Toll Provider’s New Solution “Offers Widest Possible European Coverage”
20th November 2017
From next February, Union Tank Eckstein GmbH & Co. KG (UTA) will be providing an OBU solution for the European Electronic Toll Service.
The transport services provider from Kleinostheim is expanding its range of services in the area of interoperable toll solutions. “Our aim is to shape our customers’ mobility in a way that makes it as efficient as possible,” explains Volker Huber, CEO of UTA. “Our toll solutions represent a key element of this. We will significantly expand our range of services here in order to provide every customer with the solution that is most suited to them – from the pan-European toll solution to the toll on German federal roads, which is due to enter force in 2018.”
The new pan-European toll solution allows companies to use just one on-board unit within the EETS area. UTA, as the service provider, assumes responsibility for the administration, billing and evaluation. “The customers thereby only require one agreement, which is valid for all European toll systems,” explains Huber. The new EETS service initially comprises the following eight toll services: Austria, Belgium toll and Liefkenshoektunnel, Poland (A4), Spain, France, Italy and Portugal. Further European countries, including Germany, shall be integrated automatically in the second half of 2018 via over-the-air update. Those interested in the new solution can pre-register at www.uta.com from the end of 2017.
UTA is procuring the on-board units for this EETS service from Telepass, the leading European provider of electronic toll payment services. “In the course of the expansion of our European toll services, we are delighted to have found, in Telepass, a professional supplier with whom we can drive forward the project together as part of a premium partnership,” emphasises Huber.
UTA already provides its customers with toll solutions for 24 countries and 36 different toll systems.