Ooredoo introduces new safety device to track children and pets

Doha: Parents and pet owners in Qatar can now keep tabs on their children and their pets any time of the day or night, thanks to an exciting new launch from Ooredoo.

MyKi Touch and MyKi Pet – devices worn by a child or pet that connects with the MyKi mobile application – are fitted with GPS and GSM tracking, so parents and pet owners can identify the location of the device at any time. They can also control, observe and make adjustments to the device using the MyKi application on any mobile device or tablet, or even through a web browser.

The MyKi Touch device offers enhanced safety features such as call blocking, which ensures the device can’t receive calls from unknown or blocked numbers, and special number speed dials whereby parents can set their own numbers as speed dials.

Parents can also input a set of authorized numbers to which the watch can make calls. And, in case of emergency, children can press an SOS button that automatically sends GPS coordinates to their parents and initiates a call to the speed-dial number straight away.

Additionally, devices can be pre-set with zones so that if the device leaves or enters the zone, parents and pet owners will be notified straight away.

Manar Khalifa Al Muraikhi, Director PR and Corporate Communications at Ooredoo, said, “Child safety is of paramount importance. We understand parents worry about their children, and equally pet owners worry about a beloved animal getting lost. With these simple yet highly effective devices, both parents and pet owners can relax a little more knowing they can track the location of the device their child or pet is wearing, and identify where that device is. With the MyKi device, they can also rest assured their child will be able to contact them easily in case of an emergency. At Ooredoo, the needs of parents – and indeed pet owners – are important to us and we’re pleased to be able to offer these devices and services to enhance their digital lives.”

In order to benefit from this revolutionary new safety concept, customers simply need to purchase the tracker – available for sale at a recommended retail price of QR325 for the MyKi Touch and QR 275 for the MyKi Pet – and get hold of the micro SIM required to operate it, available at any Ooredoo Shop. They then need to pay a monthly subscription fee of QR35 or, for the first year only, an advance yearly payment of QR 340. Thereafter, subscription will revert to monthly.

The MyKi Touch Pack subscription comes with 500 minutes of local calls per month and 0.5GB data, while the MyKi Pet Pack subscription includes 0.5GB data with calls and messages charged at standard out-of-bundle rates.

أصبح بإمكان الأهالي وأصحاب الحيوانات الأليفة في قطر متابعة أطفالهم وحيواناتهم الأليفة طوال الوقت للحفاظ على سلامتهم، بفضل الخدمة الجديدة والمتطورة من «ooredoo».

وتتميز أجهزة «MyKi Touch» للأطفال و «MyKi Pet» للحيوانات الأليفة بأنها مجهزة بنظام تحديد المواقع «GPS».

ومن خلال تطبيق خاص بهذه الأجهزة؛ سيتمكن المستخدمون من تتبع أطفالهم وحيواناتهم الأليفة ومعرفة مواقعهم أولاً بأول. كما يمكن للمستخدمين تعديل إعدادات الأجهزة عبر التطبيق، سواء باستخدام الهواتف الذكية، أو الأجهزة اللوحية، وحتى من خلال متصفح الإنترنت.

وتوفر أجهزة «MyKi Touch» العديد من المزايا الأمنية، مثل حجب الأرقام، وذلك لمنع وصول المكالمات من الأرقام غير المعروفة أو التي تم حجبها. كما يحتوي الجهاز على ميزة الاتصال السريع، ويمكن للأهالي تخصيص أرقامهم من خلال هذه الميزة.

ويمكن للأهالي تخصيص عدد من الأرقام التي يمكن للجهاز إجراء المكالمات إليها فقط. كما يحتوي الجهاز على زر طلب المساعدة (SOS) في حالات الطوارئ، والذي سيقوم بدوره بإرسال إحداثيات الموقع للأهالي ويجري مكالمة إلى الرقم المخصص للاتصال السريع فوراً.