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History: Not a part of Qualcomm since 2013, when the division was set up as a standalone company (Omnitracs) and sold to Vista Equity Partners. Reference: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180226005443/en/Omnitracs-Celebrates-30-Years-Innovation-Fourth-Annual
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== History ==
 
'''DTRACS''' was a tracking and control system used by [[United States military]] units in [[Europe]] and [[South West Asia]] (SWA). The system is actually a commercial off the shelf (COTS) product from [[Qualcomm]]. Its commercial name is [[OmniTRACS]]Omnitracs, and is in use by commercial trucking fleets throughout the world. Initially, when the system was first in use by the [[US Army]] in Europe (USAREUR), it was run through an Alcatel contract out of Paris with a [[data feed]] to the USAREUR G4 Logistics Automation Division (LAD).
 
After it became more heavily used, it was determined that the [[Army]] needed its own secure hub on a [[military base]] in [[Germany]]. This hub was located in [[Mannheim, Germany]] outside of [[Coleman Barracks]] at a ___location known as the "tank-farm". This ___location was chosen because it already housed other satellite hubs, one of which was for AFN.