New Globalstar Satellite IoT Solution Safeguarding Reindeer in Nordics and Beyond
Highlights:
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Satellite reindeer tracking solution from
Globalstar VAR PrismaQualityFinland is being rapidly adopted by farmers across Scandinavia - Globalstar’s SmartOne C IoT device chosen for custom designed reindeer collars
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ReindeerApp deployments expected to spread across the Nordics and into
Asia andCanada
Since trialling its ReindeerApp and collar less than a year ago,
newly-signed Globalstar Value Added Reseller PrismaQuality
ReindeerApp enables farmers to keep track of their herds, and helps mitigate losses from predators such as wolves and bears. The user interface which PrismaQualityFinland developed notifies herders when a deer is no longer moving, and thanks to Globalstar’s extensive satellite coverage and accuracy, the farmer knows exactly where to go to check on the animals.
Petter Kroneld, Product Development Manager of PrismaQuality Finland,
says, ”When farmers asked us to develop a tracking collar for their
reindeer, we knew right away that satellite connectivity would be
essential to deliver the reach we needed. We designed the collar around
The SmartOne C’s long battery power means farmers need only change the collars’ batteries during the annual round-up in June, when herds get health checks and new-born fawns are marked to identify who owns them.
Reindeer husbandry has been carried out in Lapland,
Reindeer tracking systems based on GSM have been trialled in the past, but inadequate reliability in remote regions, higher price and poor battery life made these systems ineffective.
Beyond
”Satellite IoT is transforming industries of all kinds, and applications
are limited only by human imagination,” says
About PrismaQuality Finland
PrismaQuality Finland is a Finnish IoT service and hardware provider.
The company´s goal is to provide customers with complete IoT solutions
from concept-level to fully developed intelligent systems with hundreds
of sensors and several mobile apps. Major companies in
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Source:
Cynthia Ritchie
White Tiger Communications
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Gavan Murphy
Globalstar Director of
Marketing EMEA
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