Managing and maintaining a fleet of vehicles is not an easy task. Monitoring all the drivers, making sure they are all safe and perform their job in the best way, regularly make sure all the vehicles are well maintained, assign routes and follow that each cargo reaches its destination. the fleet manager has a lot of responsibility on his mind, and a lot of details to pay attention to, and it becomes even harder in a fleet of hundreds and thousands of vehicles. Luckily, today there are many tools designed to provide the fleet manager with all the important information he needs, in order to control the fleet and make the right decisions at the right time. Other than assisting the fleet manager to perform his job effectively, these tools also assist him to improve the fleet’s efficiency and save a great deal of money to the company. Managing fleets has become much easier with ERM’s Karma – a user-friendly fleet management software, that will assist the fleet manager in getting better results and have greater control. Fleet management software Karma is a smart and intuitive software, that answers fleet-related questions and provide detailed reports on the drivers and vehicles state and whereabouts. This fleet management software can benefit the fleet manager in many ways: Simple answers to simple questions. You can ask Karma any question and get a clear and immediate answer. For example – “Where is Josh right now”. The karma will instantly load a map, showing Josh and his vehicle in real time, along with relevant information regarding the route, his speed, how much fuel he has left in the tank, and other information. User friendly interface. Using Karma don’t require any previous knowledge or training. The software is easy to understand and use, the icons are universal, and all the information you wish to get is just a click away. You could easily master the software and use it to monitor and track the fleet, and to issue reports. Detailed reports. Integrating the fleet management software with ERM’s products and add-ons, will enable the fleet manager to receive a wide and drivers’ information of the fleet. Safety habits, aggressive maneuvers, travel speed, idling, planned vs executed route, fuel state and fueling events, stops along the way, CANbus information, engine temperature and much more. All can be easily displayed to the fleet manager using the Karma. Deliveries schedule. Many times, the deliveries are not performed as scheduled. There are many reasons for the delays, and the Karma can provide the fleet manager a real-time view of the vehicle, along with an estimated time for arrival. It can issue a notification once the driver has made his delivery for the fleet manager to monitor his progress. With so many benefits, the Karma has become a favorite tool to fleet managers all over the world, that make the best of what ERM’s technology and vast experience has to offer.

The GPS Tracking Systems were initiated from the evolution of the smart phones, personal computers and the Internet. These all brought together to create a new technology which is known as Vehicle Telematics device. The most popular among vehicle Telematics solutions is the tracking device for Vehicles. With ERM’s StarLink Tracker, you can be sure that the vehicle will be in monitored at all times. Safety: When combining Tracking ability together with safety features, it is possible to monitor not only the vehicles, but the drivers as well, make sure they are on the right route, and that they are driving in safe manner. This combined solution will insure that the driver, the vehicle and the cargo – all arrive to their destination safe. ERM’s StraLink TrackerSF was designed to ensure the safety of the whole fleet operation, to provide the fleet manager with tools to monitor the fleet in real time, and to alert him in cases of reckless or aggressive driving behavior. Save money: Safe driving behavior save the fleet owner a lot of money on expenses such as – fuel, maintenance, insurance and more. Tracking the vehicles at all times will prevent unauthorized use of the vehicles and prevent vehicle’s theft. ERM offers StarLink eConnect, a patented solution to assist SVR companies to recover vehicles, even if a jammer was activated it attempt to stop the tracker’s communication. Better control: The fleet manager should get all the information regarding the fleet’s operation, but in order to stay in control, he should only get the relevant information for him. ERM’s solutions enable the fleet manager to set rules that will determine what kind of information he wants to receive and when. With ERM’s fleet management software it is possible to issue reports, to compare the drivers’ performance, and to receive valuable information and to take the necessary actions to improve the fleet’s operation. weekly or monthly reports as required. You can keep track of underused vehicles and inventory, everything related to the vehicle from your wireless device and internet connection. There are many reasons for installing vehicle Telematics solution, that will assist the fleet manager to get a better control, save the company a lot of money, and will keep the drivers and vehicles safe. To see all of ERM’s solutions for tracking and monitoring the vehicles, Click Here

The cases of rash driving and accidents have increased significantly in the recent years. It is not just the individual car owners, who are facing a problem with their driver’s behavior, the fleet owners too received multiple complaints for this. If you are troubled with your driver’s attitude and striving hard to find a solution, you should consider installing driver behavior monitoring devices. Monitor the driver’s habits and behavior – As the driver is aware that he is being monitored constantly, he would be particularly careful about how he drives and behaves on the road. Thus, you will not have to face the complaints regarding his rash driving, or bear the consequences of reckless driving and accidents as a result. Instead, you will find the driver is particular about his driving quality and safety. Less accidents – By installing a tracker to monitor driver’s behavior and a driver alerts system, you will be able to monitor the driver’s behavior, alert him in real time and improve his driving skills and habits. Alerts system can issue sound or visual alerts to the driver in real time, so he could learn what he should improve and when he should be extra careful in the next times. Driver alerts solutions can also notify the driver when approaching hazardous areas, such as school area or speed camera, to let them know they should slow down and be more cautious. Fuel economy – When you have a driver behavior monitoring device in the car, you can be assured that the driver will not make intentional delays or take long routes, and thus will not waste more fuel than needed. There is no need to call the driver to ask his whereabouts or wonder if he is telling the truth. Just check his location and make sure he is on the right way, and will get to his destination on the right time. ERM have many solutions to assist the fleet manager in monitoring his drivers. Let us know if you have any questions, or if you are hesitating about the right solution for your fleet.

With the right planning and monitoring, any fleet can increase its operational efficiency and reduce its expenses. By implementing the right tools and making the necessary changes, the ROI will be fast, and the result will be shown in a short period of time. Small and Compact, Large Impact Today there is a large selection of Fleet Tracking Systems or GPS Fleet Tracking devices that provides valuable information to the fleet manager in real time. The devices, which rely on both conventional mobile networks and satellites, are installed in vehicles to provide location and vehicle speed/performance data in real-time. This information assists the fleet manager/owner to ensure that only authorized use of the vehicle is being made, ad well as to ensure eco and safe driving and make sure that the driver is performing his duty in the best way possible. This way, the company can reduce any expenses related to fuel-wasting driving habits, vehicle malfunctions, and wear and tear caused to the vehicle because of dangerous and aggressive driving behavior. Enforcing Standard Operating Procedures Each vehicle that was assigned to a specific route has to stick to the route and not deviate as per the whims and fancies of the drivers. Similarly, speed of a vehicle with a consignment is an issue that needs to be addressed. In an endeavor to complete a tour of duty, a driver may resort to high speeds. This could result in damage to the consignment, especially if the nature of the load is fragile. In worst case scenarios, high speeds could result in accidents, which will cost a lot more money on repairs and higher insurance premium. Better Control – Better Results Entire fleets can be managed professionally with adequate measures to ensure efficiency and reduce unnecessary expenses with the installation of Fleet Tracking Solutions. Such GPS Fleet Tracking devices provide information on a real-time basis on desktops, laptops and smartphones in a coordinated manner for managers to take decisions and re-allocate resources to ensure pickup or delivery in the shortest possible time with better margins. Rising fuel costs have dented profit margins, and every effort to cut fuel consumption would result in significant savings to the entire fleet’s operation.

Even if you hire only trained drivers for your fleet, you can never completely trust them. Fleet managers are always worried, whether the driver is driving safely, if he uses the vehicle only for work related trips, does he make unnecessary stops between shipments? ERM’s solution for driver monitoring is designed to assist fleet managers and provide them with relevant information about their vehicles and drivers, their location at any given time, and their behavior on the road. By installing a tracking device, the fleet manager can track his fleet in real-time, any time, know the location of the vehicles, their route and speed. It also enables the fleet manager to know the Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) to the drop off location, and make sure the driver is not making unnecessary detours. Some more advanced solution for monitoring the driver includes safety features that provide the fleet manager with valuable information regarding the driver’s behavior on the road, whether he is driving safely of performs dangerous maneuvers that effect not only the safety of the driver, the vehicle and the cargo, but also waste the company’s resources for higher expanses on fuel, maintenance and repairs. By monitoring the driver’s behavior on the road, the fleet manager can get a score for the driving quality, compare between his drivers and take the necessary action to keep the, safe and make sure they drive more careful and in a more efficient way. Another advantage for installing a monitoring system is, that the fleet manager can be notified in real time if the vehicle is being after work hours or on weekends, when it shouldn’t be operating, and eliminate any abuse of the company’s resources. Any fleet at any scale, small or large, can benefit greatly from installing monitoring and tracking devices in the vehicles. Researches have shown a great Return On Investment (ROI) within a short amount of time, and overall savings on the fleet’s operation. All the fleet manager has to do, is choose the right solutions, to best answer his need.

Any valuable asset, large or small, on land or sea, should have a GPS Asset Tracking Device to keep it protected. Tracking and monitoring the asset is important through every step of the supply chain. ERM’s GPS based asset trackers enable the fleet manager to track down any valuable asset, from large containers, to trailers, parcels and more. Monitoring assets using GPS tracking technology is the most effective and efficient way to locate your valuables at all times. These devices operate over satellite networks to ensure that it is always possible to trace the asset it is attached to. It is designed for low-power operation, in order to enable long life battery.

ERM Advanced Telematics’ solution for driver behavior and black box - the eSafe, is designed to enable fleet managers to monitor the behavior of their drivers and to save money on fuel consumption and insurance claims, in cases of accidents. ERM has developed the eSafe - a solution for monitoring the drivers’ behavior with a Black-box for accidents reconstruction. This solution, suitable for all kinds of vehicles, identify events of accidents and record 75 second before, during and after the accident, to enable an accurate reconstruction, and real time report on the driver’s behavior. The stored data is recorded every 10m/sec (100 times every second!) to enable maximum data for post-accident analysis. eSafe provides accurate and analyzed information, rather than raw data. It analyzes the data with its inner processor, then, transmits event-based information to the server, for the fleet manager’s use. This way it saves heavy analysis time from the server side. The eSafe supports 35 predefined vehicle type profiles (such as: trucks, vans, busses, SUV, private cars, automatic / manual vehicles, etc). eSafe uses a sensitive 3-dimensional digital Axis (accelerometer) that is able to differentiate between 20 maneuver types in 3 severity levels (normal, aggressive, dangerous), which are fine-tuned according to the specific vehicle type. The eSafe is easy to install and designed to integrate with fleet management systems. It offers sound or visual alerts to the driver, based on the severity of the maneuver he performed. The device stores the data of the last 3 trips and automatically transmits its maneuver-alert data to the server via the StarLink Tracker device. Since launching the eSafe, at 2010, the eSafe won a Gold medal for Best IT Solution for Transportation at the IT World Awards. It has been successfully integrated in fleets of police and armed forces, and other public-sector organizations that wish to closely monitor the performance of their drivers and vehicles.

StarLink eConnect improves stolen vehicle recovery rates with unique jamming mitigation techniques and location networking capabilities. ERM Advanced Telematics, a leading designer, developer and manufacturer of vehicle tracking and security devices, announced today that the company has introduced to the market its StarLink eConnect device, an innovative vehicle tracking device with unique jamming mitigation and location networking capabilities. Today, many car thieves no longer rely on forcefully removing vehicle tracking devices during the act of stealing a vehicle and have learned to bypass the location tracking capacities of standard vehicle tracking devices with readily-available and inexpensive jamming devices that interfere with the GPS/GSM radio frequency signals transmitted by vehicle tracking devices. StarLink eConnect enables a unique anti-theft solution that counters these recent tactics commonly used by car thieves. StarLink eConnect is based on ERM’s powerful vehicle tracking device family and includes an add-on patented technology for jamming mitigation and location networking. These jamming mitigation capabilities are able to identify when the location signal of the vehicle tracking device is being interfered with by a jamming device. If and when a StarLink eConnect device identifies that its location signal is being interfered with, the device begins to transmit alerts along with location and time stamp information over a dedicated open frequency. These alerts are then rebroadcasted by other StarLink eConnect devices installed on additional vehicles in the vicinity. These alerts are trackable in real-time and provide a Stolen Vehicle Recovery service provider an improved indication of the location of a stolen vehicle. The Federal Bureau of Investigation estimates that in the United States the total value of motor vehicle thefts exceeded $4.5b in 2014, while only just over half of the locally stolen vehicles were recovered. ERM has already successfully deployed pilot implementations of StarLink eConnect at a number of Stolen Vehicle Recovery (SVR) service provider customers in South America and Israel. “We have been working with ERM for many years and the StarLink eConnect device helps us stay one step ahead of car thieves, who in our part of the world know how to use technology to improve their criminal activities,” said the CEO of Comsatel in Peru. “We have initially installed StarLink eConnect devices on a cross-section of the customer vehicles we serve and in a very short time period have been able to improve the percentage of stolen vehicles we are able to recover.” In order to extend the coverage range, individual StarLink eConnect devices can be installed in public locations, such as major intersections in areas where car thefts are common or on dedicated patrol vehicles, to further improve tracking and stolen vehicle recovery rates. “We are proud to introduce StarLink eConnect for the value it provides to our partners and the vehicle owners they serve,” stated Meir Hayman, founder and CEO of ERM Advanced Telematics. “StarLink eConnect adds an important new dimension to our partners’ businesses and helps them better fulfil their missions.”

ERM is set to expand its offering of products and services to vehicle manufacturers (OEMs) and importers over the coming year in order to provide tools to strengthen customer relations even after the expiration of the warranty. ERM's solutions will enable vehicle manufacturers and importers to offer their customers additional products and services during the vehicle's lifespan, obtain important real-time information about vehicle systems failure and accidents, and increase revenue from owners after the expiration of the vehicle's warranty. The solutions and technology for automobile manufacturers and importers will expand ERM's current offerings, which mainly target fleet management and stolen vehicle recovery service providers. ERM Advanced Telematics is an international automotive technology vendor, whose products are installed in more than 1.5 million vehicles worldwide. ERM Advanced Telematics, founded in 1985, is headquartered in Israel and operates in over 65 countries in North, Central and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. The company's solutions are based on a range of wireless technologies, including cellular communications, RF, Short-Range wireless communication and Wi-Fi. ERM offers a wide range of modular solutions that improve the protection, management, and diagnostics of vehicles, vehicle fleets, and valuable assets, reducing operating costs for both the service provider and the end customer. Over the coming year, ERM intends to offer a series of solutions, which will include advanced analytics capabilities enabling automotive manufacturers and importers to predict upcoming expenses ('money events') over a vehicle's lifecycle and accordingly build customized proposals for vehicle owners and fleet managers. The broad range of ERM products will include products that integrate its CAN Engine technology, which the company developed to provide a full vehicle diagnostics solution, various wireless communication and diverse add-on sensors interfacing technologies. In combination with ERM StarLink technology for telematics applications products, this diagnostics solution retrieves and conducts a smart analysis of the vehicle's operation in real-time, and sends alerts of predefined events to a server. For example, the vehicle importer can obtain real-time information about an accident or malfunctions in the vehicle, contact the driver and offer immediate and targeted assistance as needed. The StarLink technology, which is implemented in ERM's family of telematics products, is designed as a modular solution, on which additional peripherals and technologies can easily be added at any time. The modularity makes it possible to add advanced features and services, including real-time vehicle diagnostics, driver behavior monitoring, real-time accident detection, connectivity with various sensors, readings from the vehicle's different systems and additional features. In addition to the diagnostics services, ERM is developing smart products that will allow automotive OEMs and importers to add value for drivers and vehicle and fleet owners, based on their use of the vehicle, whether private or commercial, following its purchase. These products will enable vehicle manufacturers and importers to become significant after-market service providers, strengthen relations with the vehicle and fleet owners, and create new long-term revenue channels throughout the vehicle's lifecycle. As part of the diagnostic solution, ERM's telematics technology enables the reading and enquiring of data from the vehicle CAN bus and from the On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) plug. This way it is possible to provide extensive information to the OEMs, which can be obtained from insights about malfunctions and driver behavior in different situations. "ERM offers vehicle manufacturers and importers direct communications with the customer following the purchase of the vehicle," said Eitan Kirshenboim, CMO of ERM Advanced Telematics. "This is a paradigm shift that will serve both the vehicle and fleet owners and the manufacturers and importers. Drivers will benefit from a dedicated application, which will show them real-time information about the vehicle and the quality of their driving. They will also be able to obtain real-time assistance from manufacturers and importers to deal with malfunctions and accidents. For example, the vehicle manufacturers and importers can know when the vehicle's battery health is low and offer the driver a reduced price or other benefits if he goes to their service center to buy a new original battery. Automobile manufacturers and importers can undertake similar steps for a wide range of parts and services that drivers routinely need. This way OEMs and automobile importers will establish relations which they did not have before with the buyers of the vehicles, generating revenue over the years and boosting customer loyalty to the brand." Kirshenboim concluded: "Telematics is the critical key to the realization of the global industry's vision of the connected car and to the ability of the automotive manufacturers and importers to improve their revenue from customers after they have bought cars. The solutions which we will offer OEMs and importers will enable ERM to play an important part in this trend and contribute to turning the connected car to a business growth engine."

ERM Advanced Telematics is stepping up efforts to offer the Parking Habits service developed by the company to automobile dealerships working in the BHPH (Buy Here Pay Here) car financing method. The Parking Habits solution monitors drivers' parking habits by building a representative model that shows where a vehicle, which has the solution installed, is parked, when it was parked during the day, week, month, and year and the frequency it was parked in any spot. Parking Habits has already enabled American car financing companies, which installed the solution, to retrieve within a few weeks 400 cars of drivers who are in arrears, saving millions of dollars. To date, ERM has provided the service as a large-scale pilot in the United States and countries in South America. Whenever the driver fails to meet the payments for the car, the company that sold the car can use a Parking Habit software to predict where the car will be parked at particular times and days and send a repossession crew to retrieve it. The Parking Habits solution can help predict problems with the payments for the car before they even occur. The car financing company is able to see if, when and how the drivers have changed their parking habits in a way that requires the company’s attention. For example, if the alerts highlight a driver that has stopped parking each morning near his or her workplace, it might suggest that the customer has lost his or her job and might have difficulties in paying for the car on time. Parking Habits is implemented as ERM-developed technology that is embedded into the StarLink tracking units that the company supplies, and on the service provider's servers, allowing the software to operate even if the driver disconnects the StarLink from his or her vehicle. The software, which resides in both the car and at the fleet management server that is used by the company that sold the car, samples the driver's parking habits at different times of the day to create a daily update profile of the parking habits, and reports the location of the car to the server in synchronization with the monitoring of the vehicle's location. "The Parking Habits service, which we developed, offers car sellers an innovative way to predict and prevent financial issues before they occur. With a small investment, ERM’s solutions can save our customers millions of dollars, as well as the hassle and the time invested in locating and retrieving vehicles that were not fully paid for," says Eitan Kirshenboim, CMO of ERM Advanced Telematics. "In the past two years, Parking Habits was successfully implemented by car financing companies, which are the customers of our partners in the United States and South America. As a preventative measure, these companies can identify situations that can signify a worsening in the customer's financial status. The companies can act accordingly before or after any delay in payments, or at least be aware of the growing risk in relation to the customer. Our Parking Habits service greatly reduces the risk companies take when offering car financing, and allows them to quickly, easily, and at minimal risk and cost retrieve vehicles for which they did not receive the required payments."

ERM has completed development of an integrated hardware-software product that protects vehicles against ransomware and other cyber-attacks. The solution, called eCyber, is suited for both OEMs and the aftermarket. The eCyber technology, for which ERM has already registered a patent in Israel, is due to be available in the 4th quarter of 2018 for all of the company's customers and partners in 68 countries worldwide. When compared to other solutions on the market today, ERM's eCyber uniqueness is that it can be installed in a vehicle by authorized parties, such as vehicle importers and fleet managers in the aftermarket stage, after the vehicle left the factory as well as by the OEM itself during the manufacturing process. The eCyber, is installed between the vehicle's external communications device and the vehicle’s CAN Bus (Controller Area Network Bus). The eCyber performs as a secure gateway for outside communications to the CAN Bus, allowing only communications with predefined and known parameters and values to go through. At the same time, it immediately blocks any unrecognized communications to and from the CAN Bus. In this way, no malicious digital communications can disrupt the functioning of the vehicle. The eCyber, which is installed in the vehicle, is a combined hardware and software solution in a single compact box. Ransomware attacks are emerging as some of the most serious cyber risks with which connected cars must withstand. During a ransomware attack on a connected car, hackers remotely connect to the car, damage or lock it, and demand that the owner pay them ransom to resume its proper operation. More broadly, cyber risks faced by individual vehicles and fleets are attracting increasing attention in the automotive industry. According to a study by KPMG on cyber security of vehicle fleets, the average connected car has more than 150 million lines of software code. The study predicts that, by 2022, North American users of connected cars will use an average of 21 gigabytes of data per month. Additionally, the 2017 KPMG Management Survey found that 85% of automotive industry managers said that their organizations would boost investment on cyber protection over the next three years, more than any other industry included in the survey. Furthermore, according to the Irdeto Global Connected Car Survey, published in late 2017, consumers' concern about the cyber security of connected cars is liable to discourage them from buying one. 85% of respondents said that they believe that a connected car is liable to be a target for a cyber-attack. Meir Hayman, founder and CEO of ERM Advanced Telematics, stated: "ERM is working closely with the automotive industry, vehicle importers and fleet managers to improve fleets, to make them more efficient, and to protect the driver and passengers, as well as the vehicle itself. This work gives the company an in-depth understanding of all the elements regarding the protection of the vehicle and its occupants as well as cyber defense. In the technological aspect, the advantage of eCyber solution lies in its integrated hardware and software all-in one compact box, which can be adapted to any vehicle and to almost any external interface. In the business aspect, the fact that eCyber can be installed either on the production line or at any time during the vehicle’s life cycle – including in the aftermarket, practically increases the total available market to which the company can offer this patent-protected technology. ERM intends to use its broad worldwide customer deployment to help customers utilize eCyber to protect themselves against ransomware and other cyber risks."

ERM Advanced Telematics launches StarLink Tracker with Wi-Fi, complete Connected Car unit, which integrates advanced vehicle tracking, driver behavior monitoring, theft prevention, Short-Range wireless communication, Wi-Fi and 4G capabilities in a single device. International automotive technology provider ERM Advanced Telematics, whose products have been installed in more than 1.5 million vehicles worldwide, has launched the StarLink Tracker with Wi-Fi, a versatile telematics product that integrates advanced vehicle tracking, driver behavior monitoring, theft prevention, Short-Range Wireless communication, Wi-Fi and 4G cellular capabilities in a single device. The StarLink Tracker with Wi-Fi is the first product under ERM's new Wireless Connect strategy, which aims to use wireless technologies to provide its partners - vehicle fleet management companies, vehicle manufacturers and importers and car insurance companies - with a competitive edge. The StarLink Tracker is a solution that is designed for installation both in vehicles on the production line and in the aftermarket, for vehicles that have left the production line. The StarLink Tracker with Wi-Fi turns any vehicle in which it is installed into a Connected Car. The flexibility of the product allows adding capabilities anytime, through the use of add-on products provided by ERM or by a third party. This can be done on-demand and without any need to replace the StarLink Tracker device, which keeps functioning as the central tracking and communications unit under any such solution. The StarLink Tracker with Wi-Fi took about a year to develop, and ERM Advanced Telematics has already received its first orders to supply the product from customers in the United States, India, and Australia. Part of the competitive edge that the new product offers rests on its extended wireless capabilities and on the mere fact that it is designed to be implemented in Connected Car applications. Until now, the installation of many telematics products for vehicle tracking, analysis of various situations and events and driver behavior diagnostics required wire hook-ups. The StarLink Tracker with Wi-Fi and products that ERM Advanced Telematics will launch in the future under its Wireless Connect strategy, can be installed using the installer's standard smartphone which communicates through Short-Range wireless communication connection in order to configure the product and perform any required adaptations. All this can be much faster compared to many other telematics devices and with much less hassle that might have arisen due to the need to hook-up and hide wires. In addition to various wireless capabilities that help track the vehicle and other telematics functions, the StarLink Tracker with Wi-Fi is equipped with a microphone and loudspeaker to initiate and receive calls and dial emergency numbers. One application for this can be E-Call (Emergency Call), such as in the European Union or just as an Emergency Call application. When pressing the location unit's emergency button or immediately after an impact above a certain intensity, the unit will allow conversation between the vehicle's occupants and the emergency center personnel, who can hear what is happening in the vehicle and identify events such as threats against the driver or accidents. The product will also provide information about the driver's behavior, including careless driving, accidents, off-road driving, acceleration during turns, speed violations and more, information that can be used by the manager to significantly improve fleet management capabilities, performance and can decrease operational expenses. The compact product (about 120 grams) also saves installation time and costs and creates Wi-Fi hotspots in the vehicle for up to eight devices. It features 4G cellular modem, GPS/GLONASS/Galileo location module and an ability to navigate inside underground parking lots or in mines; internal antennas, emergency button support and built-in data logger. Other capabilities are internal management of up to 500 driver ID’s, remote immobilization, wireless connectivity to a wide range of additional ERM and third-party products and many other features. As the core infrastructure for Connected Car applications, the product can integrate to the full range of the vehicle's internet connectivity needs, which are provided by the use of the tracking unit's SIM card without the need for any additional SIM card. The StarLink Tracker with Wi-Fi's 4G capability will provide broadband communications for applications such as listening to online music, video consumption or surfing the web during the car ride. The product's Short-Range wireless communication capability will enable installers, drivers and end-users to connect mobile devices, receive information and set different configurations without the need for wires. If required, it is possible to extend the solution which relies on the new product to also include CAN Bus interface and enable users to receive alerts on the information transmitted between the various sensors and the vehicle's computing units. "One of our paramount objectives, to which we strive daily, is to provide our business partners over the globe with competitive advantages. As a leading company with a unique perspective and more than 30 years' experience in the automotive field, ERM relies on its proven technological capabilities in order to provide these advantages to car manufacturers, car fleets' service providers, vehicle importers, and other industry players. We help these players establish technological supremacy based on the ability to support a wide range of functionalities, and deliver high performance and operating efficiencies in any market they operate in or intend to operate in," said Eitan Kirshenboim, CMO of ERM Advanced Telematics. "Our Wireless Connect strategy enables the industry to achieve these objectives simultaneously. The StarLink Tracker with Wi-Fi, as the pioneer product under this strategy, highlights this well. Alongside the product's impressive technological capabilities, its ability to support the growing number of sensors and telematics applications while minimizing the installation time and cost greatly helps our business partners." Kirshenboim added: "a fleet management service provider who purchases a telematics solution but pays much more only to install it in a long and complicated process, will find it difficult to achieve a competitive edge. To respond to these problems, the Wireless Connect strategy will strive to reduce the need to use wires during the installation process as much as possible, minimize the installation time and cost of vehicle telematics products, and generate added value to our customers and business partners."