Lok8u Ltd., one of the global providers of location-based safety solutions, along with T-Mobile, has announced the first U.S. deployment of micro subscriber identity module (SIM) cards also known as Third Form Factor (3FF) cards, in Lok8u's wearable GPS locator devices.

“With the support and integration of this new SIM form factor in the U.S., Lok8u and T-Mobile are breaking new ground, enabling a new category of wearable M2M devices,” said Steve Salmon, chief executive officer of Lok8u. “Our partnership with T-Mobile has been instrumental in advancing our product portfolio. We look forward to continued collaboration, resulting in the smallest and most advanced location-based products for our customers.”

The micro 3FF SIM cards were originally developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), and offer a really smaller footprint compared to the common SIM cards, measuring a mere 12 x 15 millimeters, smaller than a dime, making them ideal for smaller machine-to-machine (M2M) applications, and continuously shrinking wearable devices, such as Lok8u products, boasting GSM technology.

“From telematics, smart meters and the remote monitoring and control of the home to finding lost children or remotely monitoring the health of a loved one, M2M applications are rapidly growing. For this reason, T-Mobile continues to invest in the development, testing and introduction of new SIM card form factors, like the micro 3FF, to directly meet the needs of these applications and enable new M2M solutions that have been hindered by traditional SIM form factors,” said John Horn, national director of M2M, T-Mobile USA. “With the addition of the micro 3FF to our M2M SIM card portfolio, which also includes our unique embedded SIM card, we significantly increase the number of M2M applications that can take advantage of T-Mobile’s strong network.”

Multi-m8 is Lok8u's GPS-enabled watch developed for consumers that like to participate in sports such as hiking, running, cycling and alike, as well as for at-risk seniors, especially for the ones who suffer from the Alzheimer syndrome, and is capable of pin-pointing the location of the wearer very accurately within 3 meters, by using a combination of patented cellular identification technologies.


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