TRAQUEUR, a well-known French player in the field of Advanced Telematics, has introduced the NANO, which it claimed was the first Autonomous Mobile Beacon for the protection of property and objects (not electronically connected – Track and Trace), designed to optimise the potential of the French SIGFOX network which was dedicated exclusively for long range, small-message device communication.
A company release said the new beacon was named NANO owing to its compactness. Its small size enjoyed “decisive advantages” for installation and concealment. NANO used multiple location technologies (radio and GPS) to ensure indoor as well as outdoor tracking.
NANO was extremely small (smaller than a pack of cigarettes) and had a battery life of three to five years (internal battery without any external connection), depending on how it was configured and used.
With this combination of location techniques and a battery life of several years, NANO’s features are expected to play a major role in securing and tracking property and objects.
It was way back in June 2014 that TRAQUEUR had formed a strategic technical partnership with SIGFOX, the sole operator of a dedicated, global cellular network for the Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications.
TRAQUEUR, a forerunner in After-Theft Asset Recovery solutions, is said to be the only operator in France to master UHF, VHF, GSM and GPS technologies to offer customers solutions for vehicle and equipment security.
“Certified SIGFOX Ready and provided with mixed UHF/GPS technology, the NANO beacon means that we can offer the widest range of technology solutions of the Track & Trace type on the market and can address new segments including merchandise and logistics, for example. We are also accelerating our international development through distribution partnerships in every country with a SIGFOX network infrastructure”, explained Marc Verdet, Chief Executive Officer of TRAQUEUR.
Stuart Lodge, Executive Vice President Global Sales at SIGFOX, pointed out that the development of this new beacon was extremely innovative and showed the limitless scope for innovation that SIGFOX technology allowed.
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