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Q-Free to deliver Thailand toll solutions

Q-Free and an unnamed local partner have been chosen to deliver tolling solutions for a 22km toll road which runs from central Bangkok to Don Muang Airport in Thailand. The 95 million NOK (£8.5m) Don Muang Tollway (DMT) project includes the delivery of dedicated short range communications antennas, automatic number plate recognition enforcement, cash/credit card and QR code payment solutions as well as new IT infrastructure. Q-Free’s CEO Håkon Volldal says: “We are well positioned to successfully deliver
October 8, 2019 Read time: 1 min

108 Q-Free and an unnamed local partner have been chosen to deliver tolling solutions for a 22km toll road which runs from central Bangkok to Don Muang Airport in Thailand.

The 95 million NOK (£8.5m) Don Muang Tollway (DMT) project includes the delivery of dedicated short range communications antennas, automatic number plate recognition enforcement, cash/credit card and QR code payment solutions as well as new IT infrastructure.

Q-Free’s CEO Håkon Volldal says: “We are well positioned to successfully deliver the DMT project and win some of the other large upcoming tolling projects in Thailand.”

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