CLICK TO WATCH : ‘ MST GLOBAL : AXON PRODUCT LAUNCH VIDEO ’ 63 poisonous gases , you have the ability to detect movement of the rock . All of this can be converted into data in real time and acted upon .”
This sense of integration characterises MST ’ s approach to its offerings . “ We ’ re technology agnostic in terms of wireless technologies and tracking ,” Roberts emphasises . “ We don ’ t just bat for LTE or wifi . We realise that , in an underground situation , you ’ re going to be using Bluetooth , you ’ re going to use LoRa , you ’ re going to use wifi for certain things and LTE for others . Technology is going to change over
time , and whatever we put into the underground space has to be upgradeable . That ’ s a key differentiator versus other vendors out there .” The company is able to combine solutions thanks in part to its vertically integrated model . “ We do our own manufacturing , design , development of software and hardware , and then direct selling and support . That ’ s a very important part of it all , the service that goes around deploying it and supporting it . We ’ re very much focused on that .”
Another differentiator is the company ’ s AXON platform . “ We ’ ve just launched
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