ORBCOMM Inc. [ORBC] yesterday said it has acquired the secure tracking and messaging product business from Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp., supporting its strategy to strengthen its position as a leading provider of satellite and communications for the machine-to-machine industry.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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| SENS provides container tracking to boost security and decrease theft. Photo: Comtech |
The Sensor Enabled Notification System (SENS) operation, which includes satellite hardware, network technology and web platforms, provides secure tracking and messaging products and services to the government, defense, transportation, logistics, and oil and gas industries, which are all key vertical markets of ORBCOMM’s, ORBCOMM said. The SENS system enables customers to retrieve and view critical data from the field via the Globalstar satellite network.
ORBCOMM said the acquisition supports its recently acquired GlobalTrak business, which uses Comtech’s SENS technology for its military container tracking applications in Pakistan and Afghanistan, its fuel monitoring program in support of the Defense Logistics Agency, as well as other global deployments.
“The SENS acquisition expands ORBCOMM’s portfolio of services by adding new offerings to our existing suite of satellite and cellular network services,” Marc Eisenberg, ORBCOMM’s CEO, said in a statement. “We see this market segment growing rapidly based on customers that can benefit from the Globalstar network’s reliable, low-cost, low-power, one-way satellite data service for short messaging along with its unique advantages in power management.