Long Beach Uses GPS Vehicle Tracking System to Help Manage Vehicle Fleets

Market Wire, 20050229

Radio Satellite Integrators, Inc. (RSI), a global provider of customized GPS vehicle tracking solutions, today announced the completion of the initial phase of a multi-agency Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) system for the City of Long Beach. To better manage department vehicles throughout the entire city, Long Beach turned to RSI to design this one-of-a-kind, city wide vehicle tracking solution.

The first phase of the system has been installed for Long Beach Energy -- the newly formed merger of the Long Beach Gas and Electric Department and the Public Works Department. The vehicle tracking system is currently operating in nearly 100 vehicles for Solid Waste Collection and Street Sweeper vehicles and will be expanded to parking enforcement, Long Beach Unified School District, and Long Beach Fire Departments in the near future. Each agency will track their own fleet on individual interfaces to the AVL system, but will utilize the same central backbone. This arrangement will effectively provide the city with multiple AVL systems but drastically lower "per vehicle costs" by sharing infrastructure. Also unique to this AVL system is the use of the 220MHz radio frequency, which will provide the communications network for the system.

"This is a great opportunity to provide our neighbors in Long Beach with an expandable and versatile high-end system that will be augmented to allow several City agencies to share the same equipment, thereby avoiding redundant purchases," states RSI president Jonathan Michels, "With our system as a powerful tool, City of Long Beach operations will be able to better manage their mobile workforce and really optimize productivity at a very low cost."

For more information on other Radio Satellite Integrators vehicle tracking systems, visit the RSI website at www.radsat.com.

About Radio Satellite Integrators

Headquartered in Torrance, CA, Radio Satellite Integrators, Inc. is a world leader in the design and implementation of vehicle tracking systems using GPS, wireless data, and GIS. Founded in 1990, the company has developed and implemented 100 systems worldwide, with applications in a range of fields including transit, utilities, public safety, and other operations. RSI's global customer list includes: the US Postal Service, Microsoft, US Army, US Navy, Laidlaw Transit, Northrop Grumman, US West, Amoco, Exxon, Chevron and the Alyeska Pipeline.

For more information, contact 310-787-7700 or visit www.radsat.com.

Contact: Radio Satellite Integrators, Inc. 310-787-7700 www.radsat.com