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Iteris looks for growth in the Middle East

Iteris, which vews the Middle East region as a vital part of its global business development strategy, has announced today, on the opening day of Gulf Traffic in Dubai, UAE, an extension of its existing partnership with TrafQuest to include the distribution of its roadway sensors product line in the UAE. This includes the Vantage, Versicam and Pico video sensors for adaptive traffic signal control and the Abacus product for automated incident detection and data collection.
April 17, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
73 Iteris, which vews the Middle East region as a vital part of its global business development strategy, has announced today, on the opening day of 553 Gulf Traffic in Dubai, UAE, an extension of its existing partnership with 2217 TrafQuest to include the distribution of its roadway sensors product line in the UAE. This includes the Vantage, Versicam and Pico video sensors for adaptive traffic signal control and the Abacus product for automated incident detection and data collection.

TrafQuest is a transportation and traffic technology company with expertise spanning a wide range of areas, providing innovative solutions and applying advanced technologies to meet the safety and mobility needs of a modern surface transportation system. The company has active presence in the UAE and is pre-qualified with the 6700 Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority, Abu Dhabi Department of Transport and the municipalities of all the other Emirates in the areas of traffic operations, intelligent transportation systems, transportation planning & management and transportation safety.

“Combining world class video sensing technologies from Iteris with local ITS, traffic engineering and solution development from Trafquest, provides a powerful capability to deliver effective local solutions and results,” said Abbas Mohaddes, president and CEO, Iteris. “Together we will help transportation agencies in the UAE to define and implement advanced traffic management solutions that are relevant to the local context, solve local problems and deliver tangible results.”

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