Polaris wireless brings surveillance suite to Sub-Saharan Africa

Polaris Wireless, the global leader in high-accuracy, software-based wireless location solutions, thas announced its first deployment of the Polaris Wireless Altus and OmniLocate location surveillance product suite in sub-Saharan Africa.

Altus - The Intelligent Surveillance Application (Photo: Business Wire)
Altus – The Intelligent Surveillance Application (Photo: Business Wire)

This newest deployment expands our business into a new region of the world making it our twenty-second deployment outside of the US, and the forty-ninth globally.

With International Headquarters in Zug, Switzerland, Polaris Wireless is the global leader in providing high- accuracy, software-based wireless location solutions to wireless operators, law enforcement/government agencies and location-based application companies.

The Polaris Wireless Altus and OmniLocate location surveillance product suite has been deployed extensively around the globe for over ten years to improve public safety and national security across four continents.

“As the first company to deploy a high-accuracy, software-based wireless location surveillance solution in a sub-Saharan country, we look forward to contributing to increased safety and security in the region,” said Manlio Allegra, Polaris Wireless CEO and co-founder. “This newest deployment reaffirms our business focus and leadership, as we continue our work in building the highest level of location accuracy solutions combined with best-in-class applications for public safety and national security initiatives around the world.”

The Polaris Wireless Altus and OmniLocate application suite is the industry’s only software-based surveillance solution that enables accurate mass location – providing users the ability to simultaneously locate all subscribers in an area of interest in real time or on a historical basis.

This unique capability enables functions, such as suspect identification, threat detection, and post-event analytics, which are vital to the anti-crime and anti-terrorism surveillance efforts of Polaris Wireless customers around the world.

To maximize its performance, the Altus application suite is being deployed with the OmniLocate platform powered by Polaris Wireless Location Signatures (Polaris WLSTM), the most accurate software-based location technology for dense urban and indoor environments.

Polaris WLS is capable of locating a wireless device within 40 meters for the majority of the calls and helps customers avoid the costly and time-consuming deployment and maintenance associated with hardware-based location solutions.

Polaris Wireless regularly provides its customers with product enhancements and updates, and 24/7 technical and operational support for optimal performance. Polaris Wireless also partners with multi-billion dollar global systems integrators able to carry out its deployments in the largest markets in the world.