Globalstar New Low Cost Simplex Telemetry Solutions

The service covers the Australian mainland, Tasmania, up to 500 Nautical miles into the Indian and Southern Oceans and east past New Zealand and New Caledonia. Roaming to North America and Europe, along with many parts of South America, North Africa and Middle East and North East Asia is automatic and billed at local rates. The service is set for nationwide availability in July 2007 and already today VARs and Developers can test the service on the live network.

“Until now the costs of telemetry and tracking outside of cellular coverage have been out of reach of most users. Now thanks to Globalstar Australia’s breakthrough simplex data service, tracking and telemetry services will be affordable and allow monitoring of assets across the continent, not just in those limited locations where cellular coverage exists” said Peter Bolger, Managing Director of Globalstar Australia.

M2M Connectivity has partnered with Globalstar Australia and its hardware partner, Axonn, LLC, for this service and as Axonn’s distributor for the territory. M2M will supply the new AXTracker MMT and AXTracker T3 battery powered integrated modems, together with the Axonn STx2 simplex satellite data transmitter and developer kit. Target customers include VAR’s selling services to fleet owners with untethered assets such as trailers, as well as application and hardware developers who might want to integrate the transmitter. The Axonn products operating on the Globalstar Simplex network alleviate any concerns cellular based solutions may cause relating to coverage issues.

Globalstar Australia will provide wholesale simplex data services to enable Developers and Service Providers to bundle the simplex satellite service with their subscription based services.

The hardware costs for Globalstar Simplex are not much more than for GSM. For example, a complete tracking modem has a retail cost around AU$700 ex tax and a Simplex STx2 module around AU$150 ex tax.

Commenting on the Australian launch of the AXTracker MMT, Chad Holsinger, Vice President of Sales Marketing at Axonn said, “Axonn has created a revolutionary product that can be used for a multitude of applications. The MMT is a great option for monitoring those assets that lack a power supply as the MMT has a 7-8 year battery life. If the key to operating your business more efficiently and effectively is to understand what is happening to your asset, like when your container left port or was loaded on a railcar or if the door was opened while in transit, then you are the perfect candidate for our new AXTracker MMT".

This cost effective satellite data solution brings ubiquitous coverage to the wider market and is set to exponentially grow current applications, which are currently limited by cellular coverage.

For end-users, Globalstar Australia will launch its TracerTrak(tm) service which provides a simple web based asset tracking and monitoring solution offering location information, and alarm sensor updates to keep track of their personal assets with the online TracerTrak(tm) mapping tool, right across Australia, New Zealand and the surrounding waters. Customers can also choose to have the information delivered by SMS or E-mail.

The AXTracker MMT and T3 products as well as the STx2 module and Developer kits are available today from M2M Connectivity, together with trial subscriptions to the network from Globalstar.

For information on the hardware for Globalstar Simplex satellite services please contact Sean Taylor at M2M Connectivity sean.taylor@m2mconnectivity.com.au Ph 0421 724 844.

For information on becoming a Globalstar Australia Data Partner please contact
Brian Heaven at Globalstar Australia brian.heaven@globalstar.com.au Ph 0406 322 322.