Child Angel Selects to Connect new IoT Wearable Device with Life-saving Potential

Child Angel Selects to Connect new IoT Wearable Device with Life-saving Potential

CAMBRIDGE, England, November 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

    A new wearable child locator device will launch next month enabling parents to safely
give their children some of the freedom they crave. The Child Angel solution uses cutting
edge machine-to-machine (M2M) and embedded processor technology from Arkessa and Intel to
deliver highly accurate location readings securely to the parents' smartphones maintaining
parental peace of mind in the process.

    Child Angel(TM) is one of the smallest and most advanced child locator devices
available in the world today. Safe and reliable location monitoring is provided by
combining GPS, Wi-Fi hotspot triangulation and M2M cellular technologies. The partnership
with Arkessa provides Child Angel with a secure and reliable means of connecting devices
to their cloud services over cellular M2M networks.

    As well as using Arkessa's platforms, Child Angel selected the Arkessa Connect M2M
roaming product for its significantly increased global coverage and first-time connect
reliability compared to any single network offering.

    Andrew Purcell, Child Angel Founder said "Working with Intel and Arkessa has
accelerated our development and go-to-market plans. Both partners have been vital in
creating a product strategy and roll-out plan with global scale. This adds to the
value-proposition of Child Angel in a very significant way."

    Andrew Orrock, Arkessa CEO added: "Arkessa are very excited to have been selected
alongside Intel to complete Child Angel's compelling solution. It is certainly an
innovative new product that represents a powerful example of how IoT technology can have a
positive impact on society; in this case not only improving safety but also giving parents
piece of mind. The team at Child Angel have great vision and we have enjoyed working with
them to provide an optimised technical solution with secure, resilient global connectivity
which also preserves battery-life."

    "Emerging technologies like Child Angel help showcase the amazing potential for the
Internet of Things, and it is great to be working with Arkessa, one of our Intel(R) IoT
Solutions Alliance members, on a product such as this that aims to bring peace of mind to
parents and carers," said Rod O'Shea, Director of IoT for Intel EMEA. "The Intel(R) Quark
(TM) technology that powers the Child Angel was designed to enable this kind of smart,
connected and low-power usage that IoT designs demand."

    Arkessa passionately believes in making it easy to connect, manage and communicate
with remote devices and assets. The Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming the way that
people live and organisations operate and Arkessa is at the forefront of this revolution,
providing customers with world class IoT and M2M capabilities across sectors as diverse as
energy, transport, retail, healthcare and wearables.

    Intel and Quark are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other
countries.

    About Arkessa 

    Arkessa are leading M2M managed services providers. Delivering global services and
solutions, Arkessa provides true pole-to-pole coverage and multi-network cellular
connectivity in all regions of the World. The Arkessa goal is to future proof customers'
connections to the Internet of Things by providing managed M2M connectivity with global
solutions that include: single and multi- network, non-steered roaming, SMS, CSD, GPRS, 3G,
4G, Satellite, and emerging Low Power Wide Area radio technologies.

    http://www.arkessa.com

       
         
        For more information, please contact: 
        Iain Davidson | Marketing Manager 
        Phone: +44-(0)1279-799270 
        Email: news@arkessa.com 

     

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