Mobile. Easy. Secure. It’s with these three promises that SimonsVoss has launched its most recent innovation – the AX2Go mobile key that allows authorised users to open its digital locking components with just a smartphone.
With the launch of the AX2Go mobile key, the digital locking technology specialist now offers an alternative to conventional identification media – such as transponders and key cards – enabling flexible and secure short-term authorisations for building service providers, employees and visitors across a range of medical buildings such as care homes and hospitals.
Bruce Donald, UK & Ireland Country Manager for SimonsVoss said, “A user simply needs to install the AX2Go app on their smartphone and receive the necessary authorisations from the administrator of the locking system. Placing their smartphone on the lock then opens the door they require.”
The AX2GO mobile key
Medical buildings such as hospitals are intricate environments that cover large and diverse areas. Operating rooms, intensive care units, maternity wards, drug storage facilities, and pharmacies – all have their own distinct accessibility and security requirements.
In addition to medical and administrative personnel, there is a near-constant flow of visitors, contractors, and other staff that need access to various areas of multiple buildings at any one time.
The new product from SimonsVoss is ideally suited to enhancing secure access control and efficiency across hospital and medical care buildings.
Bruce continued, “This addition of cloud services to our AX platform means that SimonsVoss customers can now make even better use of existing AX components. The new AX2Go mobile key is conveniently compatible with AX locking devices including our Digital Cylinder AX, SmartHandle AX and SmartLocker AX.”
Smartphone replaces transponder and smart card
Using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), the AX2Go mobile key allows a smartphone to be used like an access card or transponder via the AX2Go app. No internet connection is required to open locks and the app is supported by all common smartphones. With an iOS and an Android version of the app also available, coverage of up to 99% of the smartphone market is possible.
Conventional identification media must be handed over physically and this is no longer the case when AX2Go mobile keys are used. The administrator simply assigns authorisations and then sends these straight to the user by email, text message or via a QR code.
It’s also possible to store multiple AX2Go keys in the app from different locking systems. With an active internet connection, AX2Go allows locking authorisations to be withdrawn very quickly too, to prevent unwanted access.
Data protection with end-to-end encryption
SimonsVoss has always been proud to offer a multi-level, complex and secure end-to-end encryption method for all data transmitted. This principle has also been strictly implemented for AX2Go, as only programmed components from the same digital locking system contain the necessary information to decrypt the data transmitted.
What is more, it’s never personal data that’s transmitted, as pseudonyms make the data unrecognisable. These holistic data protection techniques also enable mobile or public networks known to be less secure to be used for secure transmission.
In addition, extra security is offered because the smartphone’s display must be unlocked to use AX2Go. This means that nobody other than the user defined by the administrator can enter the doors equipped with digital AX locking technology, and the unintentional opening of doors is avoided.
A strategic move supported by market trends
According to Business Research Insights, the market size of global digital door lock systems is expected to reach USD 38544.1 million in 2028. The demand for keyless solutions has been steadily growing due to increased security concerns and a growing need for remote access management across a range of industries.
A recent Omdia report, 2024 Trends to Watch: Physical Security and Critical Communications, states that the global market demand for mobile credentials, like the AX2Go mobile key, is expected to see significant growth too.
IFSEC Insider’s, ‘The Wireless Access Control Report 2023’, cites convenience, cost, security, easy upgrading of credentials and a ‘greener’ access control solution than a key card, as the top advantages of mobile credentials. The trend report also showed that 40% of respondents planned to implement mobile credentials within the next 2 years.
The new AX2Go mobile key offering from SimonsVoss will allow medical building and facility managers to take the convenience of its existing range of AX electronic key management systems and products one step further, providing greater access control and flexibility via smartphones, reduced management costs and better access to real-time data from entrants’ phones.
To find out more, please take a look at the product specification sheet and visit the AX2Go product page.
