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Trailcon Signs Distribution Agreement with WebTech Wireless to Market Trailer Tracking


October 2, 2006 - Trailcon Signs Distribution Agreement With WebTech Wireless to Market Trailer Tracking

CSI Logistics Equips 200 Trailers with Quadrant Solution and Expects 10% Efficiency Goal

BURNABY, BC - October 2, 2006 -WebTech Wireless Inc. (TSX-V:WEW), a leading supplier of mobile telematics, today announces the signing of a distribution agreement with Trailcon Leasing, that offers leading expertise in freight transportation solutions across Canada and specializes in trailers, intermodal equipment and fleet management.

In an industry where productivity and compliance are two of the biggest issues for transportation customers, Trailcon currently has a fleet of 5,000 trailers they service and maintain.  The WebTech Wireless’ Quadrant solution allows Trailcon’s customers to track the location of parked trailers as well as goods in transit.

“The demands of our customers are the demands of their own customers, and they continue to increase.  To stay ahead, we constantly innovate, with proprietary software and outsourced solutions, to ensure our customers are as productive as possible and the trailers operate at capacity,” comments Stuart Innes, IT manager at Trailcon Leasing.  “This agreement with WebTech Wireless provides our customers with a leading edge trailer tracking solution that can be integrated with their dispatch software to increase fleet utilization and provide load protection.”

According to ABI Research, there are about 5 million trailers in North America and only about 10 percent have been outfitted with tracking devices.  Equipping Trailcon’s trailers with WebTech’s Locator devices, ensures that customers know where every trailer is located at all times.  The in-vehicle GPS/GPRS device transmits all field data via GPS or GPRS networks to a web-enabled user interface, the Quadrant Portal.  Every trailer location is provided on a web-enabled map accessible to the dispatcher.  Further, a geo-fence feature raises an automatic alarm when a trailer that is not scheduled to move leaves its location, notifying the dispatcher to act.

Trailcon customer, CSI Logistics is currently using the WebTech Locator devices in 200 of its trailers.  “Previous to installing the WebTech Quadrant solution we had to process our trailers by hand.  Today, we’ve moved to an automated dispatch system that we expect will increase our efficiencies by 10%,” says Craig Cottrell, President of CSI Logistics.  “To give you an idea of the efficiencies we’ve already gained, we recently had to bring a driver back to a yard as we had mistakenly assigned him the wrong trailer for delivery.  We fixed that problem within five minutes of the driver leaving the yard.  With our former system we would have to physically go into the yard to find the right trailer once we’d learned the wrong delivery had taken place.”

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