1. A reference to safety and informational communications devices including the growing panoply of entertainment items: MP3, iPod players, high-definition DVD screens, and electronic game portals.
2. A description of the process of long-distance transmission of computer-based information.
3. The integrated use of telecommunications and informatics, also known as ICT (Information and Communications Technology). More specifically it is the science of sending, receiving and storing information via telecommunication devices.
4. It is also applied specifically to the use of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology which is integrated with computers and mobile communications technology.
5. A reference to the use of such systems within road vehicles, in which case the term "vehicle telematics" is used.
6. Refers to a broad industry related to using computers in concert with telecommunications systems; including dial-up service to the internet as well as all types of networks that rely on a telecommunications system to transport data.
7. Evolving to include a wide range of telecommunication functions that originate or end inside automobiles.

In a commercial environment, several potential telematics applictions are evolving:

• Vehicle tracking telematics is a system that monitors the location, movements, status, and behavior of a single vehicle or a fleet.
• Trailer tracking telematics which consists of the technology of tracking the movements and positions of an articulated vehicle's trailer unit, through the use of a location unit fitted to the trailer and a method of returning the position data via a mobile communications network or the system of geostationary satellite communications, for use though either PC or Web based software.
• Satellite navigation telematics in the context of vehicle telematics is the technology of using a GPS and electronic mapping tool to enable the driver of a vehicle to locate a position, then route a plan and navigate a journey.
• Mobile data telematics integrates the use of wireless data communications using radio waves to send and receive real time computer data to, from, and between devices used by field based personnel. These devices can be fitted solely for use while in the vehicle (Fixed Data Terminal) or for use in and out of the vehicle (Mobile Data Terminal).