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Maldives · Telecom operator · maritime and aviation tracking

Vessel, swimmer and air-taxi tracking for a national mobile operator

Ooredoo Maldives launched tracking services across boats, rental trackers for snorkellers and dual-mode GSM/satellite units for air taxis — all on one self-hosted Find'n'Secure platform.

Thousands
Assets on one platform
3 asset classes
Marine, personal, aviation
Self-hosted
Operator-owned deployment

About Ooredoo

Ooredoo Maldives (formerly Wataniya Maldives) is a mobile operator owned by the Ooredoo Group, licensed in February 2005 after a competitive bidding process. Ooredoo is a leading operator across the Middle East and North Africa, serving more than three million customers in Asia.

Original case study document for OoredooOriginal document

Case study issued 01 December 2015.

Business challenge

  • Vessel tracking for boats across the Maldives, offered as an operator service.
  • Geofences required by the Ministry of Fisheries so fishing vessels stay out of prohibited areas.
  • Portable trackers rented by resorts to snorkellers, with coast-guard alerting if a swimmer drifts into deep water.
  • Dual-mode GSM plus satellite trackers for air taxis flying between hundreds of islands.
  • No existing product in the market met the combined requirement.

What we delivered

  • One platform carrying thousands of assets of different classes — vessels, portable personal trackers and aircraft.
  • Highly configurable geofence and alert rules per asset class and per subscriber.
  • Self-hosted deployment on Ooredoo's own infrastructure.
  • Android and iOS applications for subscribers.

Architecture

  • Mixed-asset data model: marine, personal and aviation assets share ingestion, geofencing and reporting without separate systems.
  • Dual-mode device support so satellite-backed units continue reporting outside GSM coverage.
  • Account hierarchy so resorts and end subscribers see only their own assets under the operator tenant.

Implementation

  • Find'n'Secure demonstration won the Ooredoo contract against competing products.
  • Deployed onto Ooredoo-managed servers with configuration to their specific service definitions.
  • Requirements implemented iteratively in close work with the Ooredoo team.

Results

  • A single operator-grade platform behind several distinct commercial tracking services.
  • Regulatory geofencing for fisheries delivered as configuration, not custom software.
  • Safety alerting extended to people, not only vehicles.