The medical alert monitoring industry has had a great deal of difficulty over the past few years because of companies engaging in “robo” calling — utilizing improper names, misrepresentation and other illegal and illicit activities. It is frequently difficult to track the callers because calls are made from remote locations and are consistently changing. In order to try to stop these types of calls, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida came out with a ruling granting a permanent injunction against one of the violators.
Atlanta-based Telguard, a division of Telular Corporation, has licensed its cellular technology to Mytrex Inc., a manufacturer of medical alarm systems. Under the terms of the exclusive agreement, Mytrex will use Telguard’s cellular technology and service as the communications system for the MXD3G, a complete turnkey cellular PERS solution.