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Chile tag order for Q-Free

Q-Free has received a US$3.1 million (NOK26 million) order for toll tags from Costanera Norte, one of four concessionaires in Santiago, Chile. The order will be delivered between November 2016 and January 2018. Q-Free has delivered tags to all the urban concessionaries of Santiago since the implementation of the first multi-lane free flow system, with more than 1.6 million tags delivered during the last 10 years.
October 18, 2016 Read time: 1 min
108 Q-Free has received a US$3.1 million (NOK26 million) order for toll tags from Costanera Norte, one of four concessionaires in Santiago, Chile. The order will be delivered between November 2016 and January 2018.

Q-Free has delivered tags to all the urban concessionaries of Santiago since the implementation of the first multi-lane free flow system, with more than 1.6 million tags delivered during the last 10 years.

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