DUBLIN, Ireland-- Feb. 17, 2006--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c33074 ) has announced the addition of GPS: Fleet Management Market (2006-2009) to their offering.

GPS - Global Positing systems, were originally created to discover the exact location of any object on Earth. Although standalone products are quite popular, the most common applications are built around PDAs, mobile phones, or car navigation systems.

The sudden rise in the application of this technology in various fields, such as fleet management, public safety, transport navigation systems and aerospace applications among others, has resulted in an outstanding growth of the GPS market.

Today, one of the fastest growing markets for GPS technology is vehicle tracking and location technology also called Fleet Management. Using this technology real time as well as passive vehicle tracking for fleet owners and dispatchers is being done. This has resulted in a continuous growth in the assimilation of GPS in order to ensure competency and security in transportation systems.

As per experts, approximately 1.91 million GPS or wireless devices are being used for tracking trailers, fleet vehicles, mobile workers and construction equipments.

What's in store for FMS is the integration of sales terminals with the ability to take customer authorization on site. Dispatchers and employees will be able to communicate back and forth and re-route product shipments based on customer approvals.

The research report "GPS: Fleet Management Market (2006-2009)" covers in depth information on Fleet Management Systems. With a number of tables and charts to depict the market and other trends, it covers a complete market estimate of Fleet Management Services followed by opportunities and challenges for this technology. The report also covers current issues and news surrounding this technology and the profiles of the key players in this market.

Topics Covered
1 Overview of Fleet Management System
 1.1 Role of GPS in Vehicle Navigation, Fleet Management & other
 Location Based Services
 1.2 GPS - Fleet management system: Different alternatives
 1.2.1 Active FMS
 1.2.2 Passive FMS
 1.2.3 Hybrid FMS

2 Fleet Management Market

3 Issues and Opportunities

4 Benefits of GPS - Fleet Management System

5 Latest Global News & Technology Insights

6 Company Profiles
 6.1 NovAtel Inc.
 6.2 SiRF Technology Holdings Inc.
 6.3 Discrete Wireless, Inc.
 6.4 TESSCO Technologies Inc.
 6.5 Telogis Technologies Inc.
 6.6 QUALCOMM Inc.

List of Tables

Table 2-1: Savings in Fleets per annum (US $) 10-car and HGV models

Table 4-1: NovAtel Inc. --Financial Performance, 2002-2004 (Inc'000 USD)

List of Figures

Figure 2-1: Global Market for FMS by Region, ($ Million) 2003 and 2006

Figure 2-2: FMS Revenue Share in Latin America, ($ Million) 2004-2006

Figure 2-3: User Preferences, Fleet Management Integration to reduce cost processes (%)

Figure 2-4: Forecast Global Market for FMS by Region by Value ($m), 2003-06

Figure 2-5: FMS Market Share and Revenue Share in Latin America

Figure 5-1: NovAtel Inc. --Sales Distribution, 2004

Figure 5-2: Novatel Inc. - Stock Performance, Mar - Nov 2005

Figure 5-3: SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. - Stock Performance, Mar - Nov 2005

Figure 5-4: SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. - Stock Performance, Mar - Nov 2005

Figure 5-5: TESSCO Technology Inc. - Financial Performance Sep 2004 - Sep 2005

Figure 5-6: TESSCO Technology Inc. - Stock Performance, Mar 2005- Jan 2006

Figure 5-7: QUALCOMM Inc. - Financial Performance, Sep 2004 - Sep 2005

Figure 5-8 QUALCOMM Inc. - Stock Performance, March - Jan 15 2005

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