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- Total Telcom Inc. (TSX Venture: TTZ) develops and provides remote asset monitoring, tracking, control, and communication products and services through its wholly owned subsidiary ROM Communications Inc., primarily throughout North America with expanding global distribution; the company generates revenue from proprietary hardware sales and recurring monthly service fees for monitoring, tracking, control, and data management. Core products include Water-TraX, a self-contained satellite-based telemetry system for water monitoring, flood detection using radar-based depth and flow technologies, and environmental applications; ROMTraX and TextAnywhere satellite messaging and communication devices; ROM Controllers and SATrv satellite-based telematics systems for trucking, forestry, industrial, construction, recreational vehicles, and off-road racing markets; RacingTraX purpose-built off-road racing management systems; DataTraX for forestry resource and inventory management; AlarmTraX for power generators, solar installations, and water levels; CamTraX satellite cameras for remote visual monitoring; and StormWatch global satellite RTUs for environmental water, air, soil, and weather stations; these wireless modems integrate microcomputers, sensors, GPS, WiFi, RFID, and inputs/outputs configurable via web browsers on smartphones, tablets, or laptops, with ROM serving as an authorized airtime reseller for satellite, cellular, and wireless IP networks. The company targets commercial, industrial, government, military, fisheries, and consumer segments in environmental, forestry, and recreational vehicle applications. Founded in 1987 and headquartered at 1632 Dickson Avenue, Suite 540, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada V1Y 7T2, Total Telcom recently expanded Water-TraX distribution into South America through partnerships with Water Services and Technologies, Avantu, and Agualibre in October 2025 to address drinking water, wastewater, flood monitoring, erosion prevention, agriculture, and mining needs in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Guyana; signed a strategic licensing agreement in April 2025 to sell intellectual property for two proprietary heater controllers to a private company for $100,000 plus $35 royalties per unit over 15 years, shifting focus to innovation, technical support, and royalty revenue while exploring similar partnerships; launched the Water-TraX Flood Monitoring System in October 2024 with radar integration for real-time river, canal, and stream data, demonstrated during the 2024 Chilcotin landslide on the Fraser River; introduced SATrv satellite telematics for recreational vehicles in September 2023 with an initial 1,000-unit order and global Iridium Network coverage for text messaging, tracking, diagnostics, and emergency features; and received follow-on RV controller orders including $250,000 in October 2023 amid second-generation hardware upgrades.