WARRENVILLE, Ill. — International Truck and Engine’s telematics solution for buses, and commercial vehicles has won the company Frost & Sullivan’s 2006 Industry Innovation and Advancement of the Year Award in the medium-heavy truck original equipment market.

The award recognizes the truckmaker’s development of the International AWARE Vehicle Intelligence solution. The system incorporates GPS technology to track the exact position of vehicles and uses in-vehicle monitors to relay key operating data such as vehicle functions and conditions back to fleet managers, owners and service teams through secure wireless networks.

The GPS-based vehicle positioning system helps fleet managers locate vehicles anywhere within the continental U.S. and Canada allowing the remote monitoring of route and stops the vehicle makes. This assists with planning logistics for a more fuel-efficient route.

A ‘geo-fence’ feature alerts fleet managers with an automatic email or text message if a vehicle enters or leaves a pre-designated region. This is especially useful for homeland security implications with sensitive truck cargo such as propane trucks.

The AWARE system also monitors key vehicle parameters like fuel usage, battery voltage, engine hours and even accessory equipment to provide comprehensive, easily organized reports for maintenance teams to improve fleet efficiency and uptime. Fault code monitoring also helps fleet managers react to issues as they happen.