Radio-based capabilities partner with advanced telematics to drive safety

Zetifi, which develops connectivity and safety technology for fleets operating beyond reliable coverage, has announced a partnership with connected vehicles and asset management company Geotab. By combining Zetifi’s connectivity expertise with Geotab’s advanced telematics platform, the partnership is geared towards providing insights that will support safe driving assessments and deliver risk management recommendations that will help protect drivers, businesses and directors through objective, defensible data.

“Connected fleet safety is about visibility and proof,” Zetifi CEO Dan Winson said. “Business owners and directors carry real responsibility for how vehicles are used at work. By combining radio-based safety features with one of the world’s leading telematics platforms, we’re helping organisations understand risk, improve behaviour, and demonstrate that safety controls are operating in practice.”

Dan Winson. Image: Supplied

Zetifi was founded to solve connectivity challenges in regional and remote Australia, embedding GNSS, onboard compute and connectivity directly into its Smart Antennas. Its solution is designed to enable reliable data capture at the edge, and seamless integration with telematics, radios and enterprise systems, turning everyday fleet activity into safety alerts, operational insights and documented evidence for worker safety and governance.

For its part, Geotab provides connected vehicle solutions, supporting fleets across government, transport, utilities and commercial sectors in Australia and worldwide. Its open platform is engineered to enable partners to extend telematics data beyond dashboards and into operational systems that improve safety, efficiency and sustainability. “Australian businesses face rising pressure to show active lone worker safety management,” said David Brown, Associate Vice President of Geotab, APAC.

David Brown. Image: Supplied

“We are pleased to welcome Zetifi to our network of partners. Zetifi brings two-way radio-based capabilities such as duress, lone worker check-ins and man-down into an organisation’s existing telematics system and workflows. That approach can add safety capability without the unnecessary complexity of layering in separate duress-specific platforms, while still supporting data-backed decisions to reduce incidents and protect people and business.”

As of 29 January 2026, the partnership was live, with two Connected Fleet Safety pilots deployed in Australia and an entry-level offering available immediately. At the time, a broader national rollout was also announced, to focus on industries with elevated vehicle and remote-worker risk, including agriculture, mining, utilities, construction, transport and local government. Zetifi will deliver Connected Fleet Safety as a managed service, providing structured alerts, regular reporting and board-ready evidence packs to support ongoing safety oversight.

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