Trucks and fleet telematics
Position, driving behavior and cargo telemetry for trucks and vans, with profiles that follow the vehicle across the region. A wired unit sees ignition, speed and, through the vehicle bus, odometer and fault codes; an OBD plug-in sees less but installs in seconds. The data is small, so the design is about what the platform does with it: geofences, route adherence, idling and driver scoring. Buffer points while the truck is out of coverage and upload them with their original timestamps, or the map shows a straight line where the road curved.
Containers and high-value assets
Battery-efficient trackers for containers and equipment that report on schedule and sleep between fixes. These units spend most of their life in a metal box, so the antenna and the enclosure matter as much as the bearer: a tracker inside a container is close to a shielded room. Use NB-IoT or LTE-M where the operator has deployed it, keep the payload binary, and accept that a daily ping is the right resolution for a pallet that moves twice a week. The alarm path, door-open or movement, is the exception that justifies a faster report.
People, pets and luggage
Small personal and pet trackers plus luggage tags on low-power bearers, sold through device makers and service brands. A pet tracker needs a fix interval fast enough to find a dog that slipped a gate, which conflicts with a battery the size of a coin. A luggage tag needs a week of reporting and almost no data, and a people tracker needs a clear consent flow, a visible indicator and a way to stop sharing. Set the retention of location history before launch, not after the first support request.
Cold chain
Temperature and door telemetry alongside position for food and pharma lanes, with alerts before the cargo spoils. The sensor and the radio share a battery and a duty cycle, so the sampling interval is a commercial decision: a one-minute temperature record proves more than a ten-minute record, and costs more battery. Alert on the rate of change, not only on the absolute limit, and keep the local log intact when the uplink drops. Pharma lanes may sit under distribution guidelines such as the EU GDP rules; the tracker supports the record but does not replace the quality system.
Insurance telematics and driver behavior
Usage-based insurance turns the tracker into an evidence device: harsh braking, cornering, speeding and time of day, scored per trip. That changes the requirements. The data has to be attributable to a driver, the scoring has to be explainable, and the policyholder has to agree to the collection before the first trip. An OBD dongle can be moved between vehicles, so the install record is part of the evidence. Keep the raw data and the derived score separately, because the score will be challenged and the raw track is what settles the question.
