Ekahau Inc., a leading provider of Wi-Fi-based Real Time Location Systems (RTLS), today announced that SOFTBANK TELECOM Corp., Japan’s third largest telecommunications service provider, has integrated Ekahau’s location-based services (Ekahau RTLS) with their application suite to be used with the high-end X Series 3G mobile phones from SoftBank Mobile.
The new system locates the X Series mobile phones carried by the employees and does not require any additional infrastructure components, such as additional readers, antennas or chokepoints, therefore making it very easy to install even in the most crowded public places.
The tracking solution can be used to locate assets and people. It’s two-way communication assures that the accurate location of the person carrying the handset will be reported and possible assistance can be sent to the right location rapidly. Use cases vary from healthcare to manufacturing and logistics to retail, just to name a few. The overall management of people or processes and equipment can be made more effective in a very cost effective way.
“Integrating Ekahau with our application suite and the X series handsets was easy and straightforward as their system offers an open API (Application Programming Interface),” said Yuuichi Watanabe, Deputy Manager Solution Department in Mobile SE Management at SOFTBANK TELECOM. “Our customers have been pleased that we now can offer this secure tracking solution to them in our application suite. This enhances personal safety of the employees and customers alike.”“We are very pleased that SoftBank Telecom has selected the Ekahau Wi-Fi tracking solution, which offers the ability to locate people over any brand or generation of a standard Wi-Fi network,” said Mika Kouhia, Business Development Manager, Japan, at Ekahau. “As a major solution provider in Japanese market SoftBank Telecom can offer their application suite to a big market segment offering better security for a huge number of people.”
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