A new vehicle tracking solution believed to be ready to transform the fleet management market in the US has gone on trial.

The vehicle tracking solution was demonstrated at Cisco Live in Las Vegas in early July.

Run by Actility, a specialist in Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) and location solutions, the solution was demonstrated at Cisco Live in Las Vegas earlier this month, showing how visitors could use an app on their smartphone or public screen to determine the arrival time of the next shuttle bus between their hotel and the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.

Abeeway Master Trackers, operating on the 915 Mhz ISM band frequency required for the US market, were installed in a large number of the 150 shuttle buses that circulate in the area of the southern Strip in Las Vegas. Using the tracking application and mapping software, travellers could see the location and progress of each of the shuttles on its journey.

However, according to Actility CEO Mike Mulica, this basis application “demonstrates very clearly how easy it is to deploy that solution in the real world and deliver benefits to customers immediately”.

He added: “Of course, it’s only the tip of the iceberg. We believe that geolocation is probably the killer app for the IoT globally. The US has been lagging behind the rest of the world in deploying LPWAN solutions, and we can see the American market is now beginning to accelerate rapidly, and we’re ready for that. The same solution that’s tracking buses around the Strip is ready to transform other industries like vehicle fleet management or logistics.”