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French tag order for Q-Free

Q-Free has received an order valued at US$3.4 million (29 million NOK) to supply its OBU615 on-board tag unit to French highway company Vinci Autoroute, to be delivered during 2017. The OBU615 supports all current and future 5.8GHz CEN DSRC protocols. Typical applications include electronic toll collection (ETC) and congestion charging, automatic vehicle identification (AVI), electronic registration identification (ERI), access control and parking.
December 12, 2016 Read time: 1 min
108 Q-Free has received an order valued at US$3.4 million (29 million NOK) to supply its OBU615 on-board tag unit to French highway company 5176 Vinci Autoroute, to be delivered during 2017.

The OBU615 supports all current and future 5.8GHz CEN DSRC protocols. Typical applications include electronic toll collection (ETC) and congestion charging, automatic vehicle identification (AVI), electronic registration identification (ERI), access control and parking.

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