Qualcomm has launched an updated version of FleetAdvisor, a mobile fleet management and logistics solution directed at the private fleet market. According to Qualcomm, FleetAdvisor software interfaces with its OmniTracs satellite-based mobile communications system, and its OmniExpress, which communicates over ground-based digital systems. FleetAdvisor includes paperless driver logs, state mileage reporting, and route management, among other tools. This is the second launch for FleetAdvisor. Originally it was developed by the Trucking Information Services unit of Eaton and introduced in 1997. Eaton offered FleetAdvisor as a proprietary system that could be configured to work with various mobile communications options. Qualcomm bought FleetAdvisor in March 2001, announcing that the system would be adapted to run on Qualcomm’s MVPc in-vehicle computer and integrated with other Qualcomm mobile com-munications products. The new launch of FleetAdvisor continues the move into LTL and private fleet markets that Qualcomm began in 1999. Qualcomm introduced OmniExpress at the American Trucking Associations convention in 1999. It communicates over the Sprint PCS network using Qualcomm-developed Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology. This ground-based technology appeals to local and regional fleets like LTL and private carriers. At the same time, Qualcomm introduced its MVPc onboard computer, which runs the Windows CE operating system. Fleets running the old FleetAdvisor platform can purchase new equipment in order to upgrade to the Qualcomm system, or can opt to install the upgraded FleetAdvisor only on new trucks as they are purchased. The system is designed to work with mixed DOS and Windows CE equipment.