Siemens, Allianz said to be interested in Toll Collect

A decision in the dispute between the German government and Toll Collect, the operator of the HGV toll system, over the delayed introduction of the system in Germany is expected to be made by the arbitration court in the first week of October 2013. Experts believe that the German government will waive a part of its damage claims and take over Toll Collect, which is currently owned by Deutsche Telekom (45 per cent), Daimler Financial Services (45 per cent) and Cofiroute (10 per cent).
July 15, 2013 Read time: 2 mins
A decision in the dispute between the German government and 485 Toll Collect, the operator of the HGV toll system, over the delayed introduction of the system in Germany is expected to be made by the arbitration court in the first week of October 2013.

Experts believe that the German government will waive a part of its damage claims and take over Toll Collect, which is currently owned by 4194 Deutsche Telekom (45 per cent), 2069 Daimler Financial Services (45 per cent) and 5938 Cofiroute (10 per cent).

The current contract between the government and Toll Collect will end in 2015 and the government could then search for new operators for the HGV toll system. It is understood that 189 Siemens and 6027 Allianz as well as Austria's 81 Kapsch and Italy's 1813 Autostrade would be interested in taking a stake the operator of the German HGV toll system.

Deutsche Telekom subsidiary 7157 T-Systems allegedly would also like to retain a stake in Toll Collect, while Daimler is said to have no further interest in the German HGV toll billing system.
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