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Netstar launches first telematics training hub for insurance and finance professionals
JOHANNESBURG, February 2021 – In a first for the vehicle telematics, tracking and recovery industry, Netstar, a subsidiary of Altron, has launched a unique online Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme. Netstar, who pioneered the vehicle-tracking industry...
Deaf and hard-of-hearing staff boost Netstar offering
JOHANNESBURG, December 2020 Diversity in the workplace is important in creating an inclusive environment as well as enabling all employees to achieve their full potential and as a result, allowing the business to reach its fullest potential. Fleet-management company...
New Netstar and MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet partnership to benefit customers
JOHANNESBURG, November 2020 – In a first for the vehicle tracking and recovery industry, Netstar, a subsidiary of Altron, has partnered with MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet, South Africa’s leading community loyalty programme, to offer a co-branded online purchasing...
Netstar Connect Report 2020/21 shows trends in connected mobility
JOHANNESBURG, December 2020 – Netstar, a subsidiary of Altron, today released the Netstar Connect Report 2020/21, an industry report that outlines the state of connected mobility in society, surveys stakeholder attitudes and maps the future of movement in the age of...
Internet of Things is transforming the mobility space
Technology is no longer a grudge purchase, but an indispensable part of modern business, write Francois Stols and Lindile Xoko. This is nowhere more true than in the mobility and transport sector. South Africa’s economy is easing back towards levels of activity last...
Donation boosts paediatric facilities at Chris Hani Baragwanath
JOHANNESBURG, November 2020 – Surgeons for Little Lives, a non-profit organisation working to save the lives of sick children, has received a R310 000 donation from Netstar for critically important high-care electronic equipment. The donation has gone towards...
Important Scam Alert
DEAR VALUED CUSTOMER Netstar has become aware of a criminal scam by a car-theft syndicate. Some customers have received calls from people posing as employees of vehicle-tracking companies. These individuals claim that customers’ tracking devices need repairing,...
Crime syndicates target car-tracking customers in repair scam
JOHANNESBURG, October 2020 – A syndicate of criminals posing as employees of vehicle-tracking companies is targeting these companies’ customers in a car-theft scam. The criminals claim that customers’ tracking devices need repairing, then set up appointments, where...
Data reveals SA travel surge
Anonymised vehicle traffic statistics show that movement between provinces began climbing rapidly even before South Africa’s lockdown moved into Level 2. Mobility data show that South Africans have been travelling during the lockdown, with trips across provincial...
