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New technology enables
future open road tolling
Next generation
dedicated short-range
communication
(DSRC) enables significant
installation cost reductions for
German truck tolling.
German toll operator Toll
Collect has awarded Norbit,
a global provider of tailored
technology solutions to carefully
selected niches, a contract to
provide the DSRC units with
embedded GPS and GPRS
antennas. The agreement covers
one million units and the new
DSRC modules started being
installed in April of this year.
Norbit CEO, Per Jørgen
Weisethaunet, says: “We are
proud to be awarded this frame
contract with Toll Collect in
sharp international competition.
This shows that our strategy of
tailor-made solutions to
carefully selected market niches
works and the contract further
strengthens our position as
a DSRC supplier for Global
Navigation Satellite System
(GNSS) based tolling. We see
several opportunities, both in
Europe and in the rest of the
world, for our technology.”
Toll Collect operates a system
for the collection of a distancebased
usage fee (toll) for vehicles
and vehicle combinations with
a gross vehicle weight of 7.5 tons
or more on 12,800 kilometers of
German motorways and all
German federal trunk roads,
even in urban areas. Toll Collect
has implemented this system
on behalf of the Federal
Ministry of Transport and
Digital Infrastructure (BMVI).
Norbit’s new integrated units
will replace both the existing IR/
DSRC based unit and the current
rooftop mounted antennas. The
Norbit units enable compliance
with The European Electronic
Toll Service (EETS) and cross
boarder interoperability. The
new Norbit unit, called DSRC
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Norbit’s contract with
Toll Connect will deliver
a grand total of one
million DSRC units
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data from the
intelligent digital
tachograph will
be transmitted
wirelessly from
the moving vehicle
to the devices of
the control officers after
appropriate authentication.
This data set contains vehicle
and calibration data,
information about security
breaches and malfunctions.
Using this data, the officers
can selectively stop conspicuous
vehicles, so ensuring safety.
“Thanks to this change,
companies and drivers who
comply with legal regulations
will be able to count on fewer
checks and unplanned roadside
stops,” says Per Jørgen
Weisethaunet.
team, and
our in-house
expertise on
robotized
manufacturing,
makes us incredibly
competitive. The DSRC
2G is a completely new
state-of-the-art design.
As we speak, the first units
to be delivered in 2019 are
en route to Germany.”
Hartmut Janssen,
director at Toll Collect, adds:
“Norbit is a reliable partner
that drives developments in
a solution-oriented, reliable and
innovative manner.”
New partners
Earlier in 2019 Norbit signed
a new cooperation agreement
with existing customer
Continental. This will involve
delivering the required DSRC
technology for the integrated
remote control mode for the
Smart Tachograph, which is
now mandatory for all newly
registered trucks in Europe.
Via the DSRC interface, a
defined minimum amount of
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> Norbit is set to deliver
210,000 DSRC units to Toll
Connect in 2019 alone.
> The newest Norbit unit
can be mounted on the
windscreen of trucks
> Norbit’s integrated units
will replace the existing
IR/DSRC based unit and
the current rooftop
mounted antennas
Left: Norbit DSRC
units can replace
rooftop antennas
Below: Norbit
CEO Per Jørgen
Weisethaunet
(left) shakes on
the deal with Toll
Collect director
Hartmut Janssen
2G, will be mounted on the
windscreen of the trucks and
connected to the on-board unit
via a CAN interface.
Norbit CEO, Per Jørgen
Weisethaunet, says: “The
award of the contract shows
that the strategy of utilizing
our in-house leading-edge
research and development
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