cellular connectivity

Truck tech impacted by AT&T outage: Here’s what’s happening

AT&T began experiencing sweeping outages of its cellular networks across the United States on Thursday morning. While mass reports of driver connectivity issues have not surfaced, back-end TMS and visibility systems are experiencing outages.

Motive, Samsara and Trimble are a few of the transportation tech platforms that reported issues, warning customers of potential problems. These systems use cellular data to track drivers’ locations, send messages and dispatch information, meaning an AT&T...

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Fleets’ data service reliability may drop as telecoms transition away from 3G

Major carriers to start shutting down 3G networks

Any fleet that delayed adopting electronic logging devices until right before the deadline was faced with a lack of inventory and support delays as providers became overwhelmed. A similar scenario could potentially repeat itself as AT&T, Verizon and other carriers prepare to shut down their 2G and 3G cellular networks.

Verizon was among the first carriers to announce a shutdown date — Dec. 31, 2020 — although the company has now pushed that back to December 2022. AT&T said it will shut down its...

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