Australian tag order for Q-Free

Australia’s Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) has awarded Q-Free an order for its OBU610 tags valued at US$2.4 million. This latest generation toll transponder is claimed by the company to be the smallest of its kind, yet powerful enough to support both single and multiple protocol applications. With a battery life of more than seven years, the transponder supports any application from single lane to full multi-lane free-flow and open-road tolling.
January 8, 2014 Read time: 1 min
Australia’s 6722 Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) has awarded 108 Q-Free an order for its OBU610 tags valued at US$2.4 million.

This latest generation toll transponder is claimed by the company to be the smallest of its kind, yet powerful enough to support both single and multiple protocol applications. With a battery life of more than seven years, the transponder supports any application from single lane to full multi-lane free-flow and open-road tolling.

“With this order included, we have supplied more than two million tags to RMS, representing an important basis for our activity in Australia,” comments Q-Free CEO, Thomas Falck.

The order will be delivered during the second quarter of 2014 by Q-Free’s subsidiary in Sydney.
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