05 September 2019
Globalstar’s SPOT X two-way satellite communications device is now available in Africa to safeguard personnel working in remote or dangerous locations where mobile communications are unreliable.
According to Globalstar, the latest generation of the SPOT family offers two-way SMS and email as well as GPS tracking and a one-touch SOS button.
This instantly sends the user’s GPS location to the GEOS International Emergency Response Coordination Centre (IERCC) over Globalstar’s satellite network and the IERCC then transmits details including the user’s precise location to local first responders.
The company further claims that SPOT X is the only satellite messenger to give users a permanent phone number, easy check-in function and a full, backlit QWERTY keypad for intuitive typing.
It also reckons the product has the industry’s longest battery life in both tracking and SOS modes.
While SPOT is primarily known for providing SOS and tracking for adventurers including competitors in the Marathon Des Sables in the Sahara, Globalstar says SPOT has been increasingly adopted by enterprises and organisations to safeguard employees in high risk and hazardous environments.
SPOT users now include businesses, military organisations, NGOs, first responders and rescue agencies.
Many use SPOT with third party applications that enhance worker safety with customised mapping and data management.
Globalstar says international wind technology provider, General Electric Wind Energy (GEWE) uses SPOT to track and protect workers as they install, operate and maintain onshore wind power installations in Morocco, Egypt, Ghana and Kenya.
SPOT provides operations and security teams with a complete picture of each crew’s location in almost real-time as they traverse remote terrain – sometimes with security escorts – to and from sites.
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