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Nissan continues expansion into Saudi Arabia, appointing new leadership in the Kingdom

2015-10-03T23:41:00.004-07:00

Samir Cherfan is new Managing Director, Nissan Saudi Arabia, adding to existing responsibilities in Nissan Middle East, Dubai, UAE: November 9th, 2014 - Samir Cherfan, Managing Director of Nissan Middle East , has been appointed Managing Director, Nissan Saudi Arabia. The Japanese automaker has ambitious plans to grow its market share in the Kingdom.

In the 2013 financial year, Nissan also announced a highly ambitious plan for the Saudi Arabian market . This included a goal of tripling sales volume and market share. The target is to reach unit sales of 100,000 and claim a 12 per cent market share by the 2016 financial year.

Says Cherfan: "Nissan is committed to offering exceptional service in Saudi Arabia and it has developed a strategy based on a direct local presence, strong product line-up, and enhancing the brand along with retail experience and top-level quality customer service."

Cherfan will split his time between the Nissan's regional headquarters in Dubai and the office in Saudi. The new state-of-the-art joint venture premises in Saudi Arabia will be staffed with 80 to 100 people to service market needs.

Nissan Middle East is committed to a regional mid-term plan with a volume sales increase of 100,000 units and a market share growth of 5 per cent.

By the financial year of 2016, the Japanese auto giant intends selling more than 256,000 units and capturing a 14.5 per cent slice of the market.

"Achieving the goals of the Nissan Middle East Mid-Term Plan is highly dependent on the success of the revival plan for Saudi Arabia," says Cherfan who joined Nissan Middle East a touch over two years ago as marketing and sales director and assumed the role of managing director in April 2013.

"Therefore, an integrated management for Saudi Arabia and the region is paramount for Nissan to achieve its objectives."

Meantime, Kazutaka Nambu, currently managing director of Nissan Motor Egypt has been appointed vice president, sales and marketing Africa, Middle East and India. He will also continue his current role.

Reference: https://www.zawya.com/story/Nissan_continues_expansion_into_Saudi_Arabianames_managing_director-ZAWYA20141109080639/

Number of stolen cars are on the rise in Makkah, Riyadh, Dammam Saudi Arabia

2015-10-03T23:41:00.000-07:00

Number of stolen cars are on the rise

In September 18, 2014 Saudi Gazette news, it was reported as follows:

“A total of 9,169 cars were stolen last year (2013) from various parts of the Kingdom, Makkah daily reported on Wednesday, quoting official traffic police statistics.

According to statistics, 4,213 vehicles, representing about 45.9 percent, were returned to their owners.

"Not a single hour passes without a car being stolen in the Kingdom," a traffic police officer, who preferred to remain anonymous, said. Statistics said Riyadh, with 3,907 cases, tops all cities in terms of the number of stolen vehicles. It is followed by Makkah region with 2,621 cars.

In Riyadh, as many as 2,313 stolen cars were recovered and given back to their owners, while in Makkah, 927 cars were retrieved.”

See full article here http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/09/18/More-than-9-000-cars-stolen-in-2013-in-Saudi-Arabia.html

Saudi importation of transportation, machinery and equipment on the rise

2015-09-29T08:07:00.001-07:00

Saudi importation of transportation, machinery and equipment on the rise

In the KSA’ Ministry of Finance website, it describes the data of imported Machinery & Electrical Equipment, and Transportation Equipment from year 2000 to year 2012 steadily increase. Given the trend, we can say that it will be more from 2013 to end 2014. Obviously, machinery and electrical equipment are far higher than transportation equipment in terms of monetary value because of the high cost of purchase and importation of equipments (light and heavy) which are used in construction, oil related works and activities in the kingdom.

However the data does not show exactly the details of the equipment and machinery as to its type, category, application and quantity.

Reference:
http://www.mof.gov.sa/English/DownloadsCenter/Pages/Statistics.aspx

Cars and Delivery Trucks at the highest importation point

In another statistics conducted by Observatory of Economic Complexity of the Massachusets of Institute of Technology ( http://atlas.media.mit.edu/profile/country/sau/) about Saudi Arabia it shows that CARS AND DELIVERY TRUCKS earned highest points in goods imported by the kingdom from countries like China, US, South Korea, Germany, and India. This definitely exclude machineries and equipment for the construction, and oil and gas sector.

It is no wonder why the number of cars stolen also increases as will be related in the next paragraph. Since the number of cars in the kingdom increases the demand for spare parts also increased which is for some people is an opportunity for business selling spare parts from stolen and disassembled cars.

More Statistics Report

1. Number of cars imported to Saudi Arabia. 777,000 units on the year 2013 and most probably 893,553 units this 2014.

SOURCE: http://www.automotivelogisticsmagazine.com/intelligence/saudi-imports-increase-but-more-local-production-may-be-on-the-horizon

2. Equipment/ machineries, trucks/ car maker latest export of vehicles to KSA from any year to latest.

Toyota, Hyundai, Chrysler, Ford, GM and Jaguar Land Rover

SOURCE: http://www.automotivelogisticsmagazine.com/intelligence/saudi-imports-increase-but-more-local-production-may-be-on-the-horizon

3. Cars running in KSA, example: Kia Toyota ford…and statistics, each car share in the market.. let say, out of 1million Saudi residents, there are 600k KIA users, 100K Toyota, etc.

SOURCE: http://www.statista.com/statistics/376374/selected-vehicle-brands-in-saudi-arabia/

Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) Tracking System Solution via our Saudi Arabia Partner

2015-09-29T03:39:00.000-07:00

Automatic vehicle location (AVL or ~locating; telelocating in EU) is a means for automatically determining and transmitting the geographic location of a vehicle. This data, from one or more vehicles, may then be collected by a vehicle tracking system for a picture of vehicle travel.

Most commonly, the location is determined using GPS, and the transmission mechanism is SMS, GPRS, a satellite or terrestrial radio from the vehicle to a radio receiver. GSM and EVDO are the most common services applied, because of the low data rate needed for AVL, and the low cost and near-ubiquitous nature of these public networks. The low bandwidth requirements also allow for satellite technology to receive telemetry data at a moderately higher cost, but across a global coverage area and into very remote locations not covered well by terrestrial radio or public carriers. Other options for determining actual location, for example in environments where GPS illumination is poor, are dead reckoning, i.e. inertial navigation, or active RFID systems or cooperative RTLS systems. With advantage, combinations of these systems may be applied. In addition, terrestrial radio positioning systems utilizing an LF (Low Frequency) switched packet radio network were also used as an alternative to GPS based systems.

Applications
Application with vehicles

Automatic vehicle locating is a powerful concept for managing fleets of vehicles, as service vehicles, emergency vehicles, and especially precious construction equipment, also public transport vehicles (buses and trains). It is also used to track mobile assets, such as non wheeled construction equipment, non motorized trailers, and mobile power generators.
Application with vehicle drivers and crews

The other purpose of tracking is to provide graded service or to manage a large driver and crewing staff effectively. For example, suppose an ambulance fleet has an objective of arriving at the location of a call for service within six minutes of receiving the request. Using an AVL system allows to evaluate the locations of all vehicles in service with driver and other crew in order to pick the vehicle that will most likely arrive at the destination fastest, (meeting the service objective).[1]
Types of systems
Simple direction finding

Amateur radio and some cellular or PCS wireless systems use direction finding or triangulation of transmitter signals radiated by the mobile. This is sometimes called radio direction finding or RDF. The simplest forms of these systems calculate the bearing from two fixed sites to the mobile. This creates a triangle with endpoints at the two fixed points and the mobile. Trigonometry tells you roughly where the mobile transmitter is located. In wireless telephone systems, the phones transmit continually when off-hook, making continual tracking and the collection of many location samples possible. This is one type of location system required byFederal Communications Commission Rules for wireless Enhanced 911.
Former LORAN-based locating

Motorola offered a 1970s-era system based on the United States Coast Guard LORAN maritime navigation system. The LORAN system was intended for ships but signal levels on the US east- and west-coast areas were adequate for use with receivers in automobiles. The system may have been marketed under the Motorola model name Metricom. It consisted of an LF LORAN receiver and data interface box/modem connected to a separate two-way radio. The receiver and interface calculated a latitude and longitude in degrees, decimal degrees format based on the LORAN signals. This was sent over the radio as MDC-1200 or MDC-4800 data to a system controller, which plotted the mobile's approximate location on a map. The system worked reliably but sometimes had problems with electrical noise in urban areas. Sparking electric trolley poles or industrial plants which radiated electrical noise sometime overwhelmed the LORAN signals, affecting the system's ability to determine the mobile's geolocation. Because of the limited resolution, this type of system was impractical for small communities or operational areas such as a pit mine or port.
Signpost systems

To track and locate vehicles along fixed routes, a technology called Signpost transmitters is employed. This is used on transit routes and rail lines where the vehicles to be tracked continually operated on the same linear route. A transponder or RFID chip along the vehicle route would be polled as the train or bus traverses its route. As each transponder was passed, the moving vehicle would query and receive an ack, or handshake, from the signpost transmitter. A transmitter on the mobile would report passing the signpost to a system controller. This allows supervision, a call center, or a dispatch center to monitor the progress of the vehicle and assess whether or not the vehicle was on schedule. These systems are an alternative inside tunnels or other conveyances where GPS signals are blocked by terrain.[2]
Today's GPS-based locating

The low price and ubiquity of Global Positioning System or GPS equipment has lent itself to more accurate and reliable telelocation systems. GPS signals are impervious to most electrical noise sources and don't require the user to install an entire system. Usually only a receiver to collect signals from the satellite segment is installed in each vehicle and radio or GSM to communicate the collected location data with a dispatch point.

Large private telelocation or AVL systems send data from GPS receivers in vehicles to a dispatch center over their private, user-owned radio backbone. These systems are used for businesses like parcel delivery and ambulances. Smaller systems which don't justify building a separate radio system use cellular or PCS data services to communicate location data from vehicles to their dispatching center. Location data is periodically polled from each vehicle in a fleet by a central controller or computer. In the simplest systems, data from the GPS receiver is displayed on a map allowing humans to determine the location of each vehicle. More complex systems feed the data into a computer assisted dispatch system which automates the process. For example, the computer assisted dispatch system may check the location of a call for service and then pick a list of the four closest ambulances. This narrows the dispatcher's choice from the entire fleet to an easier choice of four vehicles.

Some wireless carriers such as Nextel have decided GPS was the best way to provide the mandated location data for wireless Enhanced 9-1-1. Newer Nextel radioshave embedded GPS receivers which are polled if 9-1-1 is dialed. The 9-1-1 center is provided with latitude and longitude from the radio's GPS receiver. In centers with computer assisted dispatch, the system may assign an address to the call based on these coordinates or may project an icon depicting the caller's location onto a map of the area.
Sensor-augmented AVL

The main purpose of using AVL is not only to locate the vehicles, but also to obtain information about engine data, fuel consumption, driver data and sensor data from i.e. doors, freezer room on trucks or air pressure. Such data can be obtained via the CAN-bus, via direct connections to AVL systems or via open bus systems such as UFDEX that both sends and receives data via SMS or GPRS in pure ASCII text format. Because most AVL consists of two parts, GPS and GSM modem with additional embedded AVL software contained in a microcontroller, most AVL systems are fixed for its purposes unless they connect to an open bus system for expansion possibilities.

With an open bus system the users can send invoices based on goods delivered with exact location, time and date data where if connected to scale, RFID or barcode readers, can make a fairly good automated system to avoid human errors.

In countries with high prices on gasoline external fuel sensors are used to prevent cases of fuel theft.[3]
Logbook functions

Another scenario for sensor functions is to connect the AVL to driver information, to collect data about driving time, stops, or even driver absence from the vehicle. If the driver/worker conditions is such as the hourly rates for driving and working outside is not the same, this can be monitored by sensors, by using iButton or other personal identification devices. Later by analyzing log-file it is possible to get reports on any kind of events, like stops, visited streets, speed limits violations, etc.[4]
Differentiating between Automatic Vehicle Location and Events Activated Tracking Systems

It might be helpful to draw a distinction between vehicle location systems which track automatically and event activated tracking systems which track when triggered by an event. There is increasingly crossover between the different systems and those with experience of this sector will be able to draw on a number of examples which break the rule.

A.V.L (Automatic Vehicle Location) This type of vehicle tracking is normally used in the fleet or driver management sector. The unit is configured to automatically transmit its location at a set time interval, e.g. every 5 minutes. The unit is activated when the ignition is switched on/off.

E.A.T.S (Events Activated Tracking system) This type of system is primarily used in connection with vehicle or driver security solutions. If, for example a thief breaks into your car and attempts to steal it, the tracking system can be triggered by the immobiliser unit or motion sensor being activated. A monitoring bureau, will then be automatically notified that the unit has been activated and begin tracking the vehicle.

Some products on the market are a hybrid of both AVL and EATS technology. However industry practice has tended to lean towards a separation of these functions. It is worth taking note that vehicle tracking products tend to fall into one, not both of the technologies.

AVL technology is predominately used when applying vehicle tracking to fleet or driver management solutions. The use of Automatic Vehicle Location is given in the following scenario; A car breaks down by the side of the road and the occupant calls a vehicle recovery company. The vehicle recovery company has several vehicles operating in the area. Without needing to call each driver to check his location the dispatcher can pinpoint the nearest recovery vehicle and assign it to the new job. If you were to incorporate the other aspects of vehicle telematics into this scenario; the dispatcher, rather than phoning the recovery vehicle operative, could transmit the job details directly to the operative’s mobile data device, who would then use the in-vehicle satellite navigation to aid his journey to the job.

EATS technology is predominately used when applying vehicle tracking to vehicle security solutions. An example of this distinction is given in the following scenario; A construction company owns some pieces of plant machinery that are regularly left unattended, at weekends, on building sites. Thieves break onto one site and a piece equipment, such as a digger, is loaded on the back of a flat bed truck and then driven away. Typically the ignition wouldn’t need to be turned on and as such most of the AVL products available wouldn’t typically be activated. Only products that included a unit that was activated by a motion sensor or GeoFence alarm event, would be activated.

Both AVL and EATS systems track, but often for different purposes.
Special applications of automatic vehicle locating

Vehicle location technologies can be used in the following scenarios:
Fleet management: when managing a fleet of vehicles, knowing the real-time location of all drivers allows management to meet customer needs more efficiently. Vehicle location information can also be used to verify that legal requirements are being met: for example, that drivers are taking rest breaks and obeying speed limits.
Passenger Information: Real-time Passenger information systems use predictions based on AVL input to show the expected arrival and departure times of Public Transport services.
Asset tracking: companies needing to track valuable assets for insurance or other monitoring purposes can now plot the real-time asset location on a map and closely monitor movement and operating status. For example, haulage and logistics companies often operate trucks with detachable load carrying units. In this case, trailers can be tracked independently of the cabs used to drive them. Combining vehicle location with inventory management that can be used to reconcile which item is currently on which vehicle can be used to identify physical location down to the level of individual packages.
Field worker management: companies with a field service or sales workforce can use information from vehicle tracking systems to plan field workers' time, schedule subsequent customer visits and be able to operate these departments efficiently.
Covert surveillance: vehicle location devices attached covertly by law enforcement or espionage organizations can be used to track journeys made by individuals who are under surveillance
See also
Automatic number plate recognition
Car alarm
Drivers Alert
Fleet telematics
GSM localization
GPS tracking
Intelligent transportation system
Indoor positioning system (IPS)
LoJack
Millennium Plus
Mobile phone tracking
NextBus, an implementation used for public transportation systems
OnStar, vehicle manufacturer implemented tracking systems.
Park timer
StarChase
Telematics
Tracking system
Vehicle Infrastructure Integration
vehicle_location
Vehicle tracking system
References

Jump up^ One definition of AVL exists in, "Glossary," Arizona Phase II Final Report: Statewide Radio Interoperability Needs Assessment, Macro Corporation and The State of Arizona, 2004, pp. 165.
Jump up^ For an example of one US signpost system, see its service manual: T1919A Metrocom II 150.8-174 MHz Vehicle Location Receiver, (Schaumburg, Illinois: Motorola Communications and Electronics, 1979).
Jump up^ http://www.rfidsb.com/tm/2008/04/24/fuel-theft-in-the-usa-reaches-8-billion-in-2008/
Jump up^ http://gurtam.com/en/docs/user-guide/new:tables

Car thief apprehended in Riyadh

2015-09-29T03:24:00.002-07:00

Police recently apprehended a man in his 20s for stealing a car from a citizen, only to learn that the suspect had stolen several cars and changed their exteriors to get away with his crimes.
Police followed the car thief after receiving a tip-off from a citizen and arrested him as he was purchasing accessories for a stolen car in the Naseem district east of the capital.
On arrest, police found keys for several cars inside the stolen Caprice, as well as tools used to open closed vehicles.

The thief would revamp the stolen cars so that they are not identifiable by their owners, and also changed their license plates.

According to police reports, car thefts in Jeddah are rising at an alarming rate.
“More than 1,000 cars have been stolen in the past three months. Some of them had valuables inside them at the time they were stolen,” said Lt. Nawaf Al-Bouq, Jeddah police spokesman.
“Police have managed to track down only 400 stolen cars so far,” he added.

Figures are based on registered complaints made with Jeddah police over the past three months.
Al-Bouq urged car owners to take precautionary measures to guard against robbery and ensure that their cars are properly locked.

He added that most thefts took place in older and poorer neighborhoods, such as Baghdadiah, Sharafiah, Saheefa and Ruwais, all illegal expat strongholds.

According to Yallamotors, a website on automobiles, more than 9,100 vehicles were reported stolen in 2013 from various parts of the country.

Among these, more than 4,200 vehicles were returned to their respective owners.
Riyadh ranks first for vehicle theft, with almost 4,000 cases, followed by Makkah, with more than 2,600 vehicles reported stolen.

Cars are most commonly stolen by duplicating car keys without drivers’ knowledge.
Thieves often pose as garage employees, security officials or even hotel drivers.
Further investigation is underway into the thefts and the most recent suspect will appear in court upon completion of procedures. Most crimes in the Kingdom are committed by illegal residents who have overstayed their visas, according to sources.

The government has since intensified the campaign against over-stayers. Illegal residents were allowed to leave the Kingdom without incurring penalties during the grace period, which ended Nov. 3, 2013.

الشرطة اعتقلت مؤخرا رجل في 20S له لسرقة سيارة من أحد المواطنين، إلا أن تعلم أن المشتبه به قد سرق عدة سيارات وتغيرت الخارجيات لتفلت من جرائمه.
وجاءت الشرطة اللص سيارة بعد تلقي بلاغا من مواطن وألقت القبض عليه بينما كان شراء الملحقات لسيارة مسروقة في حي النسيم شرق العاصمة.

القبض على أي إنسان، وجدت الشرطة مفاتيح لعدة سيارات داخل سرقت كابريس، وكذلك الأدوات المستخدمة لفتح السيارات المغلقة.
ان اللص تجديد السيارات المسروقة بحيث لا يمكن تحديده من قبل أصحابها، وتغيرت أيضا لوحات بها.
وفقا لتقارير الشرطة، سرقة السيارات في جدة ترتفع بمعدل ينذر بالخطر.

"أكثر من 1000 سيارة سرقت في الأشهر الثلاثة الماضية. "قال الملازم نواف Bouq، المتحدث باسم شرطة جدة كان بعض منهم الأشياء الثمينة داخلها في الوقت الذي سرقت.

"، تمكنت الشرطة لتعقب فقط 400 سيارة مسروقة حتى الآن". وأضاف
وتستند الأرقام عن الشكاوى المسجلة المصنوع من الشرطة جدة خلال الأشهر الثلاثة الماضية.
وحث آل Bouq أصحاب السيارات إلى اتخاذ تدابير وقائية للحماية من السرقة، وضمان أن يتم تأمين سياراتهم بشكل صحيح.
وأضاف أن معظم السرقات وقعت في الاحياء القديمة والفقيرة، مثل البغدادية، Sharafiah، Saheefa والرويس، وجميع معاقل المغتربين غير المشروعة.

وفقا لYallamotors، وهو موقع على السيارات، أكثر من 9100 سيارة تم الإبلاغ عن سرقتها في عام 2013 من مناطق مختلفة من البلاد.

ومن بين هؤلاء، عاد أكثر من 4200 مركبة لأصحابها.
الرياض في المرتبة الأولى لسرقة السيارات، مع ما يقرب من 4000 حالة، تليها مكة المكرمة، مع أبلغ أكثر من 2600 مركبة مسروقة.

السيارات المسروقة الأكثر شيوعا عن طريق نسخ مفاتيح السيارة دون معرفة السائقين.
اللصوص غالبا ما تشكل كموظفين المرآب، ومسؤولين أمنيين أو حتى السائقين الفندق.
مزيد من التحقيق جار في السرقات وسوف تظهر المشتبه به الأخير في المحكمة بعد الانتهاء من الإجراءات. غير أن معظم الجرائم في المملكة من قبل المقيمين غير الشرعيين الذين تجاوزوا مدد تأشيراتهم، وفقا للمصادر.

كثفت الحكومة منذ حملة ضد الإفراط في مقيمين. سمح المقيمين بصورة غير قانونية لمغادرة المملكة دون تكبد غرامات خلال فترة السماح التي انتهت 3 نوفمبر 2013.

Reference:
http://www.arabnews.com/news/655746

More than 9,000 cars stolen in 2013 in Saudi Arabia

2015-09-29T03:23:00.000-07:00

More than 9,000 cars stolen in 2013 in Saudi Arabia

By Saudi Gazette | Riyadh
Thursday, 18 September 2014

A total of 9,169 cars were stolen last year (2013) from various parts of the Kingdom, Makkah daily reported on Wednesday, quoting official traffic police statistics.

According to statistics, 4,213 vehicles, representing about 45.9 percent, were returned to their owners.

In Riyadh, as many as 2,313 stolen cars were recovered and given back to their owners, while in Makkah, 927 cars were retrieved.

According to the traffic police, the thieves often resort to various tricks to steal cars.

The police said the most common trick the thieves use is stealing car keys, making their copies and returning them back to the car without the driver taking any notice. The police said the thieves may keep the keys with them for a long time before using them to quietly steal the car. They said the easiest way of stealing is when the car engine is left running with the keys inside.

The police also said some thieves may pose as garage employees, security men or hotel drivers. Some of them may offer to help the driver when there is any fault in his car in order to steal it from him later.

According to the traffic police, there were incidents when thieves would pretend to buy a car from a showroom and ask for a test drive. During the drive, they normally run away with the vehicle.

This article was first published in the Saudi Gazette on Sept.18, 2014.

بواسطة الجريدة السعودية | الرياض
الخميس 18 سبتمبر، 2014
ما مجموعه 9169 سيارة سرقت في العام الماضي (2013) من مختلف أنحاء المملكة، وذكرت مكة المكرمة يوميا يوم الاربعاء نقلا عن إحصاءات شرطة المرور الرسمية.

ووفقا للاحصاءات، 4213 مركبة، وهو ما يمثل نحو 45.9 في المئة، وأعيدت إلى أصحابها.

"ليس ساعة واحدة تمر دون سيارة السرقة في المملكة"، وقال ضابط شرطة المرور، الذي فضل عدم الكشف عن هويته. وقالت إحصاءات الرياض، مع 3907 حالة، وقمم جميع المدن من حيث عدد المركبات المسروقة. وتليها منطقة مكة المكرمة مع 2621 سيارة.

في الرياض، تم انتشال ما يصل الى 2313 السيارات المسروقة وإعادتها إلى أصحابها، بينما في مكة المكرمة، وتم استرجاع 927 سيارة.

ووفقا لشرطة المرور، واللصوص غالبا ما تلجأ إلى مختلف الحيل لسرقة السيارات.

وقالت الشرطة الخدعة الأكثر شيوعا في استخدام اللصوص وسرقة مفاتيح السيارة، مما يجعل نسخهم وإعادتهم مرة أخرى إلى السيارة دون سائق اتخاذ أي إشعار. وقالت الشرطة ان اللصوص قد تبقي مفاتيح معهم لفترة طويلة قبل استخدامها لسرقة بهدوء السيارة. وقالوا إن أسهل طريقة للسرقة هو عندما محرك السيارة وتركت تشغيل مع مفاتيح الداخل.

قالت الشرطة أيضا بعض اللصوص قد تشكل كموظفين المرآب، ورجال الأمن أو السائقين الفندق. البعض منهم قد تقدم لمساعدة السائق عند وجود أي خلل في سيارته من أجل سرقتها منه في وقت لاحق.

ووفقا لشرطة المرور، وكانت هناك حوادث عند اللصوص سوف نتظاهر لشراء سيارة من معرض لسيارات ونسأل لاختبار القيادة. خلال حملة، فإنها عادة ما يهرب مع السيارة.

تم نشر هذه المقالة لأول مرة في الجريدة السعودية على Sept.18، 2014.

Reference:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/09/18/More-than-9-000-cars-stolen-in-2013-in-Saudi-Arabia.html

Zain is AVL Vehicle Tracking System Data and Network Provider in Saudi Arabia

2015-09-29T01:44:00.002-07:00

Zain Saudi Arabia is the third mobile network operating company in Saudi Arabia, operating GSM technology. It was launched on 26 August 2008[1][2][3] and it enrolled more than 2 million subscribers within 4 months of its launch. The company paid $6.1 billion for its license to operate in Saudi Arabia for 25 years.

The company has been listed on Tadawul, the Saudi Stock Exchange since 22 March 2008.

The company negotiated a $2.5 billion Islamic loan in 2009.[4]

Zain appointed a new chairman on Saturday 23 March 2013, without giving any further information as is common in Saudi Arabia. This news comes within a week of Saudi Telecom's (STC) CEO resigning from his position. [5] [6]

Board of Directors
Farhan Bin Naif Al-Faisal Al-Jarba (Chairman of the board)
Fahd Bin Ibrahim Al-Dughaither
Abdulaziz Bin Yacoub Al-Nafisi
Scott Marc Gegenheimer
Ossama Michael Matta
Thamer Ahmad Obeidat
Raied Bin Ali Al Saif
Georges P. Schorderet
Abdulaziz Salem Al Ruwais

Reference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zain_Saudi_Arabia

https://www.sa.zain.com/autoforms/portal/site

Mobily is AVL Vehicle Tracking Data and Network Provider for Saudi Arabia

2015-09-29T01:37:00.002-07:00

Mobily (Arabic: موبايلي‎) is the trade name launched in May 2005[2] by Saudi Arabia's second Telecommunicationscompany, Etihad-Etisalat consortium (Arabic: اتحاد اتصالات‎). The company, as the winning bidder for Saudi Arabia's second GSM licence in 2004, provides mobile telecom services nationwide, breaking Saudi Telecom's monopoly in the wireless business. The company launched 3.5G services on 27 June 2006 and 4G services on 13 September 2011.

Ownership

The consortium is led by United Arab Emirates firm Etisalat who owns 27%, with 45% held by 6 strategic local partners. The remaining 20% was put up in 2004 in an Initial public offering that was massively oversubscribed (51 [3] or 30 times[4]).
Growth

The GSM Associations "GSM Association Newsletter" Dec. 2004 edition described Mobily as the fastest growing mobile operator in the Middle East & North Africa. In 2006, Mobily reached more than 4,800,000 subscribers. As of 20 January 2007, mobily had 6 million subscribers and 0.5 million 3G users.

Mobily introduced in 2004 the first telecommunication franchise business model in the Gulf Region, the Fully Branded outlet-(FBO), assuring rapid and cost effective expansion of its network of outlets.

Since entering the Saudi market in 2004 Mobily adopted a solid expansion strategy, based on a direct and indirect sales channels. This strategy allowed Mobily to quickly expand and establish the Mobily Brand throughout Saudi Arabia, and as a result achieve its set target for 2006, both in terms of sales and revenue targets, unfortunately this has been achieved with other services and coverages being compromised as a result.

Mobily’s employees include a sales team via its own flagship branches, Fully Branded Outlets, Co-Branded outlets, Kiosks and thousands of dealers scattered throughout the country, covering the majority of the population.

This network of outlets and dealers was a major factor in mobilys' rapid growth and customer acquisition. As a result, Mobily has earned a significant market share since launching operations on May 25, 2005. W has launched a mobile push-to-talk service (PTT) under the brand name 'Mobily Hawwel' in Saudi Arabia. The PTT service provides users with a different user experience to the traditional voice service, delivering a 'walkie-talkie' like experience - only one person can talk at a time. However, it is not limited in distance as with normal walkie-talkies, as the conversation is carried across the mobile GSM network. This service is being offered for the first time in the country.

The service can provide a one to one voice service or up to 10 people at the same time as group calling, allowing a user to know who is online through small icons appearing with certain colours. Mobily said that the service will be available for post-paid and pre-paid subscribers at monthly fees. Mobily Hawwel conversations are encrypted over GPRS data or 3G network to avoid cross-talk or listening-in.

This will be accomplished with the execution of an ambitious expansion plans for its own network of flagships, as well as introducing a new franchise retail concept (Mini-FBO).

The new concept (Mini-FBO) will complement the existing Mobily retail and channel partner outlets, and will cover more than 60 cities and towns, which will help achieve its targets, both in terms of sales and customer experience. Those outlets, as is the case with the Mobily flagships, will provide the full range of products and services to the current and future customers of Mobily.

On September 13, 2011 Mobily launched TD-LTE (4G) services, becoming the first operator in the Middle East and North Africa to do so.[5]

In October 27, 2014 Mobily was suspended from the Saudi Stock Exchange for failing to produce quarterly financial statements. Once they did, the delay was attributed to an accounting coverup of earnings which were false over the course of 18 months, resulting in the company removing over 2 billion from its books. This resulted in its stock to fall 40% over the following week. As of November 18, 2014 no new statement have been submitted to quell allegations of embezzlement and fraud from upper management.

Advanced Exploitation

In May 2013, it was reported that Mobily is working on a way to intercept encrypted data sent over the Internet by Twitter, Viber, WhatsApp, and other mobile apps, and to bypass the protections built into the SSL and Transport Layer Security protocols.[6][7]

Network Technology
NetworkStatusDate
GSM900 Live/Active May, 2005
3.5G Live/Active Summer, 2006
HSPA+ Live/Active November, 2009
LTE TEST February, 2010
LTE Live/Active September, 2011

The first phase of coverage includes the cities of Najran, Jazan, Al Kharj, Ras tanoura, Algurayat and Aldudamy (which most of these cities are actually villages rather than cites), Second phase will include Hail, Al Baha, Al Mujamaaa, and Wadi Al Dawasir, and the third phase will be in Riyadh, Jeddah and Damamm.

Reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobily

http://www.mobily.com.sa/portalu/wps/portal/personal/!ut/p/a1/hc9NC4JAEAbg39LB685kUNpNJCwjKhA_9iJrmC64rqxbS_8-81ra3N7heRkGKKRAW_bkFdNctqz5ZLrOHTfw9-ERQ3RjxEMc-NF5t1niyR5ANg2iAP_1E6Cz5GrPg_HECHBiPIQQaNXIYvwn89pi5VRAVXkvVanIQw3rWutua6GFxhgiZMGbF7lJQXpm4a9SLXsN6ReGTqTILyJxem_xBtFxnr8!/dl5/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/

Saudi Telecom Group STC is Satway AVL Vehicle Tracking Provider in Saudi Arabia

2015-09-29T01:21:00.001-07:00

Saudi Telecom Group, (STC; STC Group; STC International) (Arabic: مجموعة الاتصالات السعودية‎) is a Saudi Arabia-based telecommunications company that offers landline, mobile, internet services and Computer network.

The Saudi Telecommunication Group provides integrated mobile, fixed and broadband communications services to over 160 million customers globally. The company is Headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Telecom Company (STC) is the largest telecommunications company by market capitalization, total revenue and number of employees in the Arab State region. In the last few years, STC has moved beyond its domestic borders into the international markets, forming a network of businesses and investments in a number of GCC countries, Asia and Africa. The company is now present in Kuwait, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey, South Africa and Bahrain, enabling STC to serve a greater number of customers internationally.[3]

Services

STC services are divided into three broad categories: Jawal Al Amani Al Aaliyah (mobile network), Home (landlinenetwork), and Enterprise services.[4]

Company Services

Landline - A landline telephone (also known as land line, land-line, main line, home phone, landline, fixed-line, and wireline) refers to a phone that uses a metal wire telephone line for transmission as distinguished from a mobile cellular line, which uses radio waves for transmission.

In 2003, the CIA reported approximately 1.263 billion main telephone lines worldwide. China had more than any other country at 350 million and the United States was second with 268 million. The United Kingdom has 23.7 million residential fixed homephones.[1][unreliable source?] The 2013 statistics show that the total number of fixed-telephone subscribers in the world was about 1.16 billion, which is an all time low.[2] The number of landline subscribers continuously decreases due to upgrades in digital technology and the conveniences that come with switching to wireless (cellular) or Internet-based alternatives.

Mobile Mobile computing is human–computer interaction by which a computer is expected to be transported during normal usage. Mobile computing involves mobile communication, mobile hardware, and mobile software. Communication issues include ad hoc and infrastructure networks as well as communication properties, protocols, data formats and concrete technologies. Hardware includesmobile devices or device components. Mobile software deals with the characteristics and requirements of mobile applications.

Internet Services The Internet protocol suite is the computer networking model and set of communications protocols used on theInternet and similar computer networks. It is commonly known as TCP/IP, because among many protocols, theTransmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP) is the accepted and most widely used protocol inInternet. Often also called the Internet model, it was originally also known as the DoD model, because the development of the networking model was funded by DARPA, an agency of the United States Department of Defense.

TCP/IP provides end-to-end connectivity specifying how data should be packetized, addressed, transmitted, routed and received at the destination. This functionality is organized into four abstraction layers which are used to sort all related protocols according to the scope of networking involved.[1][2] From lowest to highest, the layers are the link layer, containing communication technologies for a single network segment (link); the internet layer, connecting hosts across independent networks, thus establishing internetworking; the transport layer handling host-to-host communication; and the application layer, which provides process-to-process application data exchange.

Television Services A television, commonly referred to as TV, telly or the tube, is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting sound with moving images in monochrome (black-and-white), colour, or in three dimensions. It can refer to a television set, a television program, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium, for entertainment, educational television, news and advertising .

Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s. After World War II, an improved form became popular in the United States and Britain, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion.[1] In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the US and most other developed countries. The availability of storage media such as VHS tape (1976), DVDs (1997), and high-definition Blu-ray Discs(2006) enabled viewers to watch recorded material such as movies. At the end of the first decade of the 2000s,digital television transmissions greatly increased in popularity. Another development was the move from standard-definition television (SDTV)(576i, with 576 interlaced lines of resolution and 480i) to high-definition television (HDTV), which provides a resolution that is substantially higher. HDTV may be transmitted in various formats: 1080p, 1080i and 720p. Since 2010, with the invention of smart television, Internet television has increased the availability of television programs and movies via the Internet through services such as Netflix, iPlayer, Hulu, Roku and Chromecast.

In 2013, 79% of the world's households owned a television set.[2] The replacement of early bulky, high-voltage cathode ray tube (CRT) screen displays with compact, energy-efficient, flat-panel alternative technologies such as plasma displays, LCDs (both fluorescent-backlit and LED), and OLED displays was a hardware revolution that began with computer monitors in the late 1990s. Most TV sets sold in the 2000s were flat-panel, mainly LEDs. Major manufacturers announced the discontinuation of CRT, DLP, plasma, and even fluorescent-backlit LCDs by the mid-2010s.[3][4][5] LEDs are expected to be replaced gradually by OLEDs in the near future.[6] Also, major manufacturers have announced that they will increasingly produce smart TV sets in the mid-2010s.[7][8][9] Smart TVs with integrated Internetand Web 2.0 functions are expected to become the dominant form of television set by the late 2010s.

Television signals were initially distributed only as terrestrial television using high-powered radio-frequency transmitters to broadcast the signal to individual television receivers. Alternatively television signals are distributed by co-axial cable or optical fibre, satellite systems and via the Internet. Until the early 2000s, these were transmitted as analog signals but countries started switching to digital, this transition is expected to be completed worldwide by late 2010s. A standard television set is composed of multiple internal electronic circuits, including a tuner for receiving and decoding broadcast signals. A visual display device which lacks atuner is correctly called a video monitor rather than a television.

References:
http://www.stc.com.sa/wps/wcm/connect/arabic/individual/individual,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Telecom_Company

Vehicle Tracking Solution - Jeddah Saudi Arabia

2015-09-09T00:50:00.001-07:00

Vehicle Tracking Solution Provider, Integrator and Vendor in Jeddah Saudi Arabia

With our local partner and representative in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Satway provides Automatic Vehicle Tracking Solution (AVL Solution) to individual, corporate, private and government entities in Saudi Arabia. We cover all the major cities in the kingdom

تتبع المركبات

يقوم الجهاز بجمع بيانات كاملة عن مواقع المركبات , حيث يظهر مسار المركبة في الوقت الفعلي عن طريق نظام تحديد المواقع العالمي (GPS) كما يمكنك هذا النظام من اعادة معلومات المركبة من خلال برنامج على شبكة الانترنت .

Vehicle Tracking

Collects fleet data for a comprehensive picture of vehicle locations, track vehicle in real-time via GPS. The tracking solution offers the ability to replay vehicle route information thru the web platform.

منع السرقة

يعمل نظام ضد السرقة على ارسال تنبيهات إلى الهاتف أو إلى البريد الالكتروني إذا تم تشغيل المركبة بدون إذن , و يتم تعريف المنطقه و الحدود الظاهرية لها في البرنامج على شبكة الانترنت فهو يستخدم لمراقبة السيارة حين خروجها عن المنطقه المحددة او دخولها إلى منطقة محظورة . (RFID)و تعني تحديد الهوية بأستخدام موجات الراديو و يمكن استخدامها قبل الوصول في قفل و فتح المرآب و ممرات السيارات .

Anti-theft System

The anti theft system works by sending a automatic alert to a phone or email if an alarm is triggered without authorization. Geofencing or zone alarm (virtual border) can be defined in the web platform. It is used to monitor whether the vehicle goes out of the defined area or enter a restricted area. RFID can be used as pre-authorization to access, lock and unlock driveway, parking garage and gates.

تصوير داخلي

تستخدم لقطة الكاميرا في أخذ صورة للأشخاص الموجودين داخل المركبة مثل السيارة , باص المدرسة , سيارة الأجرة .

يستفاد من هذه الميزة في حالة السيارة المخطوفة او للسيارات التي يتم فتح أبوابها بشكل غير قانوني .

Camera Snapshot

Camera snapshot is use to take photo of people inside the vehicle like car, school bus or taxi’s. This feature is very useful especially for hijacked vehicle or illegally open doors.

حساس كرسي الراكب

يوفر هذا النظام خاصية التنبيه في حال جلوس اي شخص على المقعد ( بجانب او خلف السائق ) داخل المركبة .

هذه الميزه هي اكثر قابلية للتطبيق في حالة نقل الركاب او للسيارات المستأجرة .

يقدم تقرير كامل عن كيفية و مدة استخدام السيارة او ( سيارة الأجرة ) و كذالك إذا لم يتم استخدام حزام الأمان .

Passenger Seat Sensor

The seat sensor provides an alarm if somebody seats on the passenger seat (driver side and back seats) of the vehicle. The feature is more applicable to passenger or rented vehicle. It provides a report of when and how many times the car (taxi) has been hired and if they don’t use seat belt.

تشغيل المحرك والمكيف

تسمح هذه الخاصية لمالك السيارة بتشغيل او ايقاف المحرك عن طريق ارسال رساله نصية و تستطيع القيام بعمل اعدادات الطقس قبل الصعود او قيادة السيارة .عملية جدا خاصةً في المناطق ذات الطقس الحار حين ترتفع درجة الحرارة داخل السيارة

Start Engine and A/C

The remote engine start allows the owner to start and stop the engine from outside the vehicle thru SMS. This feature also allows the pre-set climate settings to be ready before getting in the car and start driving. It is very useful especially in hot climate region in which temperature inside the car is too hot.

مراقبة الوقود

يقوم بتدقيق معدل استهلاك الوقود و يقلل من تكلفته ويتم رصد المعلومات الكافية عن مستوى الوقود عن طريق مستشعر الوقود

يعطى لأدارة المركبات تقريرا كاملا عن استهلاك الوقود و اين تم تعبئة المركبة

Fuel Monitoring

Fuel monitoring reduces operations cost and better fuel usage audit. Fuel level information is monitored by the fuel level sensor. Fuel consumption report can be generated easily and also allows the fleet management to know where the vehicle was fueled.

منبه السرعة

يعمل على التنبيه في حال تجاوز الحدى الأقصى للسرعة المطلوبة , حيث يقوم الجهاز بارسال رسالة نصية او بريد ألكتروني إلى مالك السيارة أو إلى الأدارة المالكه للمركبة بشكل تلقائي ستضع هذه الخاصية القيود اللازمه على قائد المركبة للألتزام بالسرعة القانونية في جميع الأوقات .

Over speed alarm

Over speed alarm works when the vehicle goes beyond the preset speed limit. A SMS notifications or an e-mail will be sent to the owner or the fleet automatically. This feature constrains the driver to stay in lawful speed limit at all times.

حساس الحرارة

جهاز مستشعر الحرارة يسمح للأدارة المالكة للمركبة من معرفة درجة الحرارة الفعلية للمركبة في حالة نقل المواد القابلة للتلف مثل المواد الغذائية او المواد الطبية , كفاءة في انخفاض تكاليف الخسارة او التلف ( في حال عطل جهاز التبريد ).

Temperature Sensor

Temperature sensor allows fleet management to monitor real-time temperature of delivery trucks that contain perishable inventory like foods or pharmaceutical products. Cost efficiency is gained from a reduction in wastage or spoilage, (in the event of refrigeration failure).

Cities of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia where our AVL Solution will work with different network and communication providers like Zain, Mobily, STC Saudi Telecommunication

Al Bahah Province: Al Aqiq , Al Bahah , Al Mandag , Al Mukhwah , Al Qara , Biljurashi , Qilwah.Northern Borders Province (Al Hudud ash Shamaliyah): Ar'ar , Rafha , Turayf .Al Jawf Province: Al Quryyat, Dawmat Al Jandeal, Sakaka Al Madinah Al Monawarah Al Madinah Al Monawarah (Medina) , Al Hinakiyah , Al Mahd , Al Ula, Badr, Khaybar , Yanbu Al Bahar .Al Qassim Province: Al Asyah, Al Badai , Al Bukayriyah, Al Midhnab , An. Nabhaniyah , Ar Rass , Ash Shimasiyah , Buraydah , Riadh Al Khabra , Unayzah , Uyun Al Jiwa .Al Riyadh Province: Al Riyadh , Ad Diriyah , Al Kharj , Ad Duwadimi , Al Majmaah, Al Quwayiyah, Wadi Ad Dawasir , Al Aflaj , Azulfi , Shagra , Hawtat Bani Tamim , Afif , As Sulayyil , Duruma , Al Muzahimiya, Rumah , Thadiq , Huraymila , Al Hariq , Al Ghat .'Asir Province: Abha , Ahad Rufaydah , Al Majardah , An Nammas , Balqam , Bishah , Dalvan Al Janub , Khamis Mushayt, Muhayil , Rijal Alma , Sarat Abidah , Tathlith .Eastern Province (Ash Sharqiyah): Ad Dammam , Al Ahsa , Al Jubayl , Al Khafji , Al Khubar, Al Khobar, Al Qatif , An Nuayriyah , Buqayq , Haft Al Babin, Qaryah Al Ulya , Ras Tannurah .Ha'il Province: Al Qhazaiah , Ash Shinan , Baqa , Ha'il .Jizan Province: Abu Arish , Ad Dair , Ad Darb , Ahad Al Masarihah , Al Aridah , Al Aydabi , Al Harth, Ar Rayth , Baysh m Damad , Farasan , Jizan , Sabya , Samtah .Mecca Province (Al Makkah Al Mokarramah): Al Imumum , Al Kamil , Al Khurmah , Al Lith , Al Qunfidhah, Al Ta'if , Jiddah, Khulays , Mecca (Al Makkah Al Mokarramah) , Rabigh , Ranyah , Turubah .Najran Province: Al Khirkhir , Badr Al Janub , Hubuna, Khubash, Najran , Sharurah , Thar , Yadamah .Tabuk Province: Al Wajh , Dhuba , Haqil , Tabuk , Tayma , Umluj .

Vehicle Tracking Solution - Riyadh

2015-09-09T00:49:00.002-07:00

Vehicle Tracking Solution Provider, Integrator and Vendor in Riyadh Saudi Arabia

With our local partner and representative in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Satway provides Automatic Vehicle Tracking Solution (AVL Solution) to individual, corporate, private and government entities in Saudi Arabia. We cover all the major cities in the kingdom

تتبع المركبات

Vehicle Tracking

منع السرقة

Anti-theft System

تصوير داخلي

تستخدم لقطة الكاميرا في أخذ صورة للأشخاص الموجودين داخل المركبة مثل السيارة , باص المدرسة , سيارة الأجرة .

يستفاد من هذه الميزة في حالة السيارة المخطوفة او للسيارات التي يتم فتح أبوابها بشكل غير قانوني .

Camera Snapshot

Camera snapshot is use to take photo of people inside the vehicle like car, school bus or taxi’s. This feature is very useful especially for hijacked vehicle or illegally open doors.

حساس كرسي الراكب

يوفر هذا النظام خاصية التنبيه في حال جلوس اي شخص على المقعد ( بجانب او خلف السائق ) داخل المركبة .

هذه الميزه هي اكثر قابلية للتطبيق في حالة نقل الركاب او للسيارات المستأجرة .

يقدم تقرير كامل عن كيفية و مدة استخدام السيارة او ( سيارة الأجرة ) و كذالك إذا لم يتم استخدام حزام الأمان .

Passenger Seat Sensor

تشغيل المحرك والمكيف

Start Engine and A/C

مراقبة الوقود

يعطى لأدارة المركبات تقريرا كاملا عن استهلاك الوقود و اين تم تعبئة المركبة

Fuel Monitoring

منبه السرعة

Over speed alarm

حساس الحرارة

Temperature Sensor

Vehicle Tracking Solution - Dammam

2015-09-09T00:39:00.000-07:00

Vehicle Tracking Solution Provider, Integrator and Vendor in Dammam Saudi Arabia

With our local partner and representative in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Satway provides Automatic Vehicle Tracking Solution (AVL Solution) to individual, corporate, private and government entities in Saudi Arabia. We cover all the major cities in the kingdom

تتبع المركبات

Vehicle Tracking

منع السرقة

Anti-theft System

تصوير داخلي

تستخدم لقطة الكاميرا في أخذ صورة للأشخاص الموجودين داخل المركبة مثل السيارة , باص المدرسة , سيارة الأجرة .

يستفاد من هذه الميزة في حالة السيارة المخطوفة او للسيارات التي يتم فتح أبوابها بشكل غير قانوني .

Camera Snapshot

Camera snapshot is use to take photo of people inside the vehicle like car, school bus or taxi’s. This feature is very useful especially for hijacked vehicle or illegally open doors.

حساس كرسي الراكب

يوفر هذا النظام خاصية التنبيه في حال جلوس اي شخص على المقعد ( بجانب او خلف السائق ) داخل المركبة .

هذه الميزه هي اكثر قابلية للتطبيق في حالة نقل الركاب او للسيارات المستأجرة .

يقدم تقرير كامل عن كيفية و مدة استخدام السيارة او ( سيارة الأجرة ) و كذالك إذا لم يتم استخدام حزام الأمان .

Passenger Seat Sensor

تشغيل المحرك والمكيف

Start Engine and A/C

مراقبة الوقود

يعطى لأدارة المركبات تقريرا كاملا عن استهلاك الوقود و اين تم تعبئة المركبة

Fuel Monitoring

منبه السرعة

Over speed alarm

حساس الحرارة

Temperature Sensor

Vehicle Tracking Solution - Al Khobar

2015-09-09T00:37:00.000-07:00

Vehicle Tracking Solution Provider, Integrator and Vendor in Al-Khobar Saudi Arabia

With our local partner and representative in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Satway provides Automatic Vehicle Tracking Solution (AVL Solution) to individual, corporate, private and government entities in Saudi Arabia. We cover all the major cities in the kingdom

تتبع المركبات

Vehicle Tracking

منع السرقة

Anti-theft System

تصوير داخلي

تستخدم لقطة الكاميرا في أخذ صورة للأشخاص الموجودين داخل المركبة مثل السيارة , باص المدرسة , سيارة الأجرة .

يستفاد من هذه الميزة في حالة السيارة المخطوفة او للسيارات التي يتم فتح أبوابها بشكل غير قانوني .

Camera Snapshot

Camera snapshot is use to take photo of people inside the vehicle like car, school bus or taxi’s. This feature is very useful especially for hijacked vehicle or illegally open doors.

حساس كرسي الراكب

يوفر هذا النظام خاصية التنبيه في حال جلوس اي شخص على المقعد ( بجانب او خلف السائق ) داخل المركبة .

هذه الميزه هي اكثر قابلية للتطبيق في حالة نقل الركاب او للسيارات المستأجرة .

يقدم تقرير كامل عن كيفية و مدة استخدام السيارة او ( سيارة الأجرة ) و كذالك إذا لم يتم استخدام حزام الأمان .

Passenger Seat Sensor

تشغيل المحرك والمكيف

Start Engine and A/C

مراقبة الوقود

يعطى لأدارة المركبات تقريرا كاملا عن استهلاك الوقود و اين تم تعبئة المركبة

Fuel Monitoring

منبه السرعة

Over speed alarm

حساس الحرارة

Temperature Sensor

TRACK PRO CONTAINER

2015-09-06T00:55:00.000-07:00

Realtime tracking of containers and cargo. High-power magnet allows an effective fixation in the container. High duration internal battery, allows for a maximum operation of 40 days in standby mode.

TRACK PRO CAR

2015-09-06T00:52:00.004-07:00

Compact tracking for 12V motorcycles and other vehicles. Very simple to install, compact, light and waterproof. Low power consumption. Allows for engine stopping, panic button, ignition alarm, anti-theft alarm. Ideally suited for basic tracking applications for all kind of light vehicles.

Features:
-GSM 850/900/1800/1900 Quad band
-Wide for voltage input range 9-36VDC
-GPS continous positioning, GPRS timing interval
-Check location via SMS
-Built in vibrator sensor, theftproof
-ACC ignition detection
-Tele-cut-off (petrol and electricity) function, kill –engine feature
-SOS alarm and burglar alarm
-Voice monitor function
-Compatible with external connection through serial port
-Store last valid location prior to blind spot
-Waterproof enclosure
-Alarm when the power supply is disconnected intentionally (with back up battery)

ICCES Track Pro Person

2015-09-06T00:51:00.000-07:00

Compact, allows for realtime tracking ofpersons, boxes, suitcases, etc. Panic button and fast charging battery can stand up to 30 hrs. Optional enhanced battery to stand up to 7 days. Ideally suited for childrens, elders and as a security measure for executives and personnel.

ICCES Track Pro Advance

2015-09-06T00:46:00.001-07:00

Realtime tracking for 12V – 36V vehicles. Ideally suited for driving behaviour, driver identification and driver ranking and benchmarking. Only allowed drivers will be able to start engine by passing his/her RFID card.

Features:
-GSM/GPRS/TCP Communication
-Full control by Web based Software
-Tracking on demand by SMS or Smartphone
-Auto-Tracking by interval of time
-Remote Listening (Optional)
-Storage on memory when no GSM coverage detected, storing up to 2000 waypoints
-DataLogger, 180.000 waypoints (optional)
-Movement detection in order to save battery
-Panic button, Ignition detection.
-Remote door locks and glass raise
-Unlimited Geozones support
-Alerts on movements (geozones)
-Low battery alert, and no power alert
-Speed excess alert
-GPS jammer detection alert- Power on alert
-Remote engine locking
-I/O: 4 digital inputs, 4 digital outputs
-2 Analog inputs – 10 bits resolution
-Supports fuel and temperature sensors
-2 Serial Ports (for JPG Camera or RFID)

ICCES Track Pro AVL

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Ideally suited for fleet of trucks including heavy machinery and tractors as it’s a reliable full featured tracking device. Recovery of stolen vehicles. For fleet tracking and logistics.

Features:
-Realtime fleet tracking for 12V – 36V vehicles
-Tracking via SMS or GPRS (TCP/UDP)
-Current location report
-Tracking by time interval
-Position logging capacity up to 260,000+ waypoints
-Store in GPS blind area (offline mode) and forward when GPRS re establish (online mode)
-Memory in areas without GSM coverage, stores up to 2200 points (about 48 hrs.)
-Built in motion sensor for power saving
-SOS panic button
-Geo fencing control
-Low battery alert
-Door control
-Digital odometer for fuel usage on a day by day basis and seatbelt detection
-Speeding alert
-Engine cut (petrol and electricity) function
-Wiretapping (optional)
-Alert when device/car enters/exit no GPS blind area
-Alert when device is turned on
-I/O 5 digital inputs, 3 negative and 2 positive triggering; 5 outputs
-Analog input: 2 10 bits resolution analog inputs

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

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VEHICLE TRACKING SYSTEM FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How does the system work?

The system uses GPS satellites to calculate the location and speed of the vehicle at all times. It also uses the Internet connection to send this information to the server. This allows the user to enter through an Internet browser and locate your vehicle fleet from any PC or Smartphone instantly.

How would track my vehicle?

From any PC with Internet, from any country, you can access the website by

entering tracking your username and password below to go to the location on the map in their vehicles.

How quickly transmit information?

In GPRS mode instantly transmitted. In SMS mode takes a few seconds to send the message. Teams usually transmitted every 1 minutes AVL your location by GPRS to avoid overloading the system or increase monthly costs too. In addition the user or system operator may interrogate the device requesting the exact location in real time.

I need to GPS devices?

You need a mobile phone chip Internet, SIM card. (The phone companies offer packages for large amounts of data at a lower price). Once you place the chip must install the GPS data in a hidden place of car. The installation process is simple: the GPS antenna must be attached under the dashboard but not metal obstructing the view of the sky. The GPS signal can pass through glass and plastic without problem. The rest is similar to the installation of an alarm.

Which map formats used?

The platform uses Google Maps, Google Earth, Microsoft Streets and OpenStreetMap.

How I can test the product?

ICCES will install a demo unit to your car, give you username and password to access the demo server as well as to instruct you on what specific actions you like perform in the car via the device.

Can a burglar disable the system?

If the thief disconnects the main battery, the system will mmediately alert. Also you can install an anti-tamper button to generate a warning if someone is trying to sabotage the system. Additionally, the system will store everything that happens in memory, both the device and the Web Server.

Does it works anywhere?

Coverage is worldwide, having been tested and installed in more than 100 countries, with different mobile carriers.

What makes us different?

Our products are designed specifically for monitoring companies across America. Our success over the years has been through the balance between price, stability, ease of use and quality.

Our products have also been selected by companies with the highest demand worldwide due to its reliability when working in severe conditions, examples of this are companies Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

While others sell a product and nothing more, we will propose a business based on the actual use of the product, the training and implementation of the system are part of commercial success. You do not need technical knowledge. Our offer is a solution "turnkey" a difference that makes a smart choice for ICCES Track-Sol establish businesses Satellite Monitoring. Our support is 7 days a week, ensuring you always optimal performance.

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كيفية عمل الجهاز,

النظام يستخدم الاقمار الصناعية لكي يتعرف على موقع وسرعة المركبة في جميع الاوقات, كما يستخدم الانترنت من اجل ارسال جميع المعلومات الى السيرفر الخاص بالنظام وهذه العملية تسمح للعميل او صاحب المركبة بالدخول الى الانترنت للحصول على جميع المعلومات او المسار للمركبة من اي جهاز كمبيوتر او عن طريق الهواتف الذكية

كيف يمكن فحص الجهاز،

سيقوم مركز خدمة قنوات الالكترونيات العالمية بتركيب جهاز للتجربة داخل مركبة العميل وسوف يصرف للعميل اسم مستخدم ورقم سري خاص بجهاز التجربة وسوف نقوم بتوجية العميل عن كيفية استخدام الجهاز وما هي الاوامر التي يرغب بها.

كيف يمكن تتبع المركبة,

من اي جهاز كمبيوتر مزود بانترنت ومن اي مكان بالعالم يمكنك الدخول الى موقع التتبع وتقوم بادخال اسم المستخدم والرقم السري وبهذا تصحبك الخريطة الا مكان تواجد المركبة

هل يمكن للسارق فصل الخدمة عن الجهاز (داخل المركبة),

اذ قام السارق بفصل البطارية الرئيسية للمركبة يقوم الجهاز بارسال انذار للسيرفر كما يمكن تركيب زر مضاد للعبث لتوليد تحذير اذا كان هناك شخص ما يحاول تخريب او العبث بالجهاز بالاضافة الا ذلك سوف يقوم الجهاز بتخزين جميع ما حدث بالذاكرة الخاصة بالجهاز بالاضافة لذاكرة السيرفر.

هل يعمل النظام في اي مكان,

التغطية حول العالم وقد قمنا بفحص الجهاز باكثر من 100 دولة مع اكثر من مزود خدمة بتلك البلد.

كيفية سرعة نقل المعلومات,

عن طريق الجي بي ار اس تنتقل على الفور اما عن طريق الرسائل تستغرق بضع ثواني لترسل رسالة المعلومات وعادتا الفريق ينقل المعلومات كل دقيقة لموقع المركبة عن طريق الجي بي ار اس لكي يتجنب الحمل الزائد على النظام وكذلك يتجنب التكلفة الشهرية الزائدة وبالاضافة لذلك يمكن للعميل معرفة موقع المركبة في اي وقت.

هل احتاج لجهاز تحديد الموقع (GPS),

تحتاج الى شريحة هاتف يمكنها ارسال بيانات وعند تركيب الشريحة يجب تركيب الجهاز داخل المركبة او السيارة بمكان مخفي لا يمكن الوصول اليه بسهولة مع العلم بان مستقبل اشارة الجي بي ار اس لا يحجبها الزجاج او المواد البلاستيكية وما تبقى سهل التركيب.

اي صيغة خرائط يجب استخدامها,

النظام يعمل على خرائط جوجل و جوجل ارض ومايكروسفت للشوارع والشوارع المفتوحة

ما الذي يجعلنا مختلفين عن منافسينا,

تما تصميم جهازنا خصيصا لكي يستخدم لدى شركات المراقبة بجميع انحاء امريكا وقد كان سبب نجاحنا على مر السنين من خلال التوازن بين السعر والاستقرار، وسهولة الاستخدام والجودة كما تم اختيار منتجاتنا من قبل الشركات وفقا لأعلى الطلب في جميع أنحاء العالم نظرا لموثوقيتها عند العمل في ظروف قاسية، والأمثلة على ذلك هي شركات الإمارات العربية المتحدة والمملكة العربية السعودية في حين انا البعض يسوق منتجه كمنتج تجاري فقط علما باننا نقترح الأعمال التجارية على أساس الاستخدام الفعلي للمنتج، والتدريب وتنفيذ النظام كجزء اساسي من النجاح التجاري.

لن تحتاج ان تكون ذو معرفية بالتقنية فالعرض لدينا هو تسليم مفتاح ولهذا سيكون القرار الذكي هو اختيار نظام تتبع المركبات عن طريق الاقمار الصناعية من مركز خدمة قنوات الالكترونيات العالمية علما بان الدعم الفني لدينا على مدار الاسبوع لكي نظمن لك الاداء الامثل طوال الوقت.

AVL Features 8 in 1

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تتبع المركبات

Vehicle Tracking

منع السرقة

Anti-theft System

تصوير داخلي

تستخدم لقطة الكاميرا في أخذ صورة للأشخاص الموجودين داخل المركبة مثل السيارة , باص المدرسة , سيارة الأجرة .

يستفاد من هذه الميزة في حالة السيارة المخطوفة او للسيارات التي يتم فتح أبوابها بشكل غير قانوني .

Camera Snapshot

Camera snapshot is use to take photo of people inside the vehicle like car, school bus or taxi’s. This feature is very useful especially for hijacked vehicle or illegally open doors.

حساس كرسي الراكب

يوفر هذا النظام خاصية التنبيه في حال جلوس اي شخص على المقعد ( بجانب او خلف السائق ) داخل المركبة .

هذه الميزه هي اكثر قابلية للتطبيق في حالة نقل الركاب او للسيارات المستأجرة .

يقدم تقرير كامل عن كيفية و مدة استخدام السيارة او ( سيارة الأجرة ) و كذالك إذا لم يتم استخدام حزام الأمان .

Passenger Seat Sensor

تشغيل المحرك والمكيف

Start Engine and A/C

مراقبة الوقود

يعطى لأدارة المركبات تقريرا كاملا عن استهلاك الوقود و اين تم تعبئة المركبة

Fuel Monitoring

منبه السرعة

Over speed alarm

حساس الحرارة

Temperature Sensor

COMTECH PLATFORM OVERVIEW

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1. Advanced VSAT Overview:

The Advanced VSAT CDM-800 Series modems (CTOG-250, CDM-800, CDD-880 & CDM-840) integrate modem/router technology that provides a unique topology that is designated by the type of hardware. The hardware determines the placement location, Hub or Remote to build a Point-to-Multipoint network. The physical layer utilizes DVB-S2, SCPC, and IP circuit switched management, offering flexibility, optimization and control of private satellite networks. The 800 series is designed to connect low to ultra high-speed data link connections between Ethernet LAN to satellite WAN networks, providing a variety of communications services to Operators, Service Providers, and Enterprise Users. The benefit of this architecture yields seamless bandwidth management on-demand, while simplifying network capacity needs.

The Comtech Vipersat network solution integrates this advanced modem/router with the powerful network management tool, the Vipersat Management System (VMS). The VMS provides for traditional monitor and control of the 800 series modem, but more than just an M&C package, the VMS offers unique bandwidth management that is ideal for IP-switched networks. An entries channel provides a method for tens of hundreds on remotes to initialize and gain access to the network using a slotted aloha channel. Upon initial configuration or boot the remotes receive assigned transmit information to announce, register and automatically switched to assigned dSCPC bandwidth.

Main characteristics:

· Up to 160 Mbps / 62 Msps

· QPSK, 8PSK, 16APSK and 32APSK

· Adaptive Coding & Modulation (ACM)

· Variable Coding & Modulation (VCM)

· Normal Frame, Short Frame

· Advanced Quality of Service (QoS)

· Group QoS

· DiffServ

· Rule-based – CIR/MIR, Priority/MIR

· Header compression

· Lossless payload compression

· Low overhead Enhanced Generic Stream Encapsulation

· VersaFEC low latency LDPC Return (Patented)

· Up to 15.35 Mbps / 4.5 Msps

· Adaptive Coding & Modulation (ACM)

· Constant Coding & Modulation (CCM)

· Rule-based – CIR/MIR, Priority/MIR

· Header compression

· Lossless payload compression

· Ultra low overhead Streamline Encapsulation (SLE) (Patent Pending)

· Dynamic bandwidth management

· Share pools of bandwidth with other terminals

· Bandwidth can be increased or decreased on demand

· Lossless switching

The CDM-800 statistical multiplexing benefit of a shared outbound carrier from a single point to a multiple remote terminals provides significant bandwidth and equipment savings.

• Full statistical multiplexing of the Point to Multi-Point shared outbound

• Per Remote Es/No reporting and MODCOD assignment

• Group QoS

– Each Group contains the matching Remotes

– “VCM Only MODCOD” specifies the MODCOD when the Remotes cannot be discovered

• CTOG Specifications

– Supports 256 QoS Groups

– 32 QoS rules per Group

– 128 Subnets per Group

– 2000 Total Routes

Variable Coding and Modulation (VCM)

With the introduction of Variable Coding and Modulation (VCM) through group QoS, the carrier can be configured so sites on the fringe of the satellite’s footprint (lowest EIRP) can be configured with lower order MODCOD, while sites in the center of the beam (higher EIRP), can be configured with higher order MODCOD while operating simultaneously in the same carrier. A typical satellite footprint is shown below with the EIRP contours shown.

Adaptive Coding & Modulation (ACM)

ACM is a technique that allows for automatic change in modulation and code rate in response to changing link conditions

– Converts link margin into increased capacity – average throughput gain of 100% (or more) is possible, compared to traditional CCM

Most of the year, the link operates at significantly increased throughput

For the worst few hours of the year, the link may be available with lower throughput

– Optimizes channel coding and modulation on a frame-by-frame basis

– Allows each remote to operate optimally subject to antenna size, location within the footprint, rain fade and other impairments

ACM can maximize throughput under all conditions

– Rain fade

– Inclined orbit satellite operation

– Antenna pointing error

– System Noise

– Interference

– Other impairments

2. Vipersat Management System (VMS) :

The Vipersat Management System (VMS) is primarily a bandwidth manager the key feature of which is to manage dSCPC carriers. It is designed to work in any satellite environment. As long as the operator configuring the RF Manager has access to a few system parameters, VMS will perform all calculations required to manage the bandwidth in predefined pools. If the operator had to perform all the calculations there would be a much greater risk of error. This document covers the features of the RF chain in the VMS and provides an overview of the issues involved in setting up a satellite network.

VMS is a feature-rich, capacity and network management system with an intuitive, user-friendly GUI and a high degree of configuration automation. VMS is designed to enable network administrators and satellite service providers to easily configure their networks and rapidly and effectively respond to network anomalies. Much more than just a network monitor and control platform, VMS automates the carrier switching and spectrum management processes within the satellite network. These capabilities allow SCPC carriers to be resized automatically based on a variety of user-defined policies, providing on demand services and unparalleled space segment savings.

For the mobility market, the VMS topology display of the managed system has been enhanced with a 3D globe view of the network, Figure 1. Globe view displays the real-time status and operation of the network dynamically. Satellite terminals are automatically populated onto the global network and their location, heading, and actual movements are dynamically tracked and displayed on the globe map. The globe map display size, terminal location, rotation, and lighting source are customizable by the operator.

Some customers may not want the location of their remote sites to be transmitted over the network. For this reason we have made it an optional feature, so that location information can be suppressed.

Key features of the VMS include:

· Centralized network and capacity management

· Dynamic SCPC (dSCPC) carrier allocation and true bandwidth on-demand capability

· Automation of space segment capacity efficiencies

· User-defined policies for upstream carrier switching

· Redundancy configurations for hub and remote hardware

· Use of higher order modulation and Forward Error Correction (FEC) techniques

· Site distribution list in multi-point automatic policy-based switching for IP multicast

· Switching protocol enabling external messaging to switch carriers to multi-point destinations

· Operates over multiple transponders and satellites

· Scalable from small to large networks

· Auto detection of new nodes

· Detailed event logs able to be filtered and exported

· Ability to generate SNMP traps can be forwarded to hierarchal NMS management platforms

· Complete IP based digital services over satellite

Virtually all information about the carrier is available from the Bandwidth View.

The key feature in Vipersat is the ability to dynamically manage bandwidth. There is no other product on the market that can provide the capability to automatically resize carriers, prioritize sites and applications, allow for bandwidth guarantees and has the built in recovery mechanisms to insure the maximum level of efficiency in the use of satellite space segment.

· ECM Switching

· Load Switching

· ToS switching

· Legacy Applications Switching

· Manual Switching

The switching engine is a core component of the Switching Subsystem in the VMS responsible for accepting data-rate change requests for a modulator, determining resource availability and coordinating the reconfiguration of devices to fulfill those requests.

The engine interacts with its environment through a set of internal interfaces. This allows the engine to work with different types of carriers (in-band and out-of-band), and hardware devices (all devices that VMS currently has M&C support for) without specific knowledge of those components.

The engine depends on other components of the system in order to fulfill its role. It depends on device drivers to provide information about limits to perform operations based on device specifications (i.e. calculating bandwidth or power required given a set of transmission parameters). It depends on the bandwidth manager (RF manager) to perform frequency calculations and track device visibility. It also depends on switching state objects to interface with external clients, and translate results of solutions into switch type specific command structures for the modem drivers to use for sending commands to the actual hardware.

The allocation space is the component that manages the switching functionality for a particular satellite. It maintains the satellites available resources. It tracks allocations and pre-allocations. It hosts all the queuing functionality and it is also the entry point for switch requests to be processed by the engine. Each allocation space executes operations in parallel (assuming available processing resources).

Vipersat is the industry standard for SCPC bandwidth-on-demand solutions. Enhancing its innovative dSCPC (dynamic SCPC) algorithm to support bandwidth guarantees and site priorities is unparalleled in the industry today.

With dSCPC, when a remote site modem detects a previously configured application, such as a VoIP call, video conference, or QOS stamped traffic, the modem requests inbound (remote to hub) bandwidth from the Vipersat Management Server (VMS). The VMS then allocates inbound bandwidth for the site, and reconfigures modem(s) and demodulators(s) to support the request.

3. Hub Overview:

4. Remote Overview:

The CDM-840 Remote Router is an integral component of Comtech EF Data’s Advanced VSAT Series product offering. This point-to-multipoint IP Remote Router has been developed as the “spoke” or remote site equipment in hub-and-spoke network topologies that require high quality “always-on” availability.

Featuring one 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) interface, one 10/100 Fast Ethernet (FE) interface, and providing industry-leading WAN bandwidth optimization, the CDM-840 is designed to support latency-sensitive applications such as cellular backhaul over satellite, Universal Service Obligation (USO) networks, corporate networks, Internet Service Providers, and other applications requiring high-performance IP transport in hub-and-spoke network environments. The CDM-840 also features integrated VersaFEC, a patented system of high- performance, short-block, low-latency codes that provide excellent coding gain with lowest possible latency.

Key operational features :

· Advanced Forward Error Correction (FEC) – VersaFEC low-latency LDPC

· DVB-S2 Receiver with low overhead encapsulation

· Integrated Router:

· Low Overhead Encapsulation

· Quality of Service (QoS)

· Payload Compression

· L-Band operation from 950 to 2150 MHz

· Block Up Converter (BUC) and Low-Noise Block Down Converter (LNB) support

· 20%, 25%, and 35% Rolloff

· Data Interfaces: (1X) 10/100/1000 BaseT Ethernet for Gigabit Ethernet traffic) port and

§ (1X) 10/100 BaseT Ethernet port (for management)

· Firmware – Flash Upgrading

· 1:1 redundancy switch compatibility

The CDM-840 is compact – 1RU high X 16.18” deep – and consumes 20 watts at 110V input (maximum, without BUC supply) or 245 watts (maximum, with BUC supply).

The CDM-840 utilizes a high performance processor and a real-time operating system (RTOS) combined with multiple Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) for optimal performance. All non-volatile memory is provided onboard. Field upgrades are easily uploaded via satellite or the Ethernet port; software-based options are added to the unit via FAST (Fully Accessible System Topology) upgrade.

The CDM-840 runs on an embedded operating system and does not have moving parts for media storage. This design provides carrier class reliability and high speed, purpose-driven processing. The unit can be managed through multiple interfaces providing options for both in-band and out- of-band monitor and control:

· SNMP MIB II and Private MIB

· HTTP Web-based Management

· EIA-232 serial remote control

The CDM-840 supports reception and transmission of IP data over satellite links via two fundamentally different types of interface – IF and data:

• The IF interface provides a bidirectional link with the satellite via the uplink and downlink equipment.

• The data interface is a bidirectional path, which connects with the customer’s equipment (assumed to be the DTE) and the unit (assumed to be the DCE). All terrestrial data is connected using the available 10/100/1000 BaseT Ethernet interface.

The platform includes support for Constant Coding and Modulation (CCM) operation. CCM allows operators to define groups of remotes that can have different modulation and coding parameters to improve efficiency on existing satellite capacity.

On the transmit side: The return modulator transmits IP datagrams and is compatible with Comtech EF Data’s CDD-880 Multi-Receiver Router(s) located at a hub site.

In the FEC encoder, the data is differentially encoded, scrambled, and then VersaFEC-encoded. Following the encoder, the data is fed to the transmit digital filters, which perform spectral shaping on the data signals. The resultant I and Q signals are then fed to the BPSK, QPSK, 8-QAM, or 16- QAM modulator. The carrier is generated by a frequency synthesizer, and the I and Q signals directly modulate this carrier to produce an IF output signal.

On the receive side: The DVB-S2 demodulator supports enhanced GSE decapsulation and label filtering for up to 2,047 unique labels.

DVB-S2 Receiver: The CDM-840’s demodulator supports DVB-S2 QPSK, 8-PSK, 16-APSK and 32-APSK demodulation up to 62 Msps with receive data rates up to 167 Mbps depending on the modulation type and code rate. In DVB-S2 operation, the receiver operates in the CCM , VCM and ACM mode. The receiver automatically detects for spectral inversion and pilots ON/OFF, and supports spectral rolloff of 20%, 25% or 35%.

Return Channel ACM

• Based on VersaFEC ACM

• Only product to support ACM with E1 RAN while maintaining service quality

• ACM allows for automatic change in modulation and code rate in response to changing link conditions

– Converts link margin into increased capacity

– Optimizes channel coding and modulation on a frame-by-frame basis

– Allows each remote to operate optimally subject to antenna size, location within the footprint, rain fade and other impairment

Low Overhead Framing

• Most efficient framing / encapsulation

• Ultra low overhead Streamline Encapsulation (SLE)

• Patent pending

• Reduces encapsulation overhead

• Up to 65% compared to HDLC

• Up to 95% compared to DVB-RCS

• Up to 90% compared to other VSATs

• Enhanced Generic Stream Encapsulation

• 70-80% more efficient compared to MPE

• 20-30% more efficient compared to GSE

The Internet in Saudi Arabia

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Khalid M. Al-Tawil

College of Computer Sciences & Engineering

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Modern Saudi Arabian society, one of the world’s most conservative societies, is represented by a marked contrast with the largely isolated and undeveloped nation scarcely 50 years ago. Oil revenues that brought affluence also brought a challenge of how to preserve the unique cultural and religious heritage. Religious conservatism and modernization may differ in opinions of what kind of technology might be appropriately used and how to make the best use of the Kingdom's wealth. Saudi Arabia is culturally homogeneous, with tribal membership remaining a pervasive aspect of social relations. The last three decades have brought far-reaching changes in the educational and employment opportunities that women enjoy. These changes have been structured in way that leaves intact the system of social relations based on sexual segregation.

With the huge expansion in public network and wireless access, government policy is changing to allow the development of new technologies while maintaining the same security and control of media use that is mandated in Saudi culture. Saudi Arabia has been linked to the Internet for several years, but public access was not widely available until January 1999. Internet connectivity was launched in many Universities and some government agencies in February 1999 [3] and made available to the public through commercial ISPs. The importance of Internet’s commercial potential is very well understood by almost everyone in Saudi Arabia, resulting in many Internet-related projects from back-bone design to electronic commerce. The project has evolved to balance these considerations.

1. The History of the Internet in the KSA

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) in Dhahran was the first institution to connect to the Internet in 1993 through the College of Computer Sciences and Engineering. Two DNS’s Domain Names kfupm.edu.sa and kfupm.edu were reserved and Internet Protocol address classes were assigned to KFUPM. KFUPM’s direct connection to the Internet used X.25 network arranged with the Portal Company of the U.S. The setup for the X.25 connection over 9.6 Kbps was established by the College of Computer Sciences and Engineering, and due to this low speed, only E-mail was provided to the KFUPM community. In 1995, Portal stopped supporting connection based on the X.25 protocol, and the KFUPM connection was switched to King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST). KACST used a 64 Kbps channel from King Faisal Specialist Hospital (KFSH) in the capital of Saudi Arabia (Riyadh). KFSH was connected to the US over a T1 line (1.5 Mbps) to Baltimore Johns Hopkins Hospital for Tele-medicine and health education. In late 1998, KACST was connected directly to the Internet through Saudi Telecom Company (STC). KFSH did provide and still provides some governmental organizations with Internet connectivity, such as the Ministry of Higher Education and others. The largest oil company in the world (ARAMCO) got Internet connection directly to the US through a 64 Kbps leased line in 1995. ARAMCO is now connected to the Internet through 4 E1 lines (about 8 Mbps) with more than 20,000 users.

In May 1994, KACST was registered as the (sa) domain manager to coordinate Internet services within the Kingdom. In January 1996, KACST implemented a pilot project in which some dial-up connections were made available to KACST staff, and an interagency government commission was appointed to consider the benefits and problems of public Internet access. The evaluation process was extensive and dealt with both national security and social issues. The commission recommended that public access be allowed via proxy servers to be maintained by KACST to reduce the possibility of Saudi residents accessing “inappropriate” information. By December 1996, KACST had converted its Gulfnet Bitnet links to TCP/IP protocols. In April 1997, the Council of Ministers approved these recommendations, and the Ministry of PTT was directed to coordinate with KACST to establish local Internet services and in May 1997 commissioned the National Library Network. In February 1999, the Internet was provided for local ISPs to serve the public in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. KACST offers services to the country's academic and research communities, while commercial ISPs are licensed to provide public access services.

KACST started by creating a department called the Internet Service Unit (ISU) in 1998. ISU was given responsibility for providing Internet service in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in cooperation with Saudi Telecommunications Company (STC) and Internet Service Providers from the private sector.

The Ministry of PTT did not provide actual Internet connectivity to ISPs until it was privatized and became the Saudi Telecom Company (STC) in fourth quarter of 1998. STC now provides service for all ISPs to link to the ISU in KACST, but was requested to delay the provision of Internet services to the public sector for about a year to give a chance for other ISP’s to compete. STC is extending its network every year with multi-billion dollar projects, most of which were awarded to LUCENT Technology. Every year, thousands of phone lines are added to the public network and the high speed ATM backbone is expanded.

ISU

Although ISU is responsible for providing Internet service in KSA, it does not provide connectivity or support to end-users. ISU only provides Internet connectivity to universities and licensed commercial ISPs, which in turn provide the service commercially to individuals, companies, organizations and government agencies. One of the ISU’s tasks is to prepare and disseminate regulations related to Internet services in KSA. KACST, represented by the ISU, coordinates with other government agencies in KSA, such as the Ministry of Commerce, and, the Ministry of the Interior, to prepare and amend regulations and policies that ensure proper and smooth operation of the service in the Kingdom, both administratively and technically. The Saudi NIC (Network Information Center) in KACST administers the name space for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) by level domain (sa).

ISU does not impose technical restrictions on the type of connection between the ISP and its customers. STC hosts a number of access servers at their telephone exchanges and it routes the incoming calls to the ISP over their ATM network.

ISPs

ISP's are required to have registered and routable IP addresses in order to connect to the ISU. IP addresses can be supplied by the ISU or they can be obtained by ISP's through their own means. When IP addresses are supplied by ISU, they are considered the property of ISU and must be returned to ISU at the end of the contract between the ISP and the ISU.

All ISP's are required to maintain a database of their users. This database is used to authenticate users during the login process to the access servers. For security reasons, ISP's are required to keep a one-month log of user access to their network.

2. Internet Architecture

The Internet has a special architecture in Saudi Arabia. KACST handles the management and control of ISPs, while only one of them, STC, provides the Internet physical communication infrastructure. Internet communication is structured on three levels as follows:

ISPs are commercial companies that provide Internet access to the public, government and private sector through dialup and leased lines. ISPs are connected to ISU through the National ATM Backbone. (See Figure 1)

The National Backbone is being developed by the Saudi Telecom Company (STC) as a high-speed network (currently ATM) to most parts of the Kingdom. Currently, the main regions of the Kingdom are covered by this backbone with expansion planned for the remaining regions. ISU and all ISPs are connected to the National Backbone, which carries Internet traffic inside the Kingdom. (See Figure 2)

National Internet Backbone

The International Link connects the National Backbone to the International Internet. The International link is operated by ISU and all international Internet traffic to the Kingdom is required to go through this link. Currently there are 11 E1 lines (about 22 Mbps) connecting ISU to the Internet.

3. Early Stages

In order to launch a successful Internet service in Saudi Arabia, the ISU conducted a market study of potential as well as actual Internet users in the Kingdom. The objectives of this study were to estimate the number of Internet users for the next few years and to ascertain the characteristics of users in order to understand their computing environment and their needs [6]. The survey concentrated mostly on the technical infrastructure of the users and their expected pattern of Internet usage.

When KACST opened the door for commercial sector to provide Internet services and form ISPs, about 170 companies applied to provide these services. Only 39 were approved as ISPs, and out of these only 26 ISPs are currently providing Internet services to the public in the major cities of the Kingdom. These range from very small companies with about 500 subscribers to large ones providing Internet services to over 5000 users.

The Internet Problems

The Internet project in Saudi Arabia started to face several problems with the onset of public access. The first problem was the limited international bandwitch of initially 2 E1 lines (about 4 Mbps), resolved now by expanding it to high speed lines, providing over 155 Mbps capacity for international Internet traffic from and to Saudi Arabia. The second problem which faced several ISPs has been limited access to the Internet backbone provided by STC. The switches connecting each ISP to the Internet national backbone can provide very limited number of subscribers with reasonable access speed. The modems provided to each ISP can support at most 2000 subscribers, and some large ISPs have overloaded these modems, resulting in many customers complaining about the Internet services and affecting the reputation of some ISPs. This problem is being resolved by adding thousands more modems at STC after several complaints from ISPs. The third major problem is limitation of a single Internet gateway to the country as all Internet traffic has to come through KACST due to security and control issues. The ISP’s that provide Internet services are all connected to this single international Gateway. This centralization scheme is considered to be a major bottleneck to the process of connection to the Internet.

Another problem facing some ISP’s to provide better customer services is that all ISP’s are connected to switches controlled by their competitor STC.

The process of connecting to the Internet

- User calls the ISP number

- the call is answered by a switch controlled by STC

- the switch then connects user to ISP

- the ISP is connected to ISU through ATM Internet backbone

- ISU is connected to the Internet using E1 lines through proxy servers

When the user calls an ISP, the call reaches a switch in the STC and switched to the ISP access server. This means that they don’t have control over the process of connection for their subscribers.

4. Internet Censorship

The concern for Internet access in Saudi Arabia comes from its cultural and religious values and national security. Control and censoring in Saudi Arabia is justified on historical and socio-political grounds. For content filtering reasons, all international WWW traffic must go through the main proxy server at ISU, which will keep a log of this activity. Only the ISP’s proxies are allowed to connect to ISU's proxy. Thus, all ISPs offering WWW access to their customers must run their own caching proxy server. ISPs are not required to block any sites. ISU’s proxy does that; but they are required to maintain a one-month log of their user activity. The log must include IP address, user name, and date of activity, time of activity, HTTP command used and full URL accessed.

All newsgroup feed to ISPs must come from the central news server at the ISU. ISPs willing to offer a news service to their customers must operate their own news servers, or agree with another local ISP to use their server to connect to the ISU news server. All international IRC traffic must go through the main IRC server at ISU, and all ISP's willing to offer this service to their customers must operate their own IRC server or agree to use the servers of another ISP to connect to ISU.

System administrators at ISPs may use further controls and firewalls for their network security, but this does not provide a bypass of KACST central censoring. KFUPM, for example, has its own firewall and different proxy servers for students, staff and faculty. The blocking of web sites provides some control, but there are many ways to go around it. The Saudi government understands this but wants to provide WWW service with some effort to control. The monitoring of Internet access mainly provides a warning for users (see figure 3) and almost everything is cached and stored for future use. Saudi Arabia is not the only country wanting to maintain some control over the Internet to protect the people and the country’s interests. Many other countries share these concerns about the Internet like China, Singapore, and many leading Western countries such as Germany, and the U.S.

5. Connectivity and Current Status

STC’s initial 2 E1 lines for international Internet traffic now extend to very high speed lines, and the initial 500 modem ports with a v.90 standard and a speed of 56 KBPS is being expanded to thousands of modems. KACST-ISU distributed the modem ports evenly to the ISP’s and each ISP assigned 125 ports. Each modem port can handle from 5 to 20 subscribers at the same time but with differences in quality. About 10,000 modems were added recently to the Internet backbone.

The prices range from $25 to $100 per month with a limited amount of time. The ISP does not make much money from providing the connection only; they count more on add up services such as hosting web pages and providing consultations.

Web sites with the domain (.sa) have started to come out and are rapidly increasing; currently there are more than 2000 web sites. The number of users connected to the Internet has passed 60,000 – about 30,000 through ISPs and 30,000 others through large companies and organizations. This number of Internet subscribers is rapidly increasing, making Saudi Arabia as one of the largest countries in the region enjoying Internet services.

Acknowledgement

The author would like to acknowledge the support of King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dr. Sadiq Sait Mohammad and Dr. Jon Anderson for their input, which improved the presentation of the paper.

REFERENCES

[1]. Helen Chapin Metz, “Saudi Arabia: a country study” Library of Congress, USA, 1992.

[2]. Al-Athel, Salah, “Internet in Saudi Arabia” presentation by the President of King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology (KACST), INTERNET GULF 98 Symposium, Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Eastern Province, June 1998.

[3]. Seymour Goodman, “The Internet Gains Acceptance in the Persian Gulf” Communication of the ACM, March 1998, Vol. 41, pp. 19-24.

[4]. Tan, Zixiang (Alex), “Two Steps Forward, One Step Back”, Communication of the ACM, Dec. 1997, vol. 40, pp. 11-17.

[5]. ISU, “Technical Requirements for Licensing Internet Services Providers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”, Internet Services Unit, http://www.isu.net.sa, August 1998.

[6]. “Internet in KSA”, Internet Services Unit, http://www.isu.net.sa.

Appendix

Terminology Used of abbreviation in this report:

Internet Services Unit (ISU):

A unit of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) responsible for providing Internet services in the Kingdom as mandated by the Council of Ministers.

Saudi Telecom Company (STC):

The Saudi telecommunications company; that was formerly part of the Ministry of Post, Telephone, and Telex (PTT). STC was formed in October 1998 and provides the Internet services to ISPs

Internet Service Provider (ISP):

An Internet Service Provider is an entity that provides Internet access trough telecommunication to the public.

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