new transponder

TransCore have their eye on the huge E-ZPass Inter Agency Group (IAG) recompete - or its collapse - with bold announcements today that they have added a straight existing-IAG standard transponder to their current product line, plus added 5.9GHz add-on capability to the Encompass 6, their main reader offering.

Highway Toll Administration LLC (HTA) an electronic toll services company and Avis Budget car rental group announced an agreement with toll system supplier TransCore today to promote its 'eZGo Anywhere' transponder. A headline on the press release suggests the multiprotocol transponder is being rolled out now (see full text below). However a roll-out requires a transponder to be tested and accepted by toll authorities, and this has not occurred.

TransCore has released a multiprotocol transponder that apparently can meet the E-ZPass/IAG specifications. The hardcase transponder brandnamed eZGo Anywhere or just eZGo can operate as an active transponder in IAG E-ZPass mode, and it also responds as a passive tag in the ATA mode as used in Oklahoma and Dallas TX, while also performing like a sticker tag with the Super eGo protocol as deployed in Texas, Florida, Georgia, and Washington state.