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About Airmax Remote

Airmax Remote brings over 20 years of experience in advanced fleet telematics, serving sectors including vehicle leasing, emergency services and corporate fleets. Headquartered in Birmingham, with UK-based manufacturing in Southampton, we design and build all our hardware domestically, proudly as a member of Made in Britain, and hold 100% ownership of our intellectual property.

Our mission is to connect the unconnected, enhance fleet visibility and transform raw data into actionable insights. As an agile, engineering-led business, we develop disruptive, value-added solutions that evolve alongside vehicle technology. What began with simple mileage capture for service scheduling has grown into a comprehensive suite of services, including proactive maintenance alerts, real-time vehicle health monitoring and driver behaviour profiling, now supporting the transmission of over 5 million data messages daily.

With a customer-first mindset, we’re committed to building long-term trust by delivering on our promises, adding measurable value and treating every customer investment as if it were our own.

A 20-Year Timeline of Innovation and Success

A 20-Year Timeline of Innovation and Success

2004
2004

Early Days

First-generation Telematics Device manufactured for ProFleet2 telematics; the first integrated telemetry, aftermarket connected car solution in the UK market launch in contract hire sector.

Completed First Telematics Installation to a VW Golf 5 Door Hatch 1.9 TDi SE Eu4 Mk5 and a Ford Mondeo 5 Door Hatch 2.0 LX Tdci 115.

Norwich Union links insurance premiums to telematics.

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2005
2005

Incorporation & Launch

Airmax Group of companies is incorporated.

Launch of Airmax Remote (formerly Airmax UK) as the core trading entity.

Acquisition of CSD Electronics from CHH Electronics, an electronic design house, forming Airmax Technologies Ltd, which, in partnership, delivered the Delphi Diamond 2 garage diagnostic equipment.

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2006
2006

Our First Milestone

Partnership with HBOS begins, providing telematics to contract hire corporate fleets.

Achieved 10,000 Installs in December.

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2007
2007

Hosting Developments

Migration to Rackspace UK fully hosted managed solutions.

Achieved 10,000 installs in December.

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2008
2008

Emergency Services & More

Contract Award: First UK Police Force, West Yorkshire Police, supported by the Home Office ACPO ITS One Box project.

Entered the Emergency Service Market with the Launch of Vehicle Interface Module and MiFare Driver ID capabilities.

Pay How You Drive (PHYD) is offered by Airmax and Lloyd Latchford, Royal and Sun Alliance, focusing on CO2 emissions for fleet premium calculations.

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2009
2009

Improving in Collaboration

Partnership with Vauxhall Special Vehicles to support future Police vehicle One Box: Single Vehicle Architecture Criteria DVDMS.

Achieved 20,000 installs in March.

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2010
2010

Airmax Updated

Second-generation telematics device launched to support GPS location-based services.

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2013
2013

An Expanding Network

Launch of Airmax Communications Ltd as a new Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO), introducing Multi-Network capabilities.

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2014
2014

Our Next Milestone

Achieved 50,000 installs in October.

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2015
2015

Further Refinements

Launch of collision detection and FNOL capabilities, integrating telematics and incident data recording into a single device.

Richard Perham is appointed as managing director, succeeding Steve Perham, founder.

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2017
2017

A Fresh Partnership

Airmax partners with Sturdy to provide Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) to businesses operating fleets, expanding to Europe and North America.

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2018
2018

Hardware Innovation

Third-generation telematics device launched with LTE-M capability and enhanced GNSS.

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2020
2020

Another Milestone

Achieved 75,000 installs in January.

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2021
2021

Reflecting On Our Success

Celebrating 10 Years of ISO Accreditation for 9001 Quality Management, 14001 Waste Management, 27001 for Data and Security Management and Cyber Essentials accreditation.

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2023
2023

Airmax Grows

Launch of in-house specialist Airmax Mobile Team to support field service capabilities.

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2024
2024

Improved Capabilities

Microsoft Azure Infrastructure launch, hosting platform, and data science and long-term ‘big data’ diversification.

Crown Commercial Services Framework, helping customers make their fleet operations more efficient and optimise their driver management.

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2025
2025

A New Appointment

Airmax Remote achieves full marks across all quality criteria in a rigorous tender process, securing its place on the Tyres, Glass and Telematics Crown Commercial Services framework.

Airmax wins “Best Stand - Supplier Award” at NAPFM, voted for by attending police fleet managers, whose votes also reflect the quality of service we provide throughout the year.

Sure Antennas agrees to an exclusive partnership with Airmax, adding another achievement to an already impressive year of renewals, appointments and new business.

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