Qualcomm Buys FleetAdvisor

Qualcomm Wireless Business Solutions and Eaton Corp have announced that Qualcomm has purchased the assets of Eaton's Trucking Information Services business unit, including FleetAdvisor, a transportation logistics management system. The purchase price included an undisclosed cash payment plus compensation based on FleetAdvisor software sales as well as OmniTRACS systems sales facilitated by Eaton.

Under terms of this agreement, Qualcomm has hired about 40 Eaton employees responsible for system development and customer support.

The FleetAdvisor system includes hardware and software elements, including a set of applications to be offered to new and existing customers on Qualcomm's MVPc in-vehicle computer for automated driver logs, state fuel tax calculation, work order management, driver and vehicle productivity, and customer service. The MVPc is a Windows CE-based platform that runs custom or third-party applications and is an optional driver interface to Qualcomm's fleet management solutions.