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Parkeon Achieves Industry First for New ITSO Standard
23rd February 2011Parkeon has become the first ticketing technology company serving the UK bus industry to achieve the new ITSO standard.
The company is the first ITSO POST (Point of Sale Terminal) supplier to gain ITSO V2.1.4 certification for its Wayfarer200 on-vehicle ticketing platform.
“The upgraded ITSO standard includes a number of technical enhancements that will provide bus operators with an improved implementation pathway and as such it has been a key objective of Parkeon to be the first in the market to achieve certification,” says Parkeon Transit Managing Director Owen Griffith. “This milestone further supports our position as the leading ITSO ticketing technology provider to the UK bus sector.”
The technical landmark comes at a time of growing ITSO coverage, with Parkeon involved in a number of recent ITSO scheme roll-outs, including major projects for Centro, Merseytravel and Kent County Council. In addition, Arriva North East recently ordered 600 Wayfarer200 ETMs for the ITSO North East Smart Ticketing Initiative (NESTI) and East Yorkshire Motor Services (EYMS) have ordered 330 units as part of their ticketing system refresh programme.
Parkeon were the first supplier to have an ITSO certified product and continue to demonstrate their strong commitment to smart ticketing in the UK.
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Parkeon
Parkeon is a global player in urban mobility. As a result of its market-leading technologies and services - which are unique in terms of parking and transport management - Parkeon is specified as a development and implementation partner in 50 countries around the world.
The company’s Wayfarer automatic fare collection systems play a particularly important role in delivering the benefits of integrated ticketing and back office systems for the public transport industry. This expertise ensures that Parkeon is the market-leader among UK bus operators, offering solutions that range from smart card technology and electronic ticketing equipment to CCTV surveillance, GPS and mobile data networks.
Today, Parkeon’s Wayfarer electronic ticket machines and supporting devices can be counted in hundreds of thousands - more than any other fare revenue product range in the world. In the UK, the company offers the longest ETM life-span, the broadest ITSO scheme coverage, the largest service network and the most experienced system delivery teams. The Wayfarer product range is scalable and future-proof, renowned for ease-of-use and flexible through comprehensive configuration tools.
Parkeon offers customers Wayfarer equipment service centres in Croydon, Bristol, Manchester and Edinburgh, as well as in Elizabeth, New Jersey and Kingston, Jamaica. It also has facilities in France, Australia, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain and in the USA.
