Q-Free picks up Norway border plate recognition deal

Tolling specialist Q-Free is to provide cameras, sensors and services for vehicle and number plate recognition at various points on Norway’s borders from 2019. The two-year agreement with the Directorate of Norwegian Customs will also serve the Norwegian Public Roads Administration and Norwegian Police. Q-Free estimates the contract will be worth 40-60m NOK (€4.2-6.3m).
June 15, 2018 Read time: 1 min
Tolling specialist 108 Q-Free is to provide cameras, sensors and services for vehicle and number plate recognition at various points on Norway’s borders from 2019. The two-year agreement with the Directorate of Norwegian Customs will also serve the Norwegian Public Roads Administration and Norwegian Police.


Q-Free estimates the contract will be worth 40-60m NOK (€4.2-6.3m).

The company’s president & CEO Håkon Volldal said the deal “demonstrates our ability to apply core tolling competence in new and adjacent market segments”.

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