Company Overview

Brief History

In Motion Technology was founded in 2002 by a team of seasoned telecommunications professionals driven by a single vision: To enable mobile data communications to be flexible, easy-to-use extensions of corporate networks.

For the past decade, utility, transit, public safety and commercial fleets have been deploying a variety of new, mobile applications and devices, including dispatch, vehicle tracking and monitoring systems, video, inventory control, medical and other devices.

Yet, as these technologies emerge, organizations lack access to a single wireless network that provides the coverage and capacity necessary to access and transmit data from these devices reliably.

As a result, many organizations use a variety of approaches that are prone to congestion, coverage gaps, lack “interoperability,” and fail to provide seamless, effective, user-friendly, mobile data communications. To address this need, In Motion Technology’s founders established four principles that have guided product development and the company:

• Mobile networks need to enable a variety of devices and applications. Teams in the field use laptops, PDAs, VoIP phones, and a variety of specialized devices, including law enforcement and medical equipment. To be effective, a mobile communications solution needed to enable all of these devices to communicate to headquarters and with one another;
• Mobile communications should not be constrained to any one wireless network, but should use the best available network in any given situation. Although many wireless networks are now available -- including cellular CDMA and GSM, 700 MHz, municipal WiFi, WiMax and others -- no one wireless network has the coverage, bandwidth and reliability to enable truly seamless communications in the field. Mobile network solutions should use the best available wireless network, and seamlessly switch between networks to ensure that communications go through every time.
• Mobile networks need to be easy to deploy, reliable and worry-free.
• Solutions need to pay for themselves in improved communications, response times, operations, productivity and costs. Cost effective is not enough. Mobile networking solutions need to improve productivity and asset use, extend vehicle lives, save fuel, reduce communications costs, and improve emergency outcomes.

In 2005, In Motion Technology launched their suite of mobile, wireless products. The onBoard™ Mobile Gateway and onBoard™ Mobility Manager provide an end-to-end mobile communications solution for a wide array of vehicle fleets and mobile workforces.

The onBoard™ Mobile Gateway is installed in vehicles to create a mobile “vehicle area network,” enabling multiple devices to connect simply and seamlessly. The Gateway then senses and selects the best available wireless network to enable these devices to transmit and access data with unmatched security and reliability. It is easy to deploy, reliable and worry-free.

The onBoard™ Mobility Manager continuously gathers and analyzes information from Gateway equipped vehicles to enable headquarters personnel to access to real-time information and manage networks, vehicles and other assets to peak efficiency.

Today, more than 150 organizations across North America use In Motion Technology solutions to improve communications, operations and response times, and save lives.