When Nanolink a provider of equipment and asset tracking that provides inventory management for large manufacturers, construction and healthcare companies, needed seamless connectivity with simplified provisioning, it turned to Velos to provide the pricing, coverage, service and support it needed to support its global clients.
Misplaced or lost equipment can cause business significant losses for enterprises of all types which is why Nanolink has developed its offerings to address needs to track assets accurately. Nanolink improves efficiency and saves cost because it allows companies to cut the time spent looking for or replacing missing tools by providing clear, precise and real-time mapping.
Nanolink’s success lies in its ability to enable precise and reliable tracking of numerous tools. This is done through a small Bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacon with extensive battery life. Nanolink’s GGT100 tracker operates as a normal GPS for transporting equipment, but the device has the added capability to connect to the Nanolink beacons mounted on the tools. This provides the capability to track all tools within range on the Nanolink map application and account for every item in the inventory.
Reliable connectivity
To achieve success, finding a service provider that could offer a reliable connectivity solution and seamless connectivity was of vital importance. The initial onboarding of previous providers proved to be tremendously time consuming as was the deployment of the tracker devices themselves. It was impossible for Nanolink to activate SIMs manually, hence the need for an application programme interface (API) integration solution built within the deployment workflow. Pricing, coverage, service and support also played a big role in Nanolink’s selection.
Control the SIM estate
Having more than 600 roaming agreements globally, Velos has enabled Nanolink to deploy reliable and secure real-time asset tracking for its clients. Velos’s easy API integration, international coverage and 24/7 support has enabled Nanolink to take control of its SIM estate connectivity through a single platform. This has allowed it to provide efficient deployment of a large number of trackers, while optimising expenses and making sure no tool is left unaccounted for.
Scale, integration and roaming
With Velos’s global IoT connectivity solution, Nanolink can swiftly deploy a large number of trackers for customers without the hassle of having to activate SIMs manually.
Velos is providing important API integration for remote SIM management, which has been successfully built into the existing deployment workflow. This allows Nanolink to construct, provision and monitor its entire SIM estate remotely.
Velos’s non-steered, open roaming SIMs offer fast, reliable and secure connectivity; building the bare bone infrastructure for Nanolink’s GSM implementation. With Velos’s solution, Nanolink can offer reliable asset tracking at competitive prices on an international scale.
“Velos provides the service and solutions you’d expect from a large provider yet somehow the support and response times are that of a local business,” says Klaus Meldegaard Keith, a partner and the chief technology officer of Nanolink ApS.
Supported by team of more than 120 experts and with over 600 global networks, Velos provides customers with sustainable, scalable, compliant and secure access to connectivity.
Velos aims to deliver the agility and resilience IoT customers require and it has shipped over 12 million SIMs worldwide, offering services to businesses of all sizes – from small specialist players to huge manufacturers. The company’s portfolio includes flexibility in integration options covering features around security and resilience.
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