Dive summary:

• AT&T and Verizon, major providers of mobile phone service, have recently rolled out new products aimed at helping companies, including contractors, keep track of fleets and get information from and to the field.
• AT&T is now offering pdvConnect, which is a set of apps that the carrier says is designed to share information between offices and the field faster through voice, pictures and text and apps that mix some modes.
• Verizon has begun Networkfleet, having bought the company that developed it, and says it allows for tracking vehicle and worker locations as well as real-time operating data about equipment in the field.

From the article:

With the smartphone being one of the latest tools in a field worker’s toolbelt, more construction companies are quickly discovering data is the secret weapon to more efficient processes at the jobsite. ...