Pocket Buddy - Tracking for personnel

The Pocket Buddy is a light-weight personal tracking device designed for business travellers and VIPs working in high risk or volitile environments. The device makes use of both GSM and GPS technology and is easy to use.

The Pocket Buddy uses the local GSM/GPRS network to quickly send location reports and emergency alerts to the Track24 C4i system. Once a panic alarm is triggered, a two-way voice channel is opened, enabling operations staff or security personnel to listen into the incident in real-time.

The device is small enough to conceal in your clothing or pocket and can be configured to send precise GPS position reports at intervals of as low as once every minute. Alternatively, in situations where tracking is inappropriate, and the device is to be used primarily for its panic alarm features, the reporting interval can be much less frequent. Once every two hours for example.

The latest model of the Pocket Buddy is a Tri-Band version and will therefore operate in areas where any three of the four main GSM frequencies are used. This allows users to carry the same device in different countries and regions (e.g. Europe and the United States), providing those regions are covered by their service provider's roaming agreements. Specifically, two variants of the Tri-Band Buddy are available: a 900, 1800 and 1900MHz version and an 850, 1800 and 1900MHz version.

By sending a panic alarm via GPRS or SMS an audible and visual alert will be triggered on the Track24 monitoring software. Meanwhile a voice channel will open with the stricken asset, allowing security personnel to listen in on events as they unfold. Remote monitoring is enabled through the smart forwarding of alerts by SMS and email, to security and personnel managers. Managers can also monitor unauthorised or ill-advised movements through system geo-fences, so if an asset deviates from a pre-agreed route the alarms and notification procedure will be activated.

Track 24 provide global tracking and crisis management technology for remote workers in the field. Their unique communications platform enables tracking over land, sea and air ensuring the safety of troops and aid workers. Track 24 technologies have been used in conflict situations in Iraq and Afghanistan and will continue to prevent and manage crisis situations for years to come.