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February 7, 2019 3:10PM

TTI Consulting Joins OmniAir

OmniAir Consortium, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling and connected vehicles, is pleased to announce TTI Consulting has joined as our newest Associate Level Member.

Based in New Windsor, NY, TTI Consulting provides comprehensive toll and transportation solutions, or from “pavement to payment,” as they like to say, which includes planning, design and project management. From the development of new systems to the refinement of existing facilities, TTI’s consulting services provide insights, advice and oversight as needed to ensure their toll programs operate to their specifications.

Even though they are new members, they have been involved with, and contributing to, OmniAir’s projects for several years. In 2017, TTI Consulting led OmniAir’s project team for the National Toll Interoperability Testing project. In 2018, the firm provided engineering and V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) testing support for the OmniAir Texas Plugfest. Just this week, they participated in OmniAir’s Multi-Protocol Device Certification Workshop in Baltimore, MD.

“I am pleased to welcome TTI Consulting as OmniAir’s newest Associate Member,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director of OmniAir. “TTI’s expertise and quality work they bring to tolling and transportation will help to advance OmniAir’s mission.”

About OmniAir Consortium
OmniAir Consortium is the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and Connected Vehicles. OmniAir’s membership includes public agencies, private companies, research institutions, and independent test laboratories. Learn more about OmniAir at www.omniair.org

About TTI Consulting

Traffic Technologies, Inc. (TTI) is a multi-discipline consulting resource providing comprehensive Tolling, Managed Lane, and Project Management consulting services to toll agencies and facility operators nationwide. TTI delivers broad expertise in toll collection, back office operations, transponder-based payment applications and other transportation technology systems. Our mission is to provide our clients with cost-effective, practical solutions to their toll system and operational needs. For more information, please visit tticonsulting.com.

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January 17, 2019 5:09PM

OmniAir’s Newest Executive Member – TollPlus, LLC

OmniAir Consortium®, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and connected vehicles, is excited to announce that TollPlus, LLC has joined as an Executive Member.

TollPlus LLC is a software company founded in 2007 by a group of seasoned professionals from the Tolling, Banking, and IT industries. TollPlus has designed from the ground up a sophisticated end-to-end toll management solution that is scalable, lightweight, secure, and highly customizable to address the challenges of the Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) market.

“TollPlus is an industry leader in developing low cost, highly efficient, high-quality software solutions for both the tolling and transportation sectors, said Jason Conley, Executive Director of OmniAir. “Their technology platforms promise to help merge the connected vehicle and tolling markets by looking at mobility as whole.”

Innovation-driven, TollPlus provides Back Office Systems (BOS) focused on high transaction volumes with accuracy and accountability, as proven by their implementations in the US and internationally. TollPlus’ BOS platform not only handles a “One Account” concept to facilitate Mobility as a Service (MaaS), but also provides core products and services to support multimodal solutions. In a rapidly-changing environment, TollPlus keeps a strong focus on technology and continuous R&D to offer world-class level products and services.

These solutions are developed using leading-edge technologies that concentrate on significantly improving transportation agency efficiencies by reducing their operating expenses and maximizing revenue, while ensuring exceptional customer service. TollPlus maintains offices in Arizona, Texas, Hyderabad, and Bangalore.

About TollPlus, LLC
TollPlus, LLC was founded by IT professionals with backgrounds in high-volume enterprise technology solutions in the credit card, telecommunications, and insurance industries. Our purpose in founding TollPlus was to apply our enterprise technology experience to develop sophisticated end-to-end toll road management solutions to address the challenges facing the tolling industry. Today, TollPlus is the leading provider of software solutions for toll road management. More information is available at http://www.tollplus.com/

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January 16, 2019 5:25PM

STAR Systems International Earns Certification for their 8th Device!

OmniAir Consortium®, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and Connected Vehicles, announces STAR Systems Internationals’ latest RFID tolling device, the Titan Multi-protocol Transceiver. In earning OmniAir Certification, Star Systems has taken the lead in providing OmniAir Certified devices to the market.

“Congratulations to STAR Systems International for earning OmniAir Certification for it’s eighth tolling device, more than any single vendor,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director of OmniAir Consortium. “OmniAir Certification provides assurance to tolling agencies that certified devices conform with industry standards and meet minimum interoperability and performance requirements.”

OmniAir Consortium certified devices, qualified test equipment/tools, and authorized test laboratories can be found and verified at OmniAir’s certified products catalog located at www.omniair.org/certified-products including the Star System tolling devices listed below.

STAR Systems International Certified Readers

Orion 6C Reader
Titan Multi-protocol Transceiver

STAR Systems International Certified Tags
Apollo 3 Position Multi-mode 6C Tag
Gemini 2 Position Multi-mode 6C Tag
Solana Windshield/Headlamp Sticker Tag
Vektra Windshield Sticker Tag
Aries Headlamp Tag
Venus Windshield Tag

OmniAir Consortium has offered certification for 6C since 2012 and on Wednesday, February 6 OmniAir will hold a Multi-Protocol Tolling Certification Workshop to solicit tolling industry input on requirements for a new Multi-Protocol Tolling Certification Program being developed by OmniAir Consortium and its members.

Follow the link for more information and to secure your ticket, seating is limited.

About OmniAir Consortium

OmniAir Consortium is the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and Connected Vehicles. OmniAir’s membership includes public agencies, private companies, research institutions, and independent test laboratories. Learn more about OmniAir at www.omniair.org.

About STAR Systems International

STAR Systems International is a market leader providing solutions including RFID transponders, readers, antennas and professional consulting services for Auto ID & Vehicle Identification Applications. STAR Systems leverages technical implementation expertise, training and support to ensure customer success. “Your Success Is Our Vision”. Our focus is providing best-in-class technologies for Smart City Initiatives including; Electronic Tolling (ETC), Electronic Vehicle Registration (EVR), Fleet Management, Parking and Secure Access Control applications. Our mission is to enable our partners and users to experience high-performance and reliable integrated solutions which are key elements of any modern Smart City initiative. For more information on STAR Systems visit www.star-int.net.

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January 14, 2019 10:06PM

Keysight Technologies’s V2X Test Solution earned OmniAir Qualified Test Equipment (OQTE) status

OmniAir Consortium®, the leading industry association promoting interoperability and certification for ITS, tolling, and Connected Vehicles, announces that Keysight Technologies’s V2X Test Solution with 802.11p, DSRC & ITS G5 has earned OmniAir Qualified Test Equipment (OQTE) status. This vehicle-to-everything (V2X) test solution is only the third major test system and fourth test tool to complete the qualification process.

OmniAir has qualified Keysight Technologies’s V2X Test Solution to validate protocol conformance based on OmniAir Consortium’s DSRC-V2X test specifications. All of their V2X conformance test suites enable full test automation and provide global V2X standards coverage, including both the European ITS-G5 and the OmniAir Consortium WAVE-DSRC test cases based from standards SAE J2945/1, IEEE 802.11, IEEE 1609.2, IEEE 1609.3, IEEE 1609.4, and SAE J2945/1.

“OmniAir is proud to partner with companies like Keysight Technologies, whose world-class capabilities and expertise will help to advance OmniAir’s V2X testing and certification programs,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director of OmniAir.

OmniAir Certification for V2X devices provides assurance to automotive OEMs, Tier One suppliers, and deploying agencies that OmniAir Certified devices conform with industry standards and meet minimum performance and interoperability.

OmniAir’s OQET program assesses and qualifies test equipment, systems, and test tools used in the industry. Only those test systems and equipment that successfully pass OmniAir’s rigorous audit process become a qualified product and are eligible for use by OmniAir Authorized Test Laboratories for certification testing.

OmniAir Consortium certified devices, qualified test equipment/tools, and authorized test laboratories can be found and verified, including Keysight’s major test system, in our certified products catalog located at: www.omniair.org/certified-products/.

About OmniAir Consortium

About Keysight Technologies

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) is a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers, and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world. Keysight’s solutions optimize networks and bring electronic products to market faster and at a lower cost with offerings from design simulation, to prototype validation, to manufacturing test, to optimization in networks and cloud environments. Customers span the worldwide communications ecosystem, aerospace and defense, automotive, energy, semiconductor and general electronics end markets. Keysight generated revenues of $3.9B in fiscal year 2018. More information is available at www.keysight.com.

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January 11, 2019 1:57PM

ETC Tolling Technology Company Joins OmniAir Consortium®

OmniAir is excited to add another forward-thinking company to our rapidly expanding membership base, Electronic Transaction Consultants Corporation (ETC). ETC, joined at the Associate level, has maintained a clear vision of how technology can be used to fuel advances in the toll industry and support evolving operational needs. This vision has enabled ETC to deliver standards-setting solutions and has created significant benefits for ETC’s customers. ETC offers equipment agnostic solutions resulting in optimized system integration on the roadside and back office.

“Tolling is a core component of OmniAir Consortium and our continued growth in that sector of our business speaks volumes,” said Jason Conley, Executive Director of OmniAir. “We look forward to ETC’s input and contributions to our working groups which supports delivering OmniAir Certified devices to the tolling world.”

ETC has introduced a number of industry firsts including the first comprehensive, browser-based electronic toll collection system and the first open road tolling solution for more than three lanes. ETC was the system integrator for the nation’s first all-electronic toll road, the Westpark Tollway, and ETC’s solutions have created reliable interoperability between toll authorities and other operations such as airport and commercial parking systems.

ETC has a road map for the future, based on ensuring its customers have the solutions they need to effectively manage their rapidly changing operating environment. From migrating applications to service oriented architecture to developing new capabilities and services. ETC is creating real solutions for today’s – and tomorrow’s – toll industry and OmniAir Consortium is proud to be a part of their plan.

About ETC

ETC is a leading global systems and services provider for the tolling and transportation industries, delivering both roadside systems and back office platforms. The company’s nearly two decades of delivering technically sophisticated solutions has supported many of the country’s largest toll authorities and helped transform the industry with first-of-its-kind advancements. ETC’s solutions process over $3 billion of toll revenue annually.

ETC’s roadside solutions have been created to handle several challenges, including tolling facility support, lane equipment control, and cash management. With the introduction of proprietary designs, artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled technology, big data utilization, and innovative architectures, the RITE™ Solution’s roadside modules provide real-time data and automation, assisting with troubleshooting and manual maintenance with reduced effort, resulting in a greater advantage and lower cost to the customer. For additional information, please visit www.etcc.com.

About OmniAir Consortium