Smart Cities
Creating intelligent asset monitoring, tracking, recovery and security solutions today, for a smarter city tomorrow.
The Orion Data Network enables cost-effective, highly scalable, sustainable and efficient asset tracking, monitoring and recovery solutions that facilitate your city’s upgrade to a Smart City.
Individual Smart Services or Full-Scale Transformation
NFC Group provides innovative solutions designed to meet the specific requirements of each different city as it goes through its own unique transformation. We can assist you in upgrading individual services or in creating a full scale long term development plan.
Whether you are starting small and upgrading just some city services or you are planning a total digital transformation, NFC group can help you to create IoT enabled smart solutions that optimise your systems and assets, increase productivity and save you time and money.

75% Cost Savings for Your Smart City
With our cutting-edge Orion Data Network RFID and GPS technology we can reduce your Smart City costs by up to 75% more than the other GSM\CDMA solutions in the market place.
Our solutions integrate with existing systems and are cost-effective, highly scalable, super-efficient, environmentally friendly and sustainable.
The key to our success is working in close collaboration with government organisations and corporates to determine which services are a priority in terms of delivering value to the community, within your budget and time constraints.
IoT, RFID & GPS Technology
Orion brings together IoT powered sensors; a system of RFID, GPS and non-GPS tags and ethernet, mobile and satellite gateways to provide you with real time data feedback, reporting and instant alerts to your mobile devices.
The information is fed back for reporting every 15 seconds in motion and every 2 minutes when equipment and machinery is stationary. It doesn’t rely on a mobile phone network, so you never have to rely on to rely on SIM cards or bear the brunt of hidden or ongoing costs. The system is also self-learning and quickly creates data patterns and notices and alerts you to unusual activity.
Orion’s unique technology increases efficiency by simplifying data communications and reducing operational expenditure.
End-to-end Project & Supply Chain Asset Management
When you use our asset management solutions you can plan the growth of your Smart City much more easily. All assets and personnel can be tracked throughout the design, build, roll out, trial and go live phases. You can share equipment between sites; design predictive and preventative maintenance and asset retirement programs and carry out fast, accurate audits and inventory checks.
NFC Group’s automated asset solutions eradicate the risks associated with manual operations so you can reach your key performance indicator targets and meet your Smart City service level agreements on time and within budget.
Programmable Data Feedback & Reports
You can choose to measure a huge range of variables from temperature and deliberate tampering to accidental damage from rough handling inducing shock, penetration, tilting and container leakage. We also create solutions to optimise the lifecycle and efficacy of smart meters and smart water and waste systems.
Orion’s applications are almost limitless and our devices can be either overt or covert and can weigh in as little as 28 grams when a lightweight solution is required.
Data and Site Security
From a security perspective, Orion’s site management and access control capabilities are second to none. Our security solutions can help to modernise your smart city’s existing infrastructure and also form the backbone of a total digital transformation and creation of completely new sites and solutions.
The network is one of the most secure available as it is impervious to even the most sophisticated jamming techniques that hackers try to use.
Smarter from the Start
All successful Smart City plans incorporate a strong, data-driven Asset Management strategy with innovative solutions powered by the latest, most cost-effective technology. NFC Group will collaborate with you and your partners to implement the concept, design and delivery of your Smart City asset management and security strategy so it’s built into your wider business model, so you can benefit from Orion’s time and cost savings from the outset of your transformation.
Industry Standard SCADA
Regulatory compliance is high in this area so we have ensured that the Orion network enables industry standard SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition).
Faster Return on Your Investment
By increasing real-time asset visibility, so you can streamline your business operations to iron out costly anomalies in the supply chain. The Orion Network can deliver ROI within 3 weeks!
Orion Data Network Benefits for Smart Cities
Reduce Commercial Costs – save your Smart City up 75% of the cost of comparable technologies.
Intelligent Data – a suite of API’s and online asset management system capable of managing all of your physical assets and billing reports with greater efficiency and clarity.
The Orion network enables your Smart City to be commercially in control of its own future with unlimited applications and simple network expansion possibilities.
Orion, offers an award-winning management platform dedicated to improving your City, your services and your inventories whilst simultaneously providing a more ecologically sound environment for residents and a richer experience for visitors and tourists.
Build Meaningful Solutions and Streamline Decision Making for Collaboration.
Monitor and maintain building properties, maintenance shelters and office complexes.
Manage, schedule and maintain vehicles and equipment to optimise resources and control costs.
Manage city growth and road maintenance.
Manage your utilities with smart metering and smart asset tracking solutions.
Manage asset information including attributes, cost, value, location, and maintenance history.
Provide a unified, central database for assets that holds and displays information from all aspects of your Smart City.
Make this central database securely available across departments as well as to external contractors.
Features of Orion Data Network for Smart Cities
The Orion Data Network is entirely independent of GSM
Orion is highly adaptive and simple to deploy
Real-time Visibility (RTLS)
Reduce dependency on emergency frequency in times of crisis
Dramatically cuts operating costs
Applicable to all areas of City, Business and Supply Chain transformation
Unlimited scalability to scale up as your Smart City grows
Ecologically-driven technology for better sustainability and reduced carbon footprint
The Orion gateway plugs easily into an existing Ethernet port and the gateway controls key access points
Operates on a Low Frequency Radio Signal
GPS tags for near real time tracking of vehicles and key personnel
Non-GPS tags for tamper alerts and logistics solutions
Switch tags smart smoke detectors and smart fire systems
Tags for monitoring the temperature of your assets
3-year battery reporting in real time with customisable reports
Reduce costs by 75% compared to GSM/CDMA
Battery levels notifications
The Orion signal penetrates walls, metal and underground for application throughout all areas
M2M applications
The Orion Data Network is entirely independent of GSM
Orion is highly adaptive and simple to deploy
Real-time Visibility (RTLS)
Reduce dependency on emergency frequency in times of crisis
Dramatically cuts operating costs
Unlimited scalability
Ecologically-driven technology for better sustainability and a greener Smart City
The Orion gateway plugs easily into an existing Ethernet port and the gateway controls key Smart City access points
Operates on a Low Frequency Radio Signal
GPS tags for near real time tracking of vehicles and key personnel
Non-GPS tags for tamper alerts and logistics solutions
Switch tags smart smoke detectors and smart fire systems
Tags for monitoring the temperature of your assets
3-year battery reporting in real time with customisable reports
Reduce costs by 75% compared to GSM/CDMA
Battery levels notifications
The Orion signal penetrates walls, metal and underground
Start tracking your assets
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