Australia

Q-Free Australia Pty. Ltd.
Level 7
107 Mount Street
North Sydney NSW 2060
Australia

tel.: +61 2 8020 2650

In 2006, Q-Free Australia was awarded the contract for the Sydney Airport Ground Access Control System (ETC roadside system and back office central system), the system went live January 2007.
 
Q-Free has recently designed, developed and commissioning the new MLFF system for the Sydney Harbour Tunnel for the RTA. The new system, which replaced the existing lane-based Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) system, went live in September 2008.
 
In 1999, Q-Free Australia Pty Ltd with Abigroup was awarded the contract to install the Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) and back office tag administration system for the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Tunnel by the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA). The system went live in April 2001. In 2001, Q-Free Australia was awarded the ETC project for the M2 Hills Motorway; which was put into live operation in February 2003.

In 2004, Q-Free Australia was awarded the sub-contract to BHBB JV to supply the Multi-Lane Freeflow Tolling (MLFF) system, tag administration and casual-user back office system for the Sydney Cross City Tunnel, which went live in August 2005.

The Australian team has substantial experience in developing and integrating Q-Free products; including Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) protocol, Real Time systems, Road Side Controllers, Network, Communications and Back Office solutions and the supply of tags. Local customization includes:

Implementing the AS4962 dual protocol.
Implementing local accounting rules and interfaces.
Interface to RTA infringement bureau for enforcement.
Interface to Australian banks.
File transfer of transactions and blacklists for tag interoperability according to the Tollway Operators MOU.
Casual-user 'pass' tolling (LPN-based) and interoperability.

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