Globacom, GAP add vehicle tracking solution

By Melvin Awolowo

Second national operator (SNO) Globacom Limited has unveiled a new product with the trade name “Glo Fleetmanager”. The product, which was made
public recently in Lagos, Nigeria is hinged on a partnership between
Globacom and Global Asset Protection (GAP) Limited

“Glo Fleetmanager” is a vehicle tracking technology designed to allow haulage, long distance transport business owners and private individuals who own exotic cars and can afford the service to keep a close tab on their vehicles and goods.

The system offers real-time information on the exact location of a vehicle at every point in time using the Global Positioning System (GPS) and a specially developed software.

There are already a number of vehicle tracking technology solutions in Nigeria’s burgeoning market. Globacom’s Group Director Marketing and Strategy Subhra Das is hinging the unique feature of the company’s new solution on its ability to generate information at any time on such parameters like vehicle speed, vehicle idling, location, routes, harsh
braking, and can alert control room using the remote panic button installed in the driver’s cockpit in the case of an emergency situation.

Chief Executive Officer of GAP Collins Orakwe who was at the launch explained how the tracking solution works using a pictorial demonstration of the system.

Fleetmanager is a postpaid SIM based tracking solution that will facilitate easy monitoring of vehicular stoppages, report vehicle utilisation, keep a trip log and when the vehicle is out of the Glo’s coverage area store, information in a data bank for the control room to access.

According to Orakwe, the service also offers additional security for both vehicle and driver and features a control room emergency demobilizer which automatically disengages the vehicle right from GAP’s 24 hour
station or client’s privately installed control room in trouble situations like robbery.

He explained that the driver could activate a panic button and send a distress call to the control station to respond to such emergencies adequately thus safeguarding onboard passengers or goods and in some cases both.

Another salient feature the solution offers is the “accident buffer.” This is a makeshift equivalent of the black box found on airplanes, which can provide detailed information five minutes before and a second by second reconstruction of the accident to assist authorities concerned investigate such accidents and to enable them take precautions against such in the future.

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