To get started with Nofence, all you need is a smartphone and a set of collars.

The collars use GPS to track livestock and detect when they’re near a boundary. To communicate updates and alerts, Nofence uses the cellular network similar to how your phone sends a text message.

A stable cell signal helps you get the most from Nofence.

Nofence collars uses cellular networks when you interact with the collars, for example, updating pastures or checking on your livestock.

When the collars are connected to a cellular network, you can:

• Move your herd between pastures or update boundaries in seconds
• See where each individual animal is  in real-time
• Get alerts if something’s wrong, like no movement from a collar
  

The collars don’t need a cell connection to enforce boundaries, they only need it to receive any changes made by you in the app, or to communicate back to you.  

Best of all, because each collar has an internal sim-card which connects to the cellular networks  -  there is no need for a base station, or a ground wire.