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RFID vs. GPS Tracking: What’s the Difference, and Which Does Your Business Need?
RFID and GPS are both asset tracking technologies, but they solve different problems. RFID identifies an asset when it passes near a reader, making it ideal for inventory, equipment, and items that stay on-site or move through fixed checkpoints. GPS tracks an asset’s exact location in real time…
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Fleet Camera Installation Standards: Why Positioning Beats Default Mounts in Court
Nuclear verdicts have changed how fleets think about liability. Judgments running into the millions of dollars tied to commercial vehicle incidents have pushed video evidence to the top of the priority list for company leadership, not just safety teams. For most fleets, the response has been simple: install…
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What Makes a Great Mobile Fleet Installer? The Skills That Separate Professional Technicians from the Wire Hacks
Every fleet manager has their fair share of horror stories about installations gone wrong. One of the leading causes? Hiring wire hackers who prioritize speed and cost over process and quality. Sure, your friendly neighborhood “Chuck-in-a-truck” may be able to physically install a device. But the consequences of…
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What Is a Mobile Data Terminal? (And Why Fleets Are Moving to Rugged Tablets)
A Mobile Data Terminal (MDT) is a device used for communication, data input, and tracking. It’s most commonly used in the transportation, logistics, and fleet management industries, and it can even be used for communicating between law enforcement and emergency personnel. In fleet management, the MDT helps streamline…
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Hardwired vs OBD-II GPS Tracker Installation: Which Is Right for Your Fleet?
GPS tracker installation is about much more than vehicle visibility. Installing fleet GPS also helps improve efficiency, strengthen driver accountability, enhance security, and provide valuable operational insights. But which solution is right for you? One of the first decisions fleet managers face when deploying GPS technology is whether…
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What Happens to Fleet Technology When You Switch Telematics Vendors
If you search for advice on switching telematics providers, you will find plenty of it. Almost all of it is written by telematics companies, and almost all of it is quietly trying to convince you to switch to them. That is worth keeping in mind because the companies…
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The Hidden Costs of GPS Tracker Self-Installation at Scale
At first glance, self-installing GPS trackers might seem like an easy way to reduce deployment costs. After all, many devices are relatively straightforward to install, and avoiding third-party labor may appear to offer immediate savings. But here’s the problem: As fleets grow, managers often uncover multiple hidden costs…
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The 2026 FMCSA Safety Measurement System Overhaul and the New eDVIR Rule: What Fleets Need to Know
Two regulatory changes are reshaping how fleets handle vehicle inspections in 2026. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) rolled out the biggest overhaul of its Safety Measurement System (SMS) since the program launched in 2010, and on February 19, 2026, it published a final rule explicitly authorizing…
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Agentic AI Is Coming for Fleet Management — Is Your Hardware Ready?
The promises are hard to ignore, and they’re coming from every direction: fleets that self-optimize, maintenance schedules that anticipate failures before drivers feel them, AI systems that reroute vehicles in real time, flag compliance gaps automatically, and generate audit-ready reports without anyone touching a keyboard. The technology powering…
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The Two Faces of Cargo Theft: Why Your Security Technology Is Only as Good as Its Installation
Cargo theft has always been part of the risk calculus in transportation and logistics. Stolen trailers, pilfered loads, and opportunistic break-ins at truck stops are not new problems. What’s new is the scale, the sophistication, and the financial damage. Estimated cargo theft losses in the U.S. and Canada…
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How to Evaluate a Fleet Technology Installation Partner
Selecting a telematics platform or dashcam solution gets a lot of attention. Procurement teams compare feature sets, negotiate SaaS contracts, and run detailed vendor evaluations before committing. The installation partner who actually puts that technology in the vehicle often gets far less scrutiny, and that is where many…
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Quick IoT Installation Services for Your Needs
Orbital’s 17+ years of experience in the field has provided us with firsthand knowledge of a diverse set of technologies and configurations and the ability to adapt to our partners’ and deployment customers’ ever-changing project requirements. Orbital’s IoT Installation Services cover a range of fixed and mobile and…
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Benefits of Fuel Management Systems | Orbital Installation
A Fuel Management System offers a wide range of benefits to transportation companies, particularly those who use large trucks for deliveries. As the name suggests, what it does is allow you to manage your fuel at all times. These systems provide multiple advantages to both owners and operators…
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What is RFID mainly used for?
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is a form of technology that enables the use of electromagnetic fields for the purpose of identifying and tracking objects. It is mainly used for tracking, identification, authentication of items, products, assets, and even people. RFID systems use tags, which are small transponders that contain…
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What is RFID Tracking?
Most people have heard the term ‘RFID’ before, but how many actually know what it means? Radio-Frequency Identification was a revolutionary innovation for logistics and retail industries by allowing companies to stay on top of their physical assets at all times. Through the wonders of RFID Tracking, a…
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What Devices Use RFID? | Orbital Installation Technologies
Most people today are aware of GPS and its uses, but many people are unaware that their daily life is most likely more dependent on RFID systems Installations than GPS. Before going further, one must find understand that RFID stands for Radio-frequency Identification and that it involves a…
