Globalstar Europe Satellite Services, a subsidiary of Globalstar, recently announced that its reseller Spotter has witnessed sales of its satellite IoT-enabled horse tracking collar more than double in the last 24 months.
Spotter has achieved a milestone of over 30,000 Horse Tracker collars having been deployed, which enables monitoring of free-roaming horses across Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. With a sales uptick of almost 160% since October 2022, Spotter Co-Founder Tsogbadrakh Surenjargal said: “The growth has been phenomenal.”
Each Spotter collar is fitted with Globalstar’s SmartOne C satellite IoT transmitter, which enables herd owners keep tabs on their valued horses wherever they travel in this sparsely populated region, even when well beyond the reach of cellular signals. With SmartOne C’s small size, versatility, and low price, Spotter is seeing rapid uptake of its lightweight, rugged, and economical tracking collars.
There is also a growing understanding among the horse owning community of the value and reliability of the satellite IoT technology solution, according to Surenjargal. “People are becoming aware that terrestrial telecoms infrastructure like mobile networks are simply unable to provide the ubiquitous and always-on tracking capability of satellite,” he explained.
Spotter’s customers are further benefiting from the recent expansion of Globalstar’s Eurasian ground station gateway network, now providing even greater reach and network resilience while enjoying the low maintenance and long battery life of SmartOne C.
“For people across Central Asia, horses are their livelihood as well as the living embodiment of their history and culture; we’re incredibly proud that Globalstar satellite IoT technology is helping owners track and safeguard their precious animals in one of the world’s most desolate landscapes, and in the most extreme climatic conditions. Many congratulations, again, to our partners at Spotter,” said Mark O’Connell, Globalstar General Manager for EMEA & APAC.
There’s plenty of other editorial on our sister site, Electronic Specifier! Or you can always join in the conversation by commenting below or visiting our LinkedIn page.
