Janus

Mark IV are selling their multi-protocol Janus readers and some IAG E-ZPass style active TDM (time division multiplexing) transponders to OHL (Obrascon Huerte Lain) Concesiones, the toll concessions arm of a big Spain-based toll operator for use in Mexico. OHL will deploy the equipment on new all-electronic tollroads under construction in central Mexico.

Mark IV the exclusive supplier of readers and tags to the E-ZPass Inter Agency Group (IAG) since its inception in the early 1990s is now offering a multi-protocol reader (MPR) that will also read the new sticker tags from rivals TransCore, Sirit and Neology - the ISO 18000 6B (eGo Plus) and 6C tag protocols - that are sweeping pikes in the South.

Mark IV Industries, dominant in North America with their 915MHz E-ZPass toll systems, are announcing a dual-mode reader and claiming success in extensive on-road tests of 5.9GHz equipment. These have been conducted on highways set up with roadside equipment in the western suburbs of Detroit. The tests were part of the Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) program, a joint effort of many leading companies and government entities that has been going on for about five years.