Electronic toll collection

Tailored solutions from Thales

Thales is one of the world's leading players in the field of electronic toll collection. Unlike many competitors, the company offers proven expertise in all the different technologies required to set up an electronic toll collection system, and has direct access to all the necessary building blocks, from DSRC radio link to billing and CRM software solutions.

In the field of electronic toll collection and DSRC technologies, these building blocks are part of the Thales interoperable line of secure, multi-operator products including vehicle tag, microwave beacons, communications gateways and badge management terminals.

Thales is also one of the world's leading suppliers of satellite-based positioning GPS systems for both professional markets such as vehicle fleet management, and consumers (Magellan brand GPS receivers). Based on this expertise, Thales electronic toll collection solutions can incorporate GPS geo-location capabilities, and will ultimately also include Galileo satellite navigation services. Thales is a key player in one the consortia chosen to develop and operate the Galileo system.

With proven results in the two main technologies underpinning future electronic toll collection systems - DSRC and geo-location - Thales is in a position to offer its customers mix-and-match solutions that really meet their specific needs.

Thales leverages a unique combination of system design, implementation and operation capabilities for complex and secure systems (including billing and CRM software solutions) to provide turnkey solutions for both large urban congestion charging systems and country-wide road user charging schemes.