Finnish connectivity company Wirepas has released Wirepas Massive Tracking, a smart tracking software suite that embeds large-scale mesh connectivity software for massive IoT.

Deploying wired positioning infrastructure across large spaces such as warehouses, construction sites, campuses or hospitals can be costly and time consuming. Wirepas Massive Tracking is said to solve this problem.

Since it needs virtually no infrastructure, a smart tracking system in a 100,000m² facility can be installed in one day, without disrupting site operations. Users can add an inventory of up to 5000 devices with 100% accuracy in under a minute. And the suite allows interoperability between tag vendors. This enables diversity in form factors and price points.

“System integrators and providers alike will find Wirepas Massive Tracking extremely easy to use,” said Youssef Kamel, senior vice president at Wirepas. “It includes ready-to-use tag software – which supports a large variety of tag vendors – as well as open-source gateway software and a positioning backend framework based on modern APIs. This significantly shortens time to market for system integrations and providers to develop and release new IoT solutions.”

The suite is tailor-made to suit diverse tracking use cases, including assets, goods and people. Its benefits should help companies in the logistics, warehousing, healthcare, construction and manufacturing sectors streamline and future-proof their operations.

The software is already supported by Wirepas partners Axones, BlueUp, ELA Innovation, Fujitsu Components, Good Way, Haltian, Redlore, Tatwah, Treon and SolidRun, as well as system integrators Apitrak, Arenzi, Bornemann, DMI, Indutrax, Intranav, Mecomo, Omniscient, Orange, Successful Endeavours and Wakecap. This ecosystem of locator, asset tag, gateway providers and system integrators is expected to grow as more partners come on-board.

“This release significantly reduces the cost and complexity of large smart tracking projects,” said Kamel. “Building on the existing capabilities of Wirepas Massive, it significantly lowers the barrier for adoption of modern smart tracking technology. As such, it will be available to a much larger ecosystem of integrators globally. I am delighted with the release of Wirepas Massive Tracking and look forward to many successful smart tracking engagements.”

Wirepas offers failure-free connectivity to any enterprise of any size. The company says it is changing the face of IoT through connectivity software enabling massive decentralised, infinitely scalable, high-density and long-range network applications. The technology allows any enterprise to set up and manage its own autonomous network without operators, separate network infrastructure or subscriptions.

Through offices in Australia, Germany, Finland, France, India, South Korea and the USA Wirepas serves customers across the world in the areas of smart tracking, smart building, smart manufacturing and smart metering.