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Is technology making driving safer?
Technology is making driving a much safer activity, but there are exceptions.
Technology is making driving safer; however, there have been cases where too much technology gets in the way of human attention and decision making. Here is an overview of what’s currently happening in the automobile safety and technology sector.
Lane Detection Saves Lives - This simple app tells drivers when they are about to change lanes without signaling and…
Frotcom exhibited at Bible Life Business Expo in Botswana
Bible Life Business Expo is the first of its kind to be held amongst the Botswana Christian community, providing a forum for local businesses to showcase their range of products and services. Our team in Botswana took the opportunity to introduce Frotcom’s Fleet management and GPS vehicle tracking features.
The exposition took place on March 7, with around 70 businesses exhibiting and approximately 1,500 delegates in attendance, provided an…
Frotcom is pleased to announce a new certified partner in Qatar
Frotcom is delighted to welcome Target Business Solutions (TBS) to its list of Certified Partners.
The company was founded in Doha, Qatar, and is a trusted information and communication technologies provider supporting a variety of solutions including Fleet Management & Vehicle Tracking, Video Surveillance, Biometric Time Attendance, and Physical Access Control.
TBS saw clear synergies with Frotcom ethos of state-of-the-art technology combined with exceptional customer experience. Both companies aim to exceed customer expectations while delivering high-quality fleet management…
Keeping drivers healthy on the frontline against COVID-19
With the Coronavirus spreading worldwide and forcing everyone to stay home, demand for consumables and essential items increases, and the road transport industry steps up to keep drivers healthy.
The first quarter of 2020 was marked by what will be considered the moment that changed everyone's life. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, a state of emergency was declared in countries all over the world, and people were forced to stay at home; but not…
INRIX Research 2019 Global Traffic Scorecard reveals the world’s most congested cities
Traffic data and analytics specialist INRIX Research released it’s 2019 Global Traffic Scorecard, detailing annual rankings of the most congested cities across the world.
Traffic data and analytics specialist INRIX Research released it’s 2019 Global Traffic Scorecard in March 2020. The Scorecard details annual rankings of the most congested cities across the world and an analysis of congestion and mobility trends for more than 900 cities…
Frotcom International achieves SME Excellence status for the 6th year running
Frotcom International is proud to announce that it has once again achieved the SME Excellence award (in Portuguese “PME Excelência”) for the sixth year running.
The prestigious award, issued by the Portuguese Ministry of Economy through IAPMEI (The Public Agency for SME and Innovation), recognizes exceptional SMEs in Portugal. For Frotcom, the award acknowledges the work and dedication that Frotcom International and its Partners have shown…
Frotcom offers an easy and convenient way to pay tolls in Bulgaria
Frotcom enables fleet vehicles to declare tolls on Bulgarian motorways, high ways, and main roads.
On 1st March 2020, Bulgaria introduced a new electronic system of toll collection when using paid motorways, highways and main roads. The new system collects information corresponding to the distance traveled and applied to the designated total of 3,115 km and calculates fees for all motor vehicles over 3.5tons of category M2, M3, N2, and N3.…
Green Hydrogen can be cheaper than Diesel by 2050
An independent study carried by BloombergNEF (BNEF) reckons that heavy-duty vehicles might be inclined to switch to alternative fuels, like green hydrogen, shortly.
The study entitled “Hydrogen Economy Outlook” conducted by BloombergNEF (BNEF) concluded that the falling cost of making green hydrogen from water, using renewable electricity like wind turbines and solar panels, offers a promising route to cutting emissions, at a manageable price.…
Set up Severity Levels in your Frotcom Fleet Alarms
Frotcom now allows you to create severity levels for user-defined alarms with a brand new feature.
Any alarm set by the users is always important. Still, there is a noticeable tendency in larger fleets to have numerous unprocessed alarms, and that can prevent a critical alarm from being processed - or even noticed - by the user in time.
To overcome this, Frotcom is glad to announce the new Severity Level feature, which will give users the possibility to create up to four severity levels for their alarms and to monitor them in a much simpler and efficient way.
To configure your severity…
How can Frotcom help fleets reduce fuel costs?
Whether you manage a large or small vehicle fleet, we can help you save fuel, reduce operational expenditure costs, and grow your business.
For most vehicles on the market today, the impact of eco-driving vs. aggressive driving on fuel consumption can exceed 30%.
To save on fuel costs, you can implement some measures right away, such as providing training sessions about driving behavior to your drivers and the negative impact of excessive…