LAGOS: Vodafone Ghana is launching a new service that will allow them to track and manage fleets of vehicles as well as general mobile assets for companies in the latest push for boosting the company's offerings in Ghana. According to Vodafone, which made the announcement on Friday, “it is meant to address challenges facing business entities including driver idling, speeding, hijacking, fuel and car theft, high operating cost and safety of staff and property." Among the other features, the new management service includes fuel sensors for monitoring consumption, digital cameras for taking pictures around the vehicle, audio voice recognition for communication with the driver, magnetic locks for extra security and coded log-in features for knowing the identity of the driver. The management service will also allow business customers with five or more vehicles to watch and manage their fleet in order to increase productivity. Director of Business Solutions at Vodafone Derek Appiah said the service “uses a GPS tracking device with a data SIM installed in the vehicle, and tracking software installed on a computer and accessed by the customer through the Internet or a mobile phone." Head of Product and Proposition at Vodafone William Agyei added that the service “sends event reports to the customer via SMS, email and pop-up signals."
