Russian tag order for Q-Free

Q-Free has been awarded a three-year frame agreement valued at around US$1.2 million by the North-West Concession Company in Russia. The contract is for the company’s OBU615, which features ultra-low power consumption and new signal discrimination technology which enables an extended lifetime and immunity to radio frequency (RF) interference from wireless-enabled devices to be found within or around the vehicle. The first order under the frame agreement will be delivered during the fourth quarter 201
September 11, 2015 Read time: 1 min
108 Q-Free has been awarded a three-year frame agreement valued at around US$1.2 million by the North-West Concession Company in Russia.

The contract is for the company’s OBU615, which features ultra-low power consumption and new signal discrimination technology which enables an extended lifetime and immunity to radio frequency (RF) interference from wireless-enabled devices to be found within or around the vehicle.

The first order under the frame agreement will be delivered during the fourth quarter 2015.

“We are pleased to have been awarded a three-year frame agreement for deliveries of tags to the North-West Concession Company in Russia. This demonstrates the competitiveness of our OBU 615,” says Q-Free CEO, Thomas Falck.

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