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Foreword TE Connectivity is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. Our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions, proven in the harshest environments, enable advancements in transportation, industrial applications, medical technology, energy, data communications, and the home. With more than 85,000 employees, including over 8,000 engineers, working alongside customers in approximately 140 countries, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat and Twitter. Mouser Electronics, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is an authorized semiconductor and electronic component distributor focused on New Product Introductions from its leading manufacturer partners. Serving the global electronic design engineer and buyer community, the global distributor's website, mouser.com, is available in multiple languages and currencies and features more than 6.8 million products from over 1,200 manufacturer brands. Mouser offers 27 support locations worldwide to provide best-in-class customer service in local language, currency and time zone. The distributor ships to over 650,000 customers in 223 countries/territories from its 1 million- square-foot, state-of-the-art distribution facilities in the Dallas, Texas, metro area. For more information, visit https://www.mouser.com. Fleet telematics allows for the exchange of information/data using GPS technology, sensors, and vehicle engine data between a commercial vehicle fleet and a central authority, such as a dispatching office or fleet operators. By 2025, global automotive fleet telematics is projected to grow to $34 billion. As this technology continues to accelerate, design engineers will need to respond with reliable solutions that enable high performing applications. Challenging design requirements, such as withstanding high temperature and high vibration environments must be considered. Smaller device packages will need miniaturized components that save space for greater functionality. Providing reliable data connectivity demands a careful selection of standard or custom antennas that can deliver quality omni-directional wireless transmission in a wide variety of frequencies including Bluetooth, WLAN, and cellular. Protecting critical functionalities for increased operating efficiency and safety requires products with sealed components. Incorporating simple, fast, and secure connection points also plays a role in better ergonomics and ease of assembly. Having an integrated solution offering can help reduce size and complexity, improve cost- efficiency, optimize performance and increase reliability. See how TE Connectivity's (TE) compact, high-performance connectors and antenna solutions are helping enable reliable connectivity for fleet telematics applications. By Tammy Stine, Global Account Manager, TE Connectivity 5 7 Experts on Design Considerations for Fleet Telematics