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February 17, 2009
GPS Satellite Tracking of BlackBerry Smartphones Launched for UK Businesses
Barcelona, Spain - New software allowing GPS satellite tracking of BlackBerry® smartphones has just launched in the UK.
The launch from leading GPS tracking company VeriLocation means businesses can now track the location of their own BlackBerry smartphone – and staff who carry them – anywhere in the world. This opens up a range of new ways to obtain, use and analyse valuable information on movements and locations.
The application for BlackBerry smartphones has the ability to enable the user to discretely activate a panic alarm, which sends an alert and location fix to a control centre. This provides workers with peace of mind and employers with Lone Worker protection support.
Andrew Overton from VeriLocation said: “The beauty of this is that businesses don’t need to invest in any new hardware. It will work with any BlackBerry smartphone with built-in GPS capabilities.
“You just set up an account, download the software onto the BlackBerry smartphone and then access the location information immediately through the VeriLocation website.
“You can do virtually anything with it including tracking where staff are now in real time, historical data and being alerted to them arriving at specific locations using geofences; generating automatic mileage reports and even view a device's location overlaid onto 3D aerial imagery.”
A two week free trial is available at www.verilocation.com.
VeriLocation is a member of the BlackBerry® ISV Alliance Program and has been working in GPS tracking and mapping since 1995.
Its personal tracking software communicates the position of a BlackBerry smartphone through the GPRS data network.
Location information can be combined with a number of innovative web-based applications to give a huge amount of data to businesses.
Main users of the system are councils, health workers, field based engineers or sales support staff, vulnerable workers and family members.
There are no security concerns with VeriLocation’s personal tracking, as the software can be clearly seen and switched off by the BlackBerry smartphone user. All data sent using the BlackBerry® solution is fully encrypted using industry-leading technology.
Earlier this year, VeriLocation gave two celebrities taking part in a charity cycle ride for Sport Relief BlackBerry smartphones with the VeriLocation application. The public used the internet to track the location and progress of football legend Alan Shearer and TV presenter Adrian Chiles.
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