TNT Awards Astrata Container Tracking System Contract for its Asia Road Network

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Singapore, June 25, 2009, the Astrata Group today announced it has been awarded a truck and container tracking contract by TNT Asia for its entire Asia Road Network. The network 

links 127 cities and spans more than 7,500km.  The contract has a term of four years.  Deliveries under the contract are commencing May 2009. 

Astrata said that after an extensive tender evaluation process TNT Asia chose Astrata as its partner for a region-wide asset tracking solution. The system also includes Astrata’s proven ‘anti-hijack protection’ which enables a vehicle that is stolen, hijacked or appears to be driven erratically to be stopped remotely using Astrata’s sophisticated vehicle tracking and immobilising solution.

Currently linking 

Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, China, and most recently Cambodia, the network is Asia’s first such road network offering TNT customers a fully-integrated, door-to-door, day-definite transportation solution throughout Asia.

Astrata’s 

GLP100 (Geo-Location Platform) will be fitted into TNT’s fleet of trucks and containers. The unit is a compact and technologically advanced GPS tracking device specifically developed to meet the rigourous demands of Fleet Management and Transport Security applications. A primary feature of the new device is its unique, small, flat and lightweight form factor, making it easy to conceal within a vehicle.

The Astrata GLP100 boasts real-time monitoring, secure communications and expandability to other sensors, effectors and data devices. The solution for TNT will include GPS, driver ID, 2-way voice, immobiliser (horns and blinkers), panic button, and cargo door sensor.

Astrata will also provide its latest software, Sirius Web 2, which TNT will host at its 24/7 monitoring centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This will offer advanced, critical event alert management and the ability to send commands to the vehicle. The primary focus will be to ensure that vehicles do not deviate from predefined and approved routes as well as unauthorised stops and cargo door opening.

TNT Asia’s Head of Security, Tony Lugg, commented: “After a rigourous evaluation and subsequent trial we are confident that Astrata offers TNT Asia the most comprehensive and reliable solution available. This new system will provide TNT with a critical element that will further enhance our information, security and safety systems.”

Robin Littau, Astrata’s Asia and Middle East Managing Director added: “This contract award is a significant achievement for us and highlights our continuous rapid growth in this Region. With this impressive Fortune 500 company as our customer it is our goal to ultimately rollout this system with TNT globally.  It is very exciting that TNT have recognised our technology to be state-of-the-art, supported by strong R&D and a solid product road map.”

About Astrata Group, Inc.

The Astrata Group is focused on advanced location-based IT services and solutions (telematics) that combine GPS positioning, wireless communications (satellite or terrestrial) and geographical information technology, which together enable businesses and institutions to monitor, trace, and control the movement and status of machinery, vehicles, personnel or other assets.  Astrata has designed, developed, manufactured and currently supports ten generations of telematics systems with units deployed worldwide.

Astrata is headquartered in Singapore and has offices throughout the world including the United States, Europe the Middle East and Asia.  For further information please visit 

www.astratagroup.com

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About TNT

TNT provides businesses and consumers worldwide with an extensive range of services for their mail and express delivery needs. Headquartered in the Netherlands, TNT offers efficient network infrastructures in Europe and Asia and is expanding operations worldwide to maximise its network performance. TNT serves more than 200 countries and employs more than 163,000 people. Over 2008, TNT reported €11.1 billion in revenues and an operating income of €982 million. TNT is officially quoted on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. TNT recognises its social responsibility and has formed partnerships with the United Nations World Food Programme and the United Nations Environment Programme to fight hunger and pollution in the world. Our efforts are being recognised; in 2008 TNT again reached the highest score of all companies included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and in the Carbon Disclosure Project in the carbon intensive sector. More information about TNT can be found on its website http://group.tnt.com.

About ARN

Introduced at the end of 2005, TNT’s Asia Road Network today connects Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and China across 7,620km  through an integrated, door-to-door road service. Boasting 24x7 real-time Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) tracking of TNT’s container trucks, TNT has seen double-digit growth in overall volumes since the launch in 2005. The road service is two to three times faster than sea freight and offers customers significant savings of up to 30 per cent compared to air freight.

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