Qualcomm and Eutelsat reach agreement

Nov. 21, 2001
Qualcomm Inc. and Eutelsat, a European satellite provider, today announced a five-year agreement to bring fleet management solutions to the European marketplace. Qualcomm Wireless Business Solutions Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm, will join with Eutalsat to bring the EutelTRACS mobile communications system to Europe's fleet managers. EutelTRACS is the European version of Qualcomm Wireless
Qualcomm Inc. and Eutelsat, a European satellite provider, today announced a five-year agreement to bring fleet management solutions to the European marketplace. Qualcomm Wireless Business Solutions Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm, will join with Eutalsat to bring the EutelTRACS mobile communications system to Europe's fleet managers.

EutelTRACS is the European version of Qualcomm Wireless Business Solutions' mobile communications system, OmniTRACS, a satellite-based mobile communications and tracking system that provides real-time messaging and position reporting between fleets and their operations centers.

"We are excited about the opportunity to directly offer the European market our high-value wireless data solutions that have been successful worldwide for more than a decade," said Simon Harris, managing director of Qualcomm Wireless Business Solutions Europe. "By partnering with Eutelsat, we’ve joined with a technology expert that can work with us to bring the most technically superior, customer-oriented mobile communications solutions to Europe."

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