Dual-mode Track And Monitor Solution at Dakar 2012

The support vehicles contain communications equipment, such as radios, phones, wireless Internet  access, and battery charger stations, as well as healthcare services for race participants,  their crews  and the media. Using a combination of ORBCOMM's global satellite network and GSM cellular connectivity, Globalis will provide the GPS location of the individual support vehicles every 20 minutes to track their routes between each leg of the race.

Globalis also can remotely monitor the near-real-time status of the on-board refrigerator temperature within some of these vehicles using its sensor technology.

DAKAR 2012 is a global competition of endurance for more than 430 bikers, car drivers and truckers to race 8,373 kilometres from Mar del Plata, Argentina to Lima, Peru through Chile across rough and often dangerous terrain. This challenging and spirited race, which began 34 years ago in Africa, runs from 1st to 15th January 2012. It will take racers to legendary locations such as the white dunes of Fiambala, the vast Atacama Desert and the harried descent to Iquique. It is estimated that millions of racing fans in South America will line the rally route to watch the race, in addition to the 2 billion people who tune in to watch the event each year.