Gurtam (belarusian "??????" -- together) is a Belarusian software development company and a service provider in real time GPS monitoring, vehicle telematics and fleet management solutions. Company's main products are:
- Wialon -- a multifunctional system developed to monitor stationary and mobile objects. The platform is based on GLONASS/GPS satellite navigation systems, GSM cellular communications (GPRS/SMS), Inmarsat, Iridium, Thuraya and Globalstar satellite communications.
- flespi -- a back-end platform for unified interactions between telematics devices and business apps via REST API.
By July 2017 more than 1 200 000 objects worldwide were monitored by Wialon. The business network of the company involves over 950 fleet tracking service providers in more than 130 countries. According to the annual telematics market research by Omnicomm, Gurtam's market share in satellite monitoring solutions for CIS countries is 36%.
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Operations
The company develops several directions:
- Software for GPS/GLONASS tracking and fleet management
- Gurtam Maps geographic information system
- GPS/GLONASS hardware integration with Wialon system (currently 1200+ types of equipment)
- Providing SaaS and server-based versions of satellite tracking software for rent
- Back end flespi for the integration of telematics data into business apps
- Task-specific solutions for company's clients
- Customized Wialon-based apps
The most popular Gurtam services are Wialon Hosting (SaaS) and Wialon Local (server-based solution). The company has also developed GPS-Trace -- a free service for personal tracking. It's particularly used to monitor the location of employees, relatives and domestic animals.
Gurtam constantly participates in industrial expos and events worldwide including CeBIT, GSMA Mobile World Congress, Securex South Africa, Expo Seguridad Mexico, CTIA, GITEX, Telematics Conference SE Europe etc.
Since 2017 Gurtam is focused on the active development and the implementation of the back-end product flespi -- PaaS solution offered for managing telematics data. By the moment flespi was released no other counterparts existed.
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History
Interesting facts
In 2009 the company provided Wialon software for vehicle tracking at the international automobile race "A National Sport - Bridge of Friendship". Further on the company cooperates with other automobile racing coordinators, including those engaged in "Beijing-Paris" multi-stage rally, Can-Am Trophy Russia open off-road ATV-series, "Ukraine Trophy 2012" trophy-raid.
In 2009 Gurtam released a cloud version of the Wialon Hosting satellite monitoring system.
Since August 2009 Gurtam has become a member of the Oracle company partner network.
In 2010 Gurtam started cooperation with MTS Belarus in the area of data communication via GPRS, SMS, MMS and CSD. Aliaksandr Kuushynau, Head of Wialon Division claimed the issue of lobbying the interests of several companies in the Russian market of satellite monitoring. Soon after that Gurtam appeared to be one of the founders of the Navitoring international professional community with a restrain on unfair competition being one of its core goals.
Annually the company holds partner conferences in Minsk, Belarus to gather major telematics community integrators and GPS/GLONASS hardware manufacturers.
In 2011 more than 50 Gurtam dealers addressed to the governments of the Republic of Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Russia claiming recognition of June 2 as the professional holiday for satellite monitoring and navigation. The day has been celebrated by the professionals in the area of GPS and GLONASS technologies since 2012.
Wialon Local was released in 2014 being a server-based version with characteristics conforming to those of the cloud software version.
In 2014 Gurtam arranged Kilimanjaro expedition to test hardware and proprietary tracking system in extreme conditions.
According to Berg Insight market research agency, Wialon was recognized a leading satellite monitoring system in the CIS and the Russian Federation in 2014 and 2015.
In 2015 Gurtam released a video in support of the Belarusian language. 32 partnering companies were involved worldwide.
As reported by Capterra, in 2016 Wialon was ranked 4th among the most popular fleet monitoring systems.
In 2017 Gurtam adds a new module to Wialon designed for passenger transportation. Originally created for school buses monitoring, the module is being used in other relevant fields.
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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