sticker tag

Denver Colorado's E-470 toll authority is offering a prize of $250 toll credits for a lucky electronic toll enrollee in their new sticker tags. The toller is swapping out hardbody California T21 protocol transponders for the ISO 18000 6C sticker tags. EXpressToll is the brand-name used for new as well as old transponders.

Denver's E470 toll authority is now using the cheapest transponders we've heard of - 750,000 new ISO 18000 6C sticker tags at $1.25 apiece. They are replacing Title 21 California style hardbodies. The sale of the 6C sticker tags at this price was "part of a package" a Federal Signal officer told us, the other part being supply of their 5402-brand multi-protocol readers.

Neology often offers the cheapest 6C transponders but in the case of E470 we understand Neology quoted around $1.40 apiece.

At E-470 Public Highway Authority (e470PHA),  the Denver area toller,  they are beginning the transition from hardbodied California T21 protocol transponders to ISO 18000 6C open standard sticker tags from their regular supplier Federal Signal Technologies (FSTech). e470PHA's electronic toll system marketed under the brand-name EXpressToll has some 800,000 tags in use, issued to some 380,000 accounts.

The ISO 18000 6C (6C) sticker tag technology has made another important advance in the world marketplace. Turkey's national roads agency's prime toll collection contractor is signing a contract in which Federal Signal Technologies (FSTech) will supply 6C-based toll equipment in a government directed transition away from the active CEN/TC 278 (CEN) transponders plus near field communications proximity cards presently in use.

Neology have released a new ISO 18000 6C compliant sticker tag they say is more accurate, has unique security features and works at longer range, as well as being more compact. Called the model 106 the new transponder will sell for about the same price as the model 104 being supplied in some tens of millions to Mexico for electronic vehicle registration - around $1.80 apiece in quantity.

TransCore this week announced they've gained a patent on a sticker tag disabler for use on HOT lanes. It consists of a shaped metal cover plate (see picture nearby) that with hook & loop - commonly called 'velcro' - can be attached to the back of the tag.  It has a groove designed to bridge the ASIC or 'chip' of the sticker tag and to position it correctly.

Neology says it has been granted a sole source contract to provide ISO 18000-6B sticker tags for tolling in Mexico.

Orlando Orange County Expressway Authority (OOCEA) is likely to follow Florida's Turnpike in offering sticker-tag transponders free. They have already been giving away limited numbers of the E-PASS Minis - as they are called - in special promotions. Staff have proposed free issue of sticker tags be regularized and the board of the authority is expected to formally endorse the proposal when they meet Jan 27.

Neology continues to dominate as a supplier of ISO 18000 6C sticker tag technology for Mexico's electronic vehicle registration (EVR). The first of REPUVE's Phase 2 contracts for readers and software has gone to Neology of San Diego over its main competitor Sirit. The contracts provide for supply of roadside readers and handhelds to the police of the states of Campeche, Tamaulipas and Nayarit.  

Brazil's federal legislature has voted final approval to implement plans for a nationwide automatic vehicle identification system based on the RFID ISO 18000 6C (6C) sticker tags. Under the Portuguese language acronym SINIAV planning for the system has been proceeding since 2004. The tags will begin to be deployed mid-2011 and three years later all the approximate 50m motor vehicles in the country are due to have them.