Treble Twenty Cars and Courier, based in Brentwood, Essex, is equipping its fleet of 50 cars with Mentor’s mobile data computers and has selected Transcomm’s Mobitex network as the communications link. This is Canadian company Mentor’s first UK installation to take advantage of Transcomm’s Mobitex network.

Treble Twenty is replacing its old mobile data system with fully integrated mobile data computers featuring internal GPS, a taximeter, credit-card authorization and a Maxon Mobitex modem. This is the first private-hire installation in the UK to incorporate all of these functions in a single invehicle devices.

Treble Twenty chose Mentor’s preferred software partner, Cantect International, to supply and implement the host dispatch, scheduling, mapping and payment application for the back-office system.

“The Treble Twenty system is unique in the UK and will serve as a showcase for Transcomm, Mentor and Cantech in the private hire and taxi industry,” says Tamara Porter, Mentor business development manager for the UK and Europe.