When working with clients on specific projects, we are sometimes called on to ‘productise’ the solution so that it can be re-packaged and re-sold. In a small number of cases we may choose to extend and generalise our own solutions so they can be offered more widely. A few examples of the ‘ready made’ products and solutions that we can offer are included below. It is unlikely that any client would require these products exactly ‘as is’, rather they may more likely be used as a starting point for a rapid prototyping or customisation activity. At the very least these solutions are an indication of the type of services that we can offer.
Cellblocker – coming initially from our work with the MOJ on suprression of mobile phone calls within prisions, Cellblocker is a (relatively!) economical solution to suppression and interception of calls and messages. Within the UK regulatory regime it is also possible to tactically deploy a small/private cellular network using the network elements.
Custom Spectrum Monitoring – based on techniques originally developed by us for laboratory measurements and then extended for unattended spectrum monitoring applications our approach to custom spectrum monitoring is particularly suited to answering specific detailed questions around spectrum occupancy, interference, compatibility and interoperability. A reliable and relatively economical solution, it is not inteded to compete with expensive full spectrum monitoring solutions from the major industry players of for use in military applications. A custom solution such as this was used by Ofcom in a monitoring campaign providing input on 700MHz 4G uplink effects on TV reception in the UK.
Modbus and legacy system monitoring – intially based on a feasiblity study for a large organisation with a lot of legacy equipment to support, the low cost 1W1 prototype turned out to be very reilable (running continuously since 2017). Monitoring data is available via an open-source API suitable for upward integration into bleeding-edge AI monitoring systems.
Automatic vehicle location – this solution is based on open source systems running in a virtual machine and generic 3rd party hardware. Following sample and integration tests the solution was initially developed and deployed for free to our local community trasport association under our corporate social responsibilty programme, and is available under the same terms to UK based community transport associations within the UK. Nevertheless, any organisation with a vehicle fleet might find this solution of use.
Managed self-hosted VoIP – this solution has been in use by small businesses since 2008. The solution is based on open source systems running in a virtual machine and a range of tested/specified third party gateway hardware.
Data center lone worker alarm – this is an example of a custom enhancement to the managed self-hosted VoIP service.
White label cellular PTToC – Push-to-talk-over-cellular is an economical alternative to PMR where MNO 4G coverage exists. For our own use case, we typically deploy this solution (unbranded vanilla variant) to help the mobile network test process when deploying mobile network test servers as the back end for industry standard soultions such as Keysight Nemo, Infovista TEMS or R&S Romes.