Telematics in Brazil: Needs and Market Opportunities

2001-01-2812

11/12/2001

Event
International Truck & Bus Meeting & Exhibition
Authors Abstract
Content
This paper intends to show how Telematics has started in Brazil and describe its impact in the traditional way of making Business with commercial vehicles.
We want to make a brief comment about the main enabling technologies for the Telematics improvement:
  • Telecom infrastructure: the investments after the privatisation of the sector, as well, trends for new services (WAP, SMS, Tracking, etc);
  • Internet infrastructure: the growing of internet accesses and its impact in the industrial economy;
  • The impact of these new technologies in the trucking Business and how Brazil is prepared for. New investments that are coming;
  • The impact of IT technologies in the Brazilian GIP (Gross Internal Product) and in the Transportation market.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2001-01-2812
Pages
8
Citation
Abrahão, L., Specht, S., Onusic, H., and Ventura, L., "Telematics in Brazil: Needs and Market Opportunities," SAE Technical Paper 2001-01-2812, 2001, https://doi.org/10.4271/2001-01-2812.
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Publisher
Published
Nov 12, 2001
Product Code
2001-01-2812
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English