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MTS Allstream Inc. ("MTS Allstream") announced that BMW Canada is the official green transportation partner for the 2009 Allstream Global Forum: An Evening with Vice President Al Gore, taking place on November 24, 2009 at the Allstream Centre in Toronto. MaRS Discovery District is one of the partners for the 2009 Allstream Global Forum. Nov 12, 2009

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

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.

Bern Grush of Skymeter, a MaRS tenant and client, talks about metering car-use. Why is it the way of the future? Pay for your use of the roads, pay for your use of fossil fuels, pay for your contribution to city-road congestion. It's about making better cities and a cleaner environment. All it takes is the Skymeter satellite technology!

Bern Grush's company, Skymeter, makes a GPS-based system capable of tracking every inch a vehicle travels, how long the trip takes and where it is on the road.

Smart pricing of transport as embodied by MaRS client, Skymeter is one of Scientific American's "World Changing Ideas".

Skymeter, is developing a technology using 'financial-grade GPS' data. Skymeter is a MaRS Tenant.

Skymeter, is developing a technology using 'financial-grade GPS' data.\nSkymeter is a MaRS Tenant. Feb 19, 2009

Visualize a global positioning system (GPS) device that knows where you've parked, and for how long. Imagine it can send this information directly to a company that will bill you, without allowing that company to spy on you. Skymeter, a MaRS client and tenant, is profiled in IT Business in a video interview.

Skymeter has developed a GPS-enabled device that's in direct communication with a satellite orbiting the Earth. The GPS enables drivers to conveniently (and accurately) make good their bills for services such as parking, toll road use, and pay-as-you-go insurance.

The technology, marketed by Skymeter Corp., is being tested in Winnipeg, and the municipality's parking authority is expected to implement it citywide by the fall of 2010, making it the first jurisdiction in the world to use the park-and-walk-away system. Dec 9, 2009

MTS Allstream Inc. announced on Dec 30 that the winner of a new BMW 335d Advanced Diesel vehicle two year lease from the Greater Toronto Area BMW Retailers.MaRS Discovery District is a partner of the 2009 Allstream Global Forum. Dec 30, 2009

GigaOM's Katie Fehrenbacher asks: "What if cars had connections in them at all times that turned them into driving financial transactions and would support automated billing for parking and tolls like congestion charges? That's the idea behind a Toronto-based startup called Skymeter." Skymeter is a MaRS client.

Have you read or heard about Andrew Coyne's paper, "Stuck in Traffic?" It talks about how Torontonians are spending more time commuting to work. Eye Weekly points out that we've got the technology to solve that problem right here at MaRS. It's our tenant and client, Skymeter. Skymeter, a company founded by local businessman Bern Grush, has designed a device that sits inside vehicles and tracks the location and distance of travel using GPS technology, adjusting for price changes in real time. To address privacy concerns, the Skymeter sends only the price information to authorities-data about where and when you've travelled stays inside your car, and you can erase it as often as you like. The technology has already been tested for road pricing in Asia and proved effective. So why aren't we using it in Toronto, Eye Weekly asks?

Last month Techvibes attended Venture NORTH 2011 in New York along with an impressive list of Canadian companies in life sciences, ICT and cleantech. One of those companies was MaRS client, Skymeter, a company that can track and measure vehicle movement remotely. TechVibes reports on Skymeter.

Traffic congestion is taxing the city's productivity, but OECD says road tolls would help reverse drain. OECD findings include that governments should invest in more initiatives like Toronto's MaRS Discovery District. Nov 10, 2009

Skymeter Corp., an upstart technology firm that has developed smart meter devices that use global positioning system technology to pinpoint the exact location of vehicles.the Skymeter technology is available only in Winnipeg, where the municipality's parking authority is testing it. The new system is expected to be implemented citywide by the fall of 2010, making it the first jurisdiction in the world to use the park-and-walk-away Skymeter. Nov 18, 2009

"Traffic congestion in the Toronto region costs Canada $3.3-billion a year in lost productivity the Globe and Mail reports. An Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development report found included that governments should invest more in initiatives like Toronto'd MaRS Discovery District. Nov 10, 2009

"The Winnipeg Parking Authority is testing a prototype version of a GPS gadget called a Skymeter, which pings orbiting satellites to determine where it is and how long it's been there." Nov 25, 2009

Skymeter Corp eveloped a technology that uses GPS to trigger a small electronic meter fitted to the car and automatically sends the charges to the driver's account. The concept of charging works the same as automatic toll-road systems, which many people are already familiar with. However, the GPS technology is more versatile and enables the meter to charge according to zone or kilometre driven. Nov 23, 2009

Skymeter on road to success with automatic fee system.

Lyndsay Duncombe, reporter from The National is covering Winnipeg's testing of a GPS device for parking payments." Nov 25, 2009