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Assunta Krehl

Made-to-measure road toll system - Canada's Most Trusted Auto Resource - Wheels.ca - 0 views

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wireless communications Skymeter

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  • Skymeter Corporation – a high-tech upstart that has perfected "financial-grade" GPS telematics – is being hailed as an innovator that has captured the attention of global giants such as IBM, Cisco and Siemens.
  • Hassan admits while North America may not be ready for road and congestion tolls, governments elsewhere are beating a path to his modest office at the MaRS business incubator at College St and University Ave.
  • While Skymeter is a relative flyweight (the company is estimated to be worth $10 million), it hopes to be the technology provider to large multinationals such as IBM and Siemens in the project tenders.
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  • Skymeter is poised to usher in smart metering and – if the execution holds true to the vision – tolls that directly fund roads that are in demand.
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09
     
    Skymeter Corporation - a high-tech upstart that has perfected "financial-grade" GPS telematics - is being hailed as an innovator that has captured the attention of global giants such as IBM, Cisco and Siemens. Mention of MaRS as a business incubator. Feb 14, 2009
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09
     
    Skymeter Corporation - a high-tech upstart that has perfected "financial-grade" GPS telematics - is being hailed as an innovator that has captured the attention of global giants such as IBM, Cisco and Siemens. Mention of MaRS as a business incubator.
Assunta Krehl

Federal Commission's support for pay-as-you-drive to renew aging infrastructure poses..... - 0 views

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Skymeter ICT wireless communications

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  • U.S. commission report released today underscores the need for a nationwide pay-as-you-drive system - a system akin to one refined and tested worldwide by upstart tech firm Skymeter Corp.
  • Skymeter as its technical solution partner of choice for 'Smart Transportation Pricing' technology in the city of Seoul under the Connected Urban Development program.
  • "The Commission has hit the bull's eye with its recommendations", says Skymeter CEO Kamal Hassan. "Recognizing and recommending sensible policy using reliable and cost-effective technology addresses the three evils plaguing surface transportation: under-funding, CO(2) emissions, and traffic jams." Hassan says that by opting for a sensibly-designed GPS-driven user fee system America's total CO(2) emissions will be reduced by 5% or 350 million metric tonnes, the same reduction as if one out of every four cars on the road were replaced by electric cars. It will also make the average commute around 10% faster. "Those are pretty good side effects for a system that returns the nation's road financing system to health" says Hassan.
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  • Skymeter solution solves severe GPS signal problems among numerous intersecting and parallel side-roads and offers a high degree of billing accuracy, critical to system acceptance. Skymeter is currently being tested in San Francisco against what are considered to be the best GPS receivers in North America. The results of these tests to date mirror successful European and Asian trials of Skymeter's system.
  • Skymeter Corporation is a Toronto, Canada-based data services operator that enables location-based payments using financial-grade GPS telematics. Its billing-delivery services include Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) metering for road use, parking and PAYD insurance. These services incorporate methodologies for both privacy and anonymity to ensure motorists enjoy complete privacy while traveling and absolute confidentiality of their trips. Skymeter is equivalent to an anonymous, in-car cell-phone that automatically pays for all transport services based on actual usage. Skymeter enables every form of road-use charging from small city areas such as London and Stockholm's cordon charges up to metering every vehicle in a state, province or country in order to replace fuel taxes.
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09
     
    U.S. commission report released states that there is a need\nfor a nationwide pay-as-you-drive system - a system that is similar to Skymeter Corp which is an upstart tech firm and a MaRS Tenant. Skymeter technicial solution solves the severe GPS signal problems as is currently being tested in North America. Feb 26, 2009
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09
     
    U.S. commission report released states that there is a need for a nationwide pay-as-you-drive system - a system that is similar to Skymeter Corp which is an upstart tech firm and a MaRS Tenant. Skymeter technicial solution solves the severe GPS signal problems as is currently being tested in North America.
Assunta Krehl

The man with the golden plan - Macleans - May 27, 2010 - 0 views

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ICT awards & competitions Advancing Canadian Entrepreneur Richard Ivey School of Business MaRS Upstart Clients & Tenants Shape Collage

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  • Assunta Krehl on 31 May 10
     
    Vincent Cheung, founder of Shape Collage and a MaRS client is a recipient of the: Advancing Canadian Entrepreneur (ACE) 2010 National Student Champion, Richard Ivey School of Business Competition and the MaRS Upstart competition.
Assunta Krehl

Summer Break! - Chim Kan - May 6, 2010 - 0 views

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Events ENT101 entrepreneurship

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  • Assunta Krehl on 10 May 10
     
    Chim Kan blogs about his reflection about being an MBA graduate and mentions about the MaRS CIBC Entrepreneurship Upstart Competition 10K which will feature entrepreneurs showing their latest ideas.
Assunta Krehl

Electric bike design firm races ahead of competition for $10K prize - ITBusiness - May ... - 0 views

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Advisors Keri Damen MaRS events up-start competition Entrepreneurship 101 awards Lifebike cleantech clients

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  • Assunta Krehl on 02 Jun 12
     
    Henry Chong, LIFEbike completed MaRS Entrepreneurship 101 course and entered in MaRS 2012 Up-Start Competition. Keri Damen, Director of Entrepreneurship Education states "the Upstart competition serves as the capstone to the program." Chong won the competition for $10K.
Assunta Krehl

Hold the phone: Let's do it together - The Globe and Mail - March 22, 2010 - 1 views

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ICT telecommunications Krista Jones Advisors MaRS

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  • Assunta Krehl on 23 Mar 10
     
    Wireless upstarts face a daunting task: Finance and build a network of their own, while taking on the big incumbents. Krista Jones, MaRS Lead in ICT, shares her views on the challenges telecom start-ups face.
Cathy Bogaart

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nanotechnology physical sciences clients & tenants Vive Nano

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  • Assunta Krehl on 21 Jan 10
     
    Vive Nano receives accolades for its clean tech approach. Its appeal is in its business model: to develop new processes and company-specific nanoparticles, then lease out their know-how to established companies who have both their own distribution networks and capability to deal with the various national regulatory hurdles that a small firm could never hope to manage.
  • Cathy Bogaart on 21 Jan 10
     
    MaRS client and Toronto nanotechnology upstart Vive Nano is featured in Yonge Street magazine as a good news story for innovative business in TO.
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