SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and Chinese service provider Guandong South Satellite Telecommunications Service Co. Ltd. said contracts have been signed to provide the OmniTracs mobile information management system to Cosco and Sinotrans, the two largest Chinese transportation companies.
Cosco will use the system as part of its land transportation network and to aid in transporting equipment through China’s inland waterways supporting the Three Gorge National Project, Qualcomm said.
Based on Qualcomm’s Code Division Multiple Access technology, the OmniTracs system is a satellite-based communications and tracking system providing real-time messaging and position reporting between fleets and their operations satellite.
