`Smart tolling`, a transportation innovation system in which tolls are automatically charged during highway driving without stopping, is expected to be launched next month. It is expected that the market will be opened to the public IT service industry based on releasing restrictions on system integration (SI) participation of large enterprises by ordering a business of KRW 130 billion.

According to the Korea Highway Corporation and the IT service industry on October 26, the Smart Tolling Team of Dohgyo Group plans to issue a formal order announcement after completing the preliminary specification release process of the current Smart Tolling Business.

Smart tolling is a next-generation charging system that allows all vehicles to pay tolls without stopping. The government is building a smart toll system, and the high-pass system uses the same high-pass terminal as the existing system for automatic storage processing, and the ordinary vehicle imposes a toll on the vehicle license plate instead of the pass.

Meanwhile, the company plans to divide the total 345 tolls nationwide into a system capable of smart tolling, proceeding with ordering of 100 billion Won, development of smart tolling software, and 29 billion won in building intelligent transportation system.

With over KRW 100 billion going public in the large-scale public market, orders for companies to take on business orders are expected to be intense. In particular, big 3 IT service companies such as Samsung SDS, LG CNS, and SK C & C have been able to participate in the smart talling software development project worth KRW 29 billion according to the "participation system of large companies in the new industry".

According to a road construction official, "We requested the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Technology to participate in the smart tolling project due to the nature of the project." After evaluation of the data, He said. Since 2013, the government has limited participation in public SW projects regardless of the size of the business.

Besides, ITS (Intelligent Transportation System) specialist companies such as S-traffic, high-pass device and system development company, I-Tronix, which are specialized in road fare collection system such as high pass, are expected to compete. "It is difficult to make a definite answer to the size of the companies participating in the project," said a pottery official. "In the case of car construction, there are five professional construction companies, and the SW companies such as the fare settlement system, the calculation system, "He said.

The road construction company plans to complete the system construction by 2019 after selecting a business operator in the first quarter of next year. After stabilizing through testing operation until the opening, it is planned to open the Smart Tolling system in the middle of highway nationwide by the middle of 2020 in consultation with Ministry of Land.

"This smart tolling business is a road infrastructure project to prepare for the change of the future road traffic environment based on the fourth industrial revolution such as commercialization of autonomous driving car in 2020 and reduce environmental pollution, and prevent traffic accidents.” "

On the other hand, it plans to build a system that integrates the personal information management guidelines, the effectiveness of the toll reduction system, and plans to link the private highway with the Smart Tolling project.

By Lim Seong Yeop starleaf@


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