Istanbul Municipality Selects Alien RFID Solution For Vehicle Tracking In Turkey

Morgan Hill, CA - Alien Technology Corporation, an industry leader for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) products and services, in partnership with STS Technology, recently secured a vehicle tracking contract for the Municipality of Pendik in Istanbul, Turkey.

The Municipality of Pendik has installed the STS/Alien RFID vehicle tracking solution for their employee parking lots. Employee and company vehicles now will feature an Alien RFID tag mounted on the vehicle window with fixed position ALR-8800 readers mounted at various entry/exit points within the parking lots.

"We believe the RFID reader/tag solution from Alien to be superior to other solutions we tested," said Omer Elci, Transportation Manager for the Pendik Municipality. "We were impressed with STS' ability to provide the RFID hardware and software integration solution to suit our needs."

"The benefits to the municipality are multi-fold, including complete traceability of the vehicles location," says Tanhu Dizgec, president of Istanbul-based STS Technology "This RFID solution from Alien Technology provides a seamless method of securing parking payment and enhancing the security for public employees. As a result of this first EPC-compliant vehicle tracking installation, we are now involved in half a dozen pilots with leading universities and municipalities throughout Turkey."

"Alien's UHF RFID solution, based on the globally standardized EPC protocol, offers the customer the critical reading range of several meters," said Stephen Crocker, Director of Alien Technology Channel/Sales EMEA and India. "Alien is fast becoming the de facto standard for RFID enabled vehicle tracking applications, based on our commitment to offer low-cost RFID tags through our high-volume tag manufacturing advantages."

SOURCE: STS Technology and Alien Technology