The problem
“Tracking” is easy in a demo and hard in the field. High value assets do not move through idealised open skies and perfect signal. They move through steel vehicles, loading bays, warehouses, underground areas, mixed building fabric, and operational routines that prioritise speed over ceremony. When something goes wrong, the cost is not only the item. It is disruption to the route, time lost to investigation, and the operational load created by uncertainty.
Most organisations start with a single technology, then discover the same pattern: the system works until the moment it is needed most. GNSS can be obscured, cellular coverage can fluctuate, and conventional beacons can fail to produce a recoverable trail when conditions are hostile. The operational requirement is therefore not a single sensor, it is a layered system that keeps producing useful truth under imperfect conditions and creates a timeline you can stand behind.
Squared Technologies approached this as a full-stack outcome: real-time visibility where possible, resilient fallbacks when conditions degrade, and a platform that turns telemetry into decisions. That includes man-down and panic-button workflows for teams in the field, because assets and people are part of the same operational system.
Design constraints and threat reality
A serious tracking programme starts with constraints. Power budgets matter because operational teams do not want weekly battery drama. Discretion matters because visible devices invite interference. Response matters because a perfect location estimate that arrives too late is functionally useless. The system must also assume adversarial behaviour: interference, tamper attempts, and routes that deliberately pass through poor connectivity.
We do not make absolute claims like “cannot be jammed”. That is not credible engineering. What we build is resilience: detection of interference conditions, multi-bearer telemetry so a single dependency does not decide success, and recovery modes designed to keep producing actionable signal when primary channels are degraded. The objective is operational advantage, not marketing theatre.
Sub-GHz RF, including 433 MHz, is valuable in this context because it behaves differently in real buildings and vehicles than higher-frequency approaches. When you care about penetration and mixed environments, propagation characteristics and power budget discipline become part of the product, not an afterthought.
The solution
Squared Technologies delivers a layered tracking stack built around “always produce a trail”. Devices combine multiple radios and sensing modes to maximise operational truth: GNSS for outdoor positional reference, cellular for wide-area backhaul, Wi‑Fi and Bluetooth for proximity context, and sub‑GHz telemetry for resilient beaconing and recovery workflows. The system does not depend on one channel behaving perfectly. It is designed so that when one input degrades, the overall picture remains usable.
The hardware is engineered as an operational asset, not a disposable tracker. Units are battery-powered with controlled power states, and designed to be returned to depots for recharge and maintenance. That enables realistic fleet operation: a device that can be issued, tracked, recovered, serviced, and reissued without fragile handling requirements. The build focuses on robustness, predictable behaviour, and repeatability across deployments.
For field teams, we support man-down and panic workflows that can be integrated into your operating model. The goal is not to add a gadget. The goal is to reduce response time and ambiguity when incidents occur. Alerts must be meaningful, contextual, and routed correctly so they create action rather than fatigue.
We also support covert operating modes where appropriate. This is not about “spy gear”. It is about designing systems that do not advertise themselves to interference. Covert does not mean unethical. It means disciplined engineering: minimal signatures, careful placement, and a bias towards producing recoverable evidence rather than visible theatre.
Platform and evidence-grade telemetry
The platform layer is where tracking becomes operational. Squared Technologies delivers a real-time, multi-tenant platform that separates organisations cleanly, supports role-based access, and presents a coherent timeline of events. Operators can see what is moving, where it was last confirmed, what changed, and what actions were triggered. The platform is designed to support both operations and investigation without relying on scattered notes or fragile screenshots.
Telemetry is treated as evidence. Events are timestamped, stored with integrity in mind, and presented in a way that supports operational learning. That means you can review detection latency, response latency, and patterns across routes and sites. It also means you can make your programme better over time instead of treating each incident as a one-off fire drill.
Secure ingestion and controlled access are built in. If you operate in regulated environments, you need to be confident about where data is processed, who can access it, and how it is retained. Our secure platform capability exists for exactly this reason: to make telemetry something you can stand behind. See Secure data platforms and Embedded RF engineering for the foundations behind this delivery.
Deployment, piloting, and scaling
We start with a pilot designed to validate real constraints. That includes range and behaviour testing in representative environments, power budget verification, and alert tuning so the system does not create noise. We then scale with repeatable deployment patterns: device provisioning, depot handling, onboarding workflows, and support playbooks that match how operations teams actually work.
The objective is a system you can operate daily. Not just a one-week proof of concept. That means predictable device behaviour, clear health reporting, and platform UX that makes it obvious when something is wrong. A monitoring system that cannot detect its own blind spots is not a serious system, so device health and integrity signals are treated as first-class state.
Conclusion
High value asset tracking is not a feature, it is an operating capability. Done properly, it reduces uncertainty, improves response, and creates an evidence trail that supports recovery and continuous improvement. Squared Technologies delivers the full stack: hardware, RF, firmware, secure ingestion, alerting, and the multi-tenant platform layer that turns telemetry into operational truth.
If you want to scope a pilot around your real routes and constraints, start with Contact and reference high value tracking. We will define success criteria, validate the environment, and design a system that survives real-world conditions without publishing tactics.