Astrata Group Awarded School Bus Tracking & Monitoring Contract For New Student Safety Program in AMSI Schools
       By: Astrata Group, Inc.
Posted: 2008-10-14 07:38:44
Astrata Group (OTC Bulletin Board: ATTG) today announced that it has been awarded a contract from Academia Management Solutions International, AMSI in Dubai, UAE, to track and monitor buses from its Al Mawakeb Schools & the International School of Arts & Sciences as part of a new student safety program. Approximately 100 school buses have been installed with Astrata's tracking and monitoring system. The interactive solution allows parents to track their children's travel in a designated school bus enabling them to access data via the Internet from home or office PC at any time via a secure and personal password, assigned to each family.

The company also reported that the system may be upgraded with RF-ID reader/tags to monitor boarding students and the location of pupils whilst in school itself.

Astrata's Executive Chairman, Anthony Harrison commented: "This is an interesting new business model as the school has included the tracking system as an added service as part of their annual school fees. As such, some 700 paying parents are actually funding this system -- the benefits of which are many and they go a long way to re-assuring parents of their child's safety and security.

"The Astrata system provides parents with real-time (minute-by-minute) information about the transportation of their children to and from school and the exact time they arrived safely at school or home," Harrison added.

An SMS service can also alert parents in advance of an approaching bus at designated pick-up points so that they can be met safely.

The bus driver's driving performance can also be monitored at all times, in particular driving information such as speeding, harsh-breaking and acceleration can be picked up by the system.

Harrison added: "This new service will undoubtedly enhance the school's profile and show it takes the subject of pupil safety very seriously. We believe it is the first such contract of its kind to be funded in this way and we hope it will lead many other schools and colleges following suit."

About Astrata Group, Inc.

Astrata Group, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: ATTG) is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California. The Company is focused on advanced location-based IT services and solutions (telematics) that combine GPS positioning, wireless communications (satellite or terrestrial) and geographical information technology, which together enable businesses and institutions to monitor, trace as well as control the movement and status of machinery, vehicles, personnel or other assets. Astrata has designed, developed, manufactured and currently supports ten generations of telematics systems with units deployed worldwide.

Astrata has offices throughout the world including the United States, Europe the Middle East and Asia. For further information please visit http://www.astratagroup.com.

About AMSI

AMSI is an education management and solutions provider with over 30 years experience in the United Arab Emirates and abroad. We offer investors turn-key solutions and operational assistance in establishing K-12 schools that adhere to international standards in academic programs and quality services. We also provide highly specialized consulting services in areas such as Management and Planning, Academic Solutions, Building Design and Development, and ICT Integration. AMSI's owns and manages a portfolio of schools in the region, including Al Mawakeb School and the International School of Arts and Sciences.

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