INSTALLERSUPPORT
Intratone
for installers
Why GSM is the
ideal kit, and the
perfect fit to add
to your business
» IT IS CERTAINLY NOT NEWS TO SAY
that there has been a digital shift in access
control, and a mechanical lock and key is
seldom satisfactory nowadays. Even intercom
systems and key pads are moving with the times,
and nothing demonstrates this more than the
emergence and evolution of GSM technology.
Originally created for mobile phones,
Global System for Mobile Communications
(GSM) has all the flexibility of technology
and lack of handsets/wires that makes it ideal
for access control. Intratone built on this idea
more than a decade ago, and began to design
and develop market-leading GSM-based
access control solutions, allowing property
professionals to take back control of security,
costs and their time, and offering residents
more freedom and peace of mind.
For occupants and tenants of apartments,
flats, studios and the like, GSM by Intratone
provides a new level of personal safety, security,
and even independence; especially for those
with limited mobility. For property managers
of local authority housing, halls of residence
and apartment blocks, Intratone’s portfolio of
GSM-based access control solutions offers a
‘fit and forget’ option with minimal hardware
maintenance, the ability to grant access to
long term users (the residents themselves) and
short term users (carers, cleaners, contractors,
etc) - even emergency access - without having
to be physically there themselves.
But, when talking about this type of
technology, there is a third group of people
that can benefit enormously from this system:
installers. By offering GSM technology,
installers add a futureproof skill and sales
opportunity to their brand or business.
UPGRADE YOUR SKILL SET
For installers of almost all levels of
experience, GSM-based access control
solutions - such as intercoms, readers/receivers,
key cabinets, key pads, digital notice boards,
etc - are relatively simple to fit and maintain,
but highly sought after by existing property
managers and specifiers of new buildings.
Making the decision to become a GSM
installer sooner rather than later adds a new
‘string to your bow’ with a skill that is fast
becoming the go-to access control solution
for councils and local authorities, private
facility and property managers. Furthermore,
Intratone provides free training in person
or online, depending on your personal
preference.
FOR NOW, AND FOREVER
While GSM as a technology has been
around for some time, it is also a very ‘timely’
technology, given the way many of us have
had to change the way we live and work
due to the Covid-19 pandemic. And, while
restrictions of movement are beginning to
ease, this method of access control seems
serendipitous, given current circumstances,
in the way it allows remote access for carers/
cleaners/contractors, but also would allow
those who are self isolating or shielding to
monitor visitors; whether family and friends,
deliveries of food or medicine, or any other
visitor of any kind. Again, for installers to get
to grips with GSM-based equipment during
this period, it is an opportunity to build a new
area of your business; filling in the gaps when
other revenue may have been lost or lessened
due to the Coronavirus crisis.
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW
Whether updating an existing building
or specifying a new one; the true beauty
- especially as a business opportunity - of
Intratone access control solutions is in their
application. Several councils across the UK
(from Stockport to Hounslow, Oxford to
Wales) have already specified and installed
Intratone into hundreds of buildings, across
thousands of entrances.
The changing needs of people who use and
live in properties versus people who manage
and protect properties means there is no
end point when it comes to installing access
control. This means, that old, out of date access
control will always need to be replaced, and
new buildings will always need new systems.
Installers across the UK who want to move
into this sector do not need to spend a lot of
time and money on re-training or sourcing
the technology and the suppliers/distributors
however. Intratone has a regional sales team
in local markets across England - London,
Midlands, North East, North West - Scotland,
Wales, and is ready to take on installers that
want to be a part of Intratone too.
Discover more at www.intratone.uk.com,
or email the team today on info@intratone.
uk.com to find out more.
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