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Globalstar Announces Launch of SMARTONE Satellite-Based Asset Tracking Management Solution |
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Written by REM
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Mississauga, ON - Globalstar Inc., a provider of mobile
satellite voice and data services to businesses, governments and
individuals, recently announced that Simplex data integrator Axonn LLC
has launched SMARTONE, the Satellite Managed Asset
Ready Tracker. SMARTONE is Axonn's newest global asset tracking solution
that uses the Globalstar Simplex data network and
enables customers to track the location of their mobile assets almost
anywhere.
The SMARTONE device transmits real-time GPS location, alarm inputs and
engine run-time data over the Globalstar constellation of low earth-orbiting
(LEO) satellites. The small size (6.5" x 3.25" x 1") and design allows it
to be easily installed and field managed without the need for harnesses,
antennas, or external power. The device is powered by AA size lithium
batteries providing up to three years of battery life. Axonn's current
asset management products are used on a variety of mobile assets such as
cargo containers, trailers and railcars, construction and service vehicles
as well as fixed assets like field equipment, generators, pipelines, and
propane and fuel storage tanks.
"There was a pent up market demand for a sub $200 satellite asset management
device that operates on "off-the-shelf" batteries capable of providing years
of service," said Dave Biggs, CEO of Axonn LLC. Biggs added, "We've met
that need with the SMARTONE at a price point that makes it economically
feasible for customers to invest in a device to manage their high value
assets as well as their previously overlooked lower value assets."
The Globalstar Simplex data offering is a one-way satellite data
service that permits customers to use satellite modems and integrated back
office management solutions to track mobile assets, such as vehicles,
trailers, cargo containers and maritime vessels, using GPS or other
location-based technologies. The Simplex data network also provides a
platform for personal tracking and messaging solutions for commercial and
recreational customers using products such as the SPOT Satellite GPS
Messenger. Simplex data service can be used for a wide variety of
industrial and security applications to monitor and send information from
fixed assets, such as environmental measuring instruments, utility meters,
or report the state of various mobile sensor devices and their locations.
For more information visit
www.globalstar.ca .
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