SAN DIEGO, July 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/
-- Lytx®, a leading global provider of video
telematics, analytics, productivity and safety solutions for
commercial and public sector fleets, today announced the company
has been accepted to participate in the Qualcomm® Smart
Cities Accelerator Program.
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Inc.
(NASDAQ: QCOM) launched the accelerator program to help connect
cities, municipalities, government agencies and enterprises with an
ecosystem of providers offering Qualcomm Technologies'
technology-based solutions tailored for smart cities applications.
Program members represent a range of hardware and software
providers, cloud solution providers, system integrators, design and
manufacturing companies, as well as companies offering end-to-end
solutions with smart cities in mind. Lytx is the first and only
commercial transportation video telematics company to be selected
to join the program.
"Lytx is at the helm of innovation in video telematics-based
safety and fleet management solutions," said Sanjeet Pandit, senior director, business
development and head of smart cities, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
"Their data leadership and expertise in deploying machine vision
and artificial intelligence solutions for so many public and
private-sector fleets make the company an ideal partner for
Qualcomm's Smart Cities Accelerator Program. We are thrilled to
have Lytx onboard to help drive the future of fleet safety,
tracking and management for smart cities around the world."
The Qualcomm Smart Cities Accelerator Program connects companies
who have proven their expertise and foresight in deploying Qualcomm
technology-based solutions across multiple aspects of smart cities,
as well as those seeking to implement those solutions in their own
cities.
"As cities become ever more congested, Lytx big data and
video-telematics solutions have the power to revolutionalize urban
transportation planning and management," said Eliot Feldstein, Lytx senior vice president of
corporate and business development. "Because of our unrivaled
driving database—we have more than 100 billion miles of driving
data on-hand, and collect millions more every day from city,
municipal, government and commercial fleets—Lytx is uniquely
positioned to help smart cities understand and solve for the
increasingly complex and dangerous future of urban driving
environments.
"We are thrilled to collaborate with Qualcomm Technologies on
this important program. By streamlining access to Lytx's data and
technology solutions, Qualcomm is supporting communities as they
step into the future and work to help keep their streets and
surrounding roadways safer, as well as their transportation fleets
and services more productive and efficient for decades to come,"
Feldstein said.
About Lytx
Lytx® is a leading provider of video telematics,
analytics, safety and productivity solutions for commercial and
public sector fleets. Our unrivaled Driver Safety Program, powered
by our best-in-class DriveCam® Event Recorder, is proven
to help save lives and reduce risk. We harness the power of video
to help clients see what happened in the past, manage their
operations more efficiently in the present and improve driver
behavior to change the future. Our customizable services and
programs span driver safety, risk detection, fleet tracking,
compliance and fuel management. Using the world's largest driving
database of its kind, along with proprietary machine vision and
artificial intelligence technology, we help protect and connect
thousands of fleets and more than one million drivers worldwide.
For more information, visit www.lytx.com, @lytx on
Twitter, LinkedIn, our Facebook page
or YouTube channel.
Contacts:
Lytx
Alison Graves
858-380-3114
alison.graves@lytx.com
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