VST Mobility chooses HERE as its mapping and location services provider

VST Mobility has selected HERE as its mapping and location services provider to support the company’s latest product launch - Eclipse.

VST Mobility has developed Eclipse, a vehicle tracking unit that is an advanced GPS and GPRS terminal with embedded eSIM and IRNSS chipset for effective fleet management. The company is now integrating the HERE Location Services suite into its platform, to power its various hardware and solutions, addressing the various market requirements within the intelligent transport management system.

Alvin George, CEO of VST Mobility, says, “With HERE as our location partner, we aim to bring new innovations to our joint clients in vehicle tracking, advanced software and automotive transportation systems.”

Supported by HERE Location Services, VST Mobility targets several benefits, including -

* More precise and accurate ETAs for customers and drivers, aided by HERE routing algorithms which draw on real-time, predictive and historical traffic data

* Improved driver safety by integrating real time tracking data with speed limits to determine driver behavior

* Improved post-trip analytics

Aditya Waghray, Senior Strategic Partner Manager from HERE, says, “Our joint strategic partnership with VST Mobility will bring new innovations in smart transportation systems, urban mobility and fleet management. Through this partnership, we are providing the industry an end to end solution for improving insights while optimizing overall cost and efficiency.”

HERE is also well-placed to support VST Mobility as it expands its business out from India. With this joint partnership, HERE and VST Mobility are looking forward to building offerings that will address the needs for the Transport and Logistics industry, specifically around Smart Transportation solutions, Fleet Management and Smart Mobile solutions, powered by HERE Location Services. VST Mobility will leverage HERE APIs and their partner network while HERE will have access to VST’s unique IOT applications.