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Skymeter

Defunct Canadian location technology company

Field	Value
name	Skymeter Corporation
type	Private
industry	Vehicle tracking
founded
founders	Bern Grush, Kamal Hassan, Preet Khalsa
defunct
fate	Put into receivership
successor	Applied Telemetrics Inc.
hq_location_city	Toronto, Ontario
hq_location_country	Canada
products	Driver tracking information services
website

Skymeter was a Canadian location-based services company that provided GPS data for pricing and traffic-information-applications. Skymeter was co-founded by Bern Grush, Kamal Hassan and Preet Khalsa and was headquartered at the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto, Ontario. The company went into receivership in 2012.

Technology

Skymeter claimed to have developed a highly accurate and reliable GPS road-use meter using a liability-critical form of GPS technology they called "Financial-grade GPS" (FGPS) to provide highly reliable charging results that ensure fairness to the user and evidentiary assurance for the toll operator. This is in contrast to conventional GPS, which tends to fail in urban areas due to the urban canyon effect. The company marketed their technology for use in road pricing, parking, car sharing/renting/leasing, usage-based vehicle insurance, fleet management and emissions metering applications.

Receivership of Skymeter Corp, December 2012

On November 23, 2012, a “Receivership Order” was made by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice by the MaRS Investments Accelerator Fund, pursuant to Section 243(1) of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. It was accepted on December 20, 2012. The assets of Skymeter Corp were taken over by a new group led by Roger d'Hollander and Bern Grush, called Applied Telemetrics Inc.

References

"Bern Grush - Canada | LinkedIn".
[http://www.linkedin.com/in/kamalhassan] Kamal Hassan LinkedIn profile
"Preet Khalsa - Canada | LinkedIn".
Steed, Judy. (February 19, 2007). "Kicking Out the Jams". Toronto Star.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110404053736/http://www.skymetercorp.com/technology/financial-grade-gps.html] Skymeter's description of Financial-Grade GPS
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110101125441/http://www.skymetercorp.com/transport-sectors/roads.html Road pricing]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110130010858/http://www.skymetercorp.com/transport-sectors/parking.html Parking]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110202090441/http://www.skymetercorp.com/transport-sectors/leasing.html Sharing renting leasing]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110203065155/http://www.skymetercorp.com/transport-sectors/insurance.html Insurance]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110205023622/http://www.skymetercorp.com/transport-sectors/fleets.html Fleet management]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110202014515/http://www.skymetercorp.com/transport-sectors/emissions.html Emissions metering]
[http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hub/43526/file-14088019-pdf/docs/skymeter_approval_and_vesting_order_dec_2012.pdf Final court approval of receivership]
"Roger d'Hollander - Canada | LinkedIn".
"Bern Grush - Canada | LinkedIn".
"Applied Telemetrics website".

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