New Globalstar Satellite IoT Solution Safeguarding Reindeer in Nordics and Beyond
May 30 2019 - 9:57AM
Business Wire
Highlights:
- Satellite reindeer tracking solution
from Globalstar VAR PrismaQuality Finland is being rapidly adopted
by farmers across Scandinavia
- Globalstar’s SmartOne C IoT device
chosen for custom designed reindeer collars
- ReindeerApp deployments expected to
spread across the Nordics and into Asia and Canada
Globalstar Europe Satellite Services Ltd., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Globalstar, Inc. (NYSE MKT: GSAT) today
announced that farmers have deployed a new Globalstar IoT
technology solution to track and protect thousands of reindeer in
the north of Finland and Sweden.
Since trialling its ReindeerApp and collar less than a year ago,
newly-signed Globalstar Value Added Reseller PrismaQuality Finland
has seen rapid uptake among reindeer herd owners whose livestock
roam fence-free in Scandinavia’s vast northern hinterland.
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 SmartOne C due to its satellite coverage, superior
battery life, small size and low cost.”
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, Northern
Finland, and across the northern Scandianvian region by indigenous
Sami communities for over a millennium. Descendents of these
original reindeer farmers continue that tradition today, however
modern farming principles are being increasingly adopted. There is
huge economic value from the 200,000 reindeer in Finland including
the sale of meat and products made from skin and leather, horn and
bone.
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 Finland, ReindeerApp is also now being used in Sweden,
where there are 250,000 reindeer. Deployments are also expected in
Norway, as well as in Canada to track caribou, and to manage other
deer species in Nepal and Mongolia.
”Satellite IoT is transforming industries of all kinds, and
applications are limited only by human imagination,” says Robert
Clarke, Regional Sales Manager at Globalstar. ”Our state-of-the-art
IoT technology, combined with our worldwide fleet of satellites in
Low Earth Orbit, is now helping reindeer farmers preserve their
livelihoods and their traditional way of life.”
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 Finland, and customers around the world, rely on
PrismaQuality Finland as their collaborative partner. Customers
operating in heavy transportation, logistics, recycling,
environmental technologies, oil & gas, sea transport,
navigation, building and farming are all benefitting from IoT
solutions provided by PrismaQuality Finland. A diversity of
sensors, GPS and WiFi tracking technologies are at the heart of
PrismaQuality Finland’s business. www.prismaquality.net
About Globalstar, Inc.
Globalstar is a leading provider of mobile satellite voice and
data services. Customers around the world in industries such as
government, emergency management, marine, logging, oil & gas
and outdoor recreation rely on Globalstar to conduct business
smarter and faster, maintain peace of mind and access emergency
personnel. Globalstar data solutions are ideal for various asset
and personal tracking, data monitoring, M2M and IoT applications.
The company's products include mobile and fixed satellite
telephones, the innovative satellite Wi-Fi hotspot, simplex and
duplex satellite data modems, tracking devices and flexible service
packages.
For more information, visit eu.globalstar.com.
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