our ROI," said Leonard Wyss, VP and CFO of Fastfrate.
"BSM offered and listened to what Fastfrate required which led to BSM
being an instrumental partner in the development and implementation of the
integrated dispatch system. Consolidated Fastfrate has now committed to
implement BSM's "SentinelFM" solution across Canada with over 300 units on
their roadmap. HTS Communications would like to thank everyone at BSM for
creating a credible and flexible working relationship between the Fastfrate
and BSM teams to meet the needs of our client," stated Jay Cooke of HTS
Communications. HTS Communications is a full service authorized dealer for
TELUS Mobility specializing in Major Accounts throughout Canada.
About Consolidated Fastfrate
Fastfrate is a privately-owned Canadian company with over 1600 full-time
employees that transport in excess of 2 billion pounds of LTL freight each
year in different major centres of Canada. Individual transportation needs
drive Fastfrate to customize methods of moving customer's products effectively
and efficiently. These challenges mean that our employees are the best
resource for innovative ideas. The Fastfrate vision is to provide customers
with complete shipment solutions. It's Fastfrate's job to harness the synergy
created by our customers, our employees and our vision so we can obtain a
leadership position in the North American transportation industry."
About BSM Technologies (GPS:TSX-V) (http://www.bsmtechnologies.com)
BSM Technologies designs, manufactures and markets a comprehensive line
of AVSL (Automatic Vehicle Security and Tracking) solutions for Fleet
Management, Law Enforcement, and Consumer Vehicle Protection, through its
subsidiary BSM Wireless. The BSM line of products range from Fleet Management
and Consumer Vehicle Protection offerings to the full featured "Stinger"
product featured in news media worldwide as the key technology behind the Bait
and Covert application used by hundreds of Law Enforcement agencies to deter
vehicular, trailer and heavy equipment theft.
Superior functionality, seamless switching between 2 separate footprints,
enhanced reliability, advanced security features, and excellent value
characterize BSM products. By incorporating advanced wireless locating and
mapping technology, and IP-based communications protocols, the BSM line of
products provides sophisticated real-time monitoring and control of commercial
and personal vehicle assets to meet the demanding needs and stringent
requirements of today's mobile environments. BSM's unique end-to-end
solutions, features sophisticated wireless hardware, firmware and software all
developed by and proprietary to BSM. The BSM product line can be easily
adapted and customized to match any customer user requirement while BSM's
in-house support infrastructure assures that all clients receive the premium
AVSL solution in the industry to meet their needs.
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