Posts by Cody Lirette

ORBCOMM devices and connectivity are designed to handle even the toughest demands of non-stop real-time security, safety and GPS tracking in some of Africa’s most extreme locations. How rugged? Every year, ORBCOMM’s dual-mode cellular-satellite IDP-782 device is put through extreme data requirements in a harsh and dusty environment, in one of the world’s most exciting…

Smart Grid initiatives are grabbing headlines all over the world: New York Power Authority (NYPA) ANNOUNCES $9M FOR DEPLOYMENT OF EQUIPMENT SENSORS TO FURTHER ADVANCE NYS POWER SYSTEM What’s driving global smart grid initiatives? How Southeast Asia is innovating with smart grid technology But what does Smart Grid really mean?  The traditional electrical grid is…

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), there are approximately 38 million fisherman or fish farmers in the world, and fishing and aquaculture provide direct and indirect employment to over 500 million people the world over. In fact, fishing is the most widespread means by which humans harvest natural resources….

Mobile Satellite Users Association (MSUA) Member Interview | John Stolte: Executive VP of Technology and Operations, ORBCOMM & MSUA Board Treasurer Catherine Melquist (President, MSUA):  It was great seeing you at MSUA’s awards luncheon during SATELLITE18 and I appreciate you taking time for a Mobility News interview.  Let’s start by first talking about you.  As…

Driving without a tacho card must rank as one of the most fundamental and obvious offences that a HGV truck driver could commit. And yet, as any reading of regular UK Traffic Commissioner reports will show, it continues to happen, resulting in fines for driving without a tacho card. For many years now, anyone employed…

We are pleased to announce that we have released TachoVision, a new industry first for the UK and Irish tachograph market, by making essential tachograph data available live for planners and transport managers to work with. Up to now, UK and Irish planners and managers have really struggled with hard-to-calculate, hard-to-access tacho data – such…

For both HGV drivers and O-licence operators, a lack of knowledge about digital tachograph rules is unlikely to be sufficient as an excuse for non-compliance. That’s not to suggest that tachograph rules are easy to understand. They certainly are difficult to take in at first glance; the full text of the EU tachograph rules can be…

As Internet of Things (IoT) technology continually evolves and new innovations are born, innumerable bloggers are meticulously reporting on the latest trends in the industrial IoT landscape. There are far too many good IoT resources to list here, but the following 20 blogs are our must-bookmark sites for anyone trying to stay up to speed…

Oil and gas sites require a lot of equipment that often operates in remote locations, making it challenging for energy companies to keep track of operations. To manage some of these complexities, operators are deploying devices that monitor and collect data from field equipment to ensure proper operation, automate processes, and deploy quick corrective measures…