Aether Systems [AETH], in partnership with TransCommunications, a Chattanooga, Tenn.-based provider of business telecom products for the transportation industry, and the Mobilacomm Eagle division of BOT Engineering, are launching GeoLogic satellite-based asset tracking system. GeoLogic allows fleet managers to monitor thousands of trailers in the field.

Truckload carrier U.S. Xpress Enterprises [XPRSA] will be the first company to deploy the system. It operates a fleet of over 12,000 trailers.