The personal safety service Skyguard announced that Quattro Telematics are the latest to join their Business Associate Programme.
With offices based in the UK, Ireland and Switzerland, Quattro Telematics are a provider of vehicle tracking and workforce management products. The partnership allows Quattro Telematics to distribute Skyguard’s MySOS lone worker safety products across the UK and the Continent.
Skyguard’s MySOS device, a GPS alarm, offers a way for lone workers to call for help. It can be worn as a pendant around the neck, or secured to a belt, keyring or ID-badge holder. GPRS technology provides the alarm transmission, with SMS as back-up, while two-way audio allows Skyguard’s controllers to listen in to the user’s surrounds and talk, if it’s safe to do so. Skyguard’s UK-based Incident Management Centre is certified to BS 8484 and BS 5979 (Category II), and manned 24-7 to respond to alarm activations, by following the user’s pre-defined escalation procedures.
In a separate development, Quattro Telematics have integrated the MySOS with Geotab’s GO6 by embedding the Near Field Communications (NFC) tag, allowing the device to be used as a driver ID tag. By touching the customised MySOS pendant to a small NFC-reader in the vehicle, drivers identify themselves to the installed Geotab system. The vehicle can then be started and driven as normal; management reports are produced, health and safety requirements met and the need for personnel to carry multiple devices is eliminated.
Russell Cockerton, Quattro Telematics’ MD, said: “Although we have become well known for the supply of Geotab fleet telematics and management solutions, we had been receiving many requests for assistance with lone worker solutions and after doing our homework opted to partner with Skyguard. We believe their focus on a high quality product coupled with industry leading service and support, matches our own philosophy and that of our other partners. The MySOS solution is neat, affordable and above all totally reliable.”
And Skyguard’s Marketing Director, Will Murray, added: “We’re delighted that Quattro Telematics have joined our growing Business Associate programme as a Skyguard Distributor. Quattro’s rapid integration of the MySOS with an NFC tag to create a unique driver protection solution, is testament to both their ingenuity and the flexibility of our product. We look forward to seeing many more innovative adaptations of our product range in future from this partnership.”
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