OREANDA-NEWS. November 14, 2008. M2M telematics, Ltd. took the "Quality and Safety Assurance" award at the international contest "National security-2008" for designing the first GLONASS-enabled tracking dog collar, M2M telematics, Ltd. informs. "Koni, Vladimir Putin's Labrador, was the first to obtain the collar, which is an experimental mobile objects monitoring model.

M2M telematics, Ltd. has developed a technological platform for portable devices on the basis of GLONASS system for the first time in Russia," as pointed out in press release. The device embedded in the collar provides the opportunity to determine the dog location with the help of the built-in small navigation module. The module receives GLONASS signals and transfers them through GSM channel to a dedicated server. The owner can follow the location of his pet in real time mode. The designed technological platform allows launching new devices to the market, assigned for both individual and industrial users, M2M telematics, Ltd. informs.