MGM Wireless

MGM Wireless is an Australian technology company that designs and develops breakthrough technology, software and wearable devices that enrich connections between families, schools and society.

MGM Wireless
Public company
Traded asASX: MWR
IndustryInformation technology mobile phone wearables
Founded2001
HeadquartersRose Park, South Australia, Australia
Area served
Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand
Key people
Mark Fortunatow (CEO)
Websitemgmwireless.com

The Company is recognised as a global leader and pioneer in socially responsible technology for schools and families. MGM Wireless has an unshakeable desire for families to feel safe and secure so that they can live with freedom, independence and joy.

The underlying technology used by the company includes SMS, wearables, children's smartwatches, mobile communication, app and cloud based technology to schools for communication and student absence management.

The company has been recognised by the Deloitte Fast 50 as a leader in the field,[1] with over 1,100[2] school users across Australia and New Zealand. It has also been recognised as one of InDaily's Top 100 South Australian Companies[3]. The company is headquartered in Adelaide, South Australia.

History

MGM Wireless was founded in 2001 by Mark Fortunatow, Greg Sincock and Mark Hurd, who lent their initials to the name of the company.

Following coverage by local and international media in late 2003, their messageyou service became part of a state government solution to solving truancy in South Australia.[4] During 2004 and 2005, MGM Wireless services were made available nationally.[5] In 2005, MGM Wireless began to roll out services internationally, with trials in New Zealand. In 2006, trials began in the United States city of Tucson, Arizona.[6] In 2007, further trials began in the Indian city Ahmedabad, the capital of Gujurat.[7] In 2010, MGM Wireless won preferred supplier for 400 schools in New Zealand.[8] In 2011, MGM Wireless expanded into the childcare market across Australia and in New Zealand.[9]

In September 2017, MGM Wireless launched its Spacetalk brand of family location and child safety wearable devices. The Spacetalk watch is a combination of mobile phone and watch which allows parents to locate their children using mobile phone bandwidth devices.[10][11] The device features no open access to the Internet, social media and apps.[12] Since launching the Spacetalk watch, it has won an Australian good design award[13] and is now available via the Qantas store,[12] and over 800 leading retailers in Australia and New Zealand.[13] MGM officially launched the product in the UK market in May of 2019 [14]

References
  1. "Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Australia 2006" (PDF). Deloitte Technology. 2006. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  2. Sarraf, Samira (31 March 2017). "MGM Wireless prevents parents' panic with 32,000 warnings sent in less than a minute during cyclone". Community Radio Network. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  3. "South Australian Business Index 2019 - the full list". InDaily. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  4. HINDE, SUELLEN (6 June 2005). "Text messages to stop kids wagging". Northern Territory News.
  5. Doherty, Linda (22 May 2004). "Y is your child wagging school 2dA?". Sydney Morning Herald.
  6. Matas, Kimberly (13 August 2006). "Kids' Truancy to Prompt Text Message to Parents". Arizona Daily Star.
  7. "Savvy text to nab Indians". Melbourne Herald Sun. 11 April 2007.
  8. "MGM Wireless offers Cloud to schools". Computerworld. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  9. "MGM Wireless targets childcare sector". Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  10. "The kid-friendly smartwatch designed to keep youngsters safe". www.9news.com.au. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  11. "Helicopter parents to double MGM revenue with child-tracking smartwatch - Stockhead". Stockhead. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  12. "SPACETALK SP-1005T Kids Smartwatch, phone & GPS Device". Qantas Store. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  13. Changarathil, Valerina (22 August 2019). "Adelaide Company MGM Wireless Revenue Soars on Spacetalk Sales". www.adelaidenow.com.au. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  14. Black, Anthony (16 May 2019). "MGM Wireless launches Spacetalk in UK market". Small Caps. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
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