N° 3 March 2015

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TERRITORIAL WORKSHOP "SOUTH AND SMART MOBILITY: OPPORTUNITIES AND SOLUTIONS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS"

Carla Tedesco, Councillor for Planning; Claudio Laricchia, Manager of the City of Bari; Olga Landolfi, Secretary General of TTS Italia; Luigi Ranieri, Director of the City of Bari; Angelo Scattaglia, AMTAB; Antonio Scarano, AREM, Francesco Casertano, Indra; Giorgio Fanesi, Pluservice; Mariarita Costanza, Macnil.

These were the speakers at the Workshop "South and Smart Mobility: opportunities and solutions for local government" which was held March 19, 2015, at the Council Chamber of the Municipal Administration of Bari, organized by TTS Italia in collaboration with the City of Bari , a member of the Platform of Local Authorities launched by the Association.

The event was an opportunity to take an overview of types and solutions of smart mobility for the cities of the South Italy, starting from the experience of the metropolitan area of Bari, as well as to discuss the developments in the sector in the near future through the opportunities offered by the new 2014-2020 financial programming.

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News of the month from TTS Italia partners

ACI launches car sharing service in Verona
ACI, TTS Italia founding member, has launched a new car sharing service in Verona on the 27th of March. The service is managed by ACI Global, the ACI society for the technical assistance to vehicles. The car sharing fleet will be initially composed by 35 cars, 10 of which will be electrical. The user will be able to book a car in advance through a dedicate website, call center or App and will be able to access the traffic limited zones, to have free parking areas, to leave the car in a different final destination. The service will start in Verona and will be extended to all Italy.
Source: ACI

A Port Community System for the Ancona Port
DBA Lab (ICT society of DBA Group, TTS Italia ordinary member), has won the tender issued by the Port Authority of Ancona. DBA Lab developed an integrated solution to automate the operations of the Port Community. The service described in the tender are supplied through the Port Community System solution named LISy (Logistic Information System), a computing platform that can meet the needs of the exchange of information and documents of logistics chains, and of the public and private operators and of the port community. The system is a "single window" in which procedures, data and information reside on a central server, which can allow use by authorized users through a standard web browser and according to access and security policies. The Lisy system will implement also telematic dialogue with the One-Stop Customs (developed by the Customs Agency), will enable the collection and distribution of statistical data and interfaces with the PMIS systems, currently under development, and UIRNet.
Source: DBA Lab

Engineering Ingegneria Informatica wins tender for AIDA system
Engineering Ingegneria Informatica SpA, TTS Italia ordinary member, has won the European tender issued by ENAV Spa to supply the monitoring and analysis system AIDA (ATM Information Delivery and Analysis).
Source: TTS Italia

Fai Service wins tender to extend the National Logistics Platform
Fai Service, TTS Italia ordinary member, has won the tender issued by UIRNet, TTS Italia ordinary member, to extend and manage the National Logistics Platform for 20 years. The winner must commit to finance the activity with at least 20 million euros and to pay an annual fee to UIRNet of at least € 2,500,000 from the year 2015.
Source: TTS Italia

Higher Security and Reduced Fuel Consumption by Pioneering Technologies in Freight Transport with Kapsch
In a demonstration at AstaZero test site in Sweden Kapsch TrafficCom, TTS Italia ordinary member, has tested automated systems for truck platooning. Platooning denotes a vehicle convoy in which only the first vehicle is controlled by a driver. Kapsch provided the V2X equipment that enables communication between vehicles and infrastructure (V2I) and from vehicle to vehicle (V2V). Platooning involves the automated coupling of vehicles by electronic means, while first vehicle takes control. The lead vehicle is managed whilst the remaining vehicles regulate the speed to follow automatically. This requires technical precautions to ensure the convoy’s safety. It’s required that vehicles must communicate with each other and react to other environmental factors. When the first car brakes, all moving trucks must perform the braking maneuver at the very same moment. Should a car have to turn along the route, then it should have as little impact on the entire train as possible. Kapsch has recently contributed technology to a test in Sweden, where platooning was tested on site. "Platooning is an exciting second generation application of V2X that shows the potential and versatility of the technology. In the test our V2X module EVK-3300 served as a communication platform in the vehicle," tells Adam Tengblad, Head of Product Management at Kapsch TrafficCom Sweden. "It utilizes the IEEE 802.11p standard – a variant of WiFi that is adapted for ad hoc networking – to manage the sensor data and radio signals. The module is an interface in the processing of the data which is needed for automatically driving a vehicle." Advantages of the new technologies are obvious, especially for the transport industry: higher security and improved use of resources. Large transport vehicles naturally have a high air resistance and within platoons this resistance can be reduced by slipstream effects. This saves fuel and helps to make better use of road space. The vision is that only the first vehicle in the convoy is controlled by a driver, while all the others are connected to the first vehicle. This allows a simultaneous acceleration or braking, whilst the reduced distance between the vehicles is made possible by the elimination of human reaction time. A convoy can consist of an arbitrary number of vehicles, but for practical application the number of trucks will be limited to the order of around ten vehicles. Depending on the vehicle distance first test results show fuel savings of between five to twenty percent – a significant cost advantage for forwarding companies when the technology is used everywhere. Source: Kapsch

Indra exhibited its state-of-the-art air traffic management systems at the World ATM Congress
Indra, TTS Italia ordinary member, displayed its complete range of automated air traffic management solutions, communications, navigation and air surveillance (ATM-CNS) at the World ATM Congress 2015, the main trade event for the air traffic management sector held in Madrid from March 10-12. Attendees discovered the new Controller Working Position concept developed by the company. This console offers integrated and flexible access to all of the required data and functionalities for managing traffic, with a new interrelationship concept with the system and a different “look & feel”.
Indra also exhibited its Cometa voice over IP (VCS-VoIP) land-to-land and land-to-air communications solution, as well as its voice communication control systems for the GAREX 220 and GAREX 300 control centers. As regards surveillance, it offered information on its continuous wave surface radar (SMR) and exhibited a multilateration (MLAT) station for monitoring movements at airports and wide area multilateration (WAM) for maneuvering and en-route.
As to tower equipment, the company took its InNOVA Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS) to the World ATM Congress 2015, a solution that increases airport availability under any type of weather conditions.
Finally, the multinational presented some of the innovations it has achieved in the development of solutions adapted to SESAR requirements. Indra is one of the most influential companies in this initiative and a founding partner of the SESAR JU consortium, the technological pillar of the Single European Sky. In this area, the company already counts with specific solutions ready for industrialization and deployment, which it will exhibit at its stand.
In this regard, if during the previous edition of the World ATM Congress Indra revealed its interoperability concept (IOP), which represents a new way for managing flight-related information, in this edition it focused on another key area of said flight information management: the integration of aeronautical data with other ATM systems using SWIM.
Last of all, Indra's German subsidiary, Indra Avitech, offered information on its eWiz@rd, AviSuite and AxL product range, which facilitate the exchange of aeronautical data AIM and OLDI and SWIM.
For the press release, clicca qui
Source: Indra

Indra implements the latest integrated ticketing and management technology in Tenerife´s public bus and streetcar services
Indra, TTS Italia ordinary member, has been awarded a €9.1 M contract by Tenerife's regional government to implement the latest public transportation management technology in its urban and inter-city services. Indra will implement an Operation Assistance System (OAS) to manage a fleet of 530 buses on the island and an integrated contactless-ticketing solution for its buses and streetcar services.
The president of the Cabildo de Tenerife regional administration, Carlos Alonso, presented the project to Indra on March 20, at a ceremony attended by the mayor of Santa Cruz, José Manuel Bermúdez, the island's head of transport services, Manuel Ortega, and Indra's head of Transport, José Antonio Francés, where the new equipment was displayed.
With Indra's new multimode contactless-ticketing system the card only has to be passed over a reader, replacing the current magnetic-strip ticketing system. Passengers will now be able to use a single contactless card on urban and intercity buses, streetcars and also 40 taxis on the island. This will encourage intermodality, the combined use of various transport services.
Public transportation users will also be able to use the new card to pay the dissuasive parking charges the island has put in place to reduce private vehicle use in cities. The contactless cards can be topped up in more than 300 sales outlets and charging points, using automatic machines and manual sales terminals.
Information from the central ticketing system will be collected by a cutting edge control center, enhancing the management of the service. The system includes ticket validation subsystems in buses, taxis, parking lots and streetcar stations; recharging at sales points and in automatic machines; ticket inspection using portable terminals; revenue allocation between the companies involved, TITSA (Transportes Interurbanos de Tenerife) and MTSA (Metropolitano de Tenerife); and passenger assistance services, to ensure the cards are used correctly.
The control center can follow the location of every vehicle in the fleet at all times, viewing images from their on-board cameras, managing passenger information and taking real-time decisions in response to incidents, needs for additional services and any deviations from the planned service. This is all made possible by the geographic information systems, on-board equipment and mobile communication infrastructure, using WiFi and 3G technology, included in Indra's solution.
The solution also offers reports and graphics with details of the services so they can be adjusted to actual passenger demand, improving quality and performance whilst reducing costs.
Passengers will also benefit from the improved transport management offered by new technology, through higher quality services, better information and safer transport. The system will, for example, provide information on the next stops, connections to other lines, incidents and expected arrival times, using the latest generation multimedia screens on buses and at bus stops.
The on-board video-surveillance system installed in part of the fleet, and fully integrated into the OAS, can record, broadcast and display real-time images from on-board cameras, improving safety and helping combat vandalism and violent behavior.
  Source: Indra

Indra to modernize three air control centers in argentina
Indra, TTS Italia ordinary member, will implement its air traffic management systems in the Area Control Centers (ACC) and Approach Control Center of three international airports in Argentina: Gobernador Francisco Gabrielli, in Mendoza; José de San Martín, in Resistencia; and General Enrique Mosconi, in Comodoro Rivadavia. Indra won the contract through a process managed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). This is a very demanding project due to its execution timeframes with the goal of launching the operations of the 3 centers almost simultaneously. The Indra automated air traffic management systems will support the activity of controllers and allow the control centers and airports to manage a higher number of flights, guaranteeing higher security levels.
This contract reinforces Indra's relationship as a technology provider of the General Directorate of Air Traffic Control (DGCTA), a body governed by the Argentinean Air Force (FAA). Previously, Indra modernized the control center systems at the Ezeiza international airport in Buenos Aires, the country's most important airport and the one with the highest traffic, as well as that of Córdoba.
To reinforce the operations of the airport in Buenos Aires, Indra also supplied a mode S secondary radar, the most advanced technology for detecting and identifying aircraft.
Likewise, it was in charge of deploying a simulator for the ACC and Control Tower of the Training, Perfection and Experimentation Center (CIPE) at Ezeiza, at which a major number of controllers who work in this country undergo training.
Indra is a leading company in the supply of Air Traffic Management systems. The technology multinational has implemented more than 4,000 facilities in over 160 countries. It is also one of the most innovative companies in the sector, as highlighted by its decisive participation in the European R&D project, SESAR, aimed at developing systems to manage air traffic in Europe in the future.
In Latin America, the Central American Corporation for Air Navigation Services (COCESNA) manages the entire upper airspace of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Belize using Indra technology. These countries have also implemented Indra systems in their own control centers. The company has also carried out air traffic projects in Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Paraguay and Brazil, among other countries.
Source: Indra

Macnil awarded at the 3rd OpenGeoData Italy Conference
Macnil, TTS Italia ordinary member, has been awarded for the aware open data at the 3° Conference OpenGeoData Italy, held in Rome on the 19th February. This year, in the category "App", the Board of Directors of OpenGeoData Italy has decided to award the recognition "App OpenGeoData 2014" to Macnil, with the following citation: "For having developed the Free App InfoSmartCity, available on AppStore, which manages open geographic data and alphanumeric both dynamic and static as well as other geo-referenced data processed in real time. It recognizes the company's ability to invest, generating App using open data, useful for making cities smarter and more livable."
For further information on the event and for the photo gallery, click here
Source: Macnil

Pluservice wins tender for multimodal travel planner
Pluservice, TTS Italia ordinary member, has won the tender issued by the City of Lecce for the design and production of a multimodal travel planner.
Source: TTS Italia

Project Automation wins tender for air quality monitoring and onboard touch screen devices
Project Automation, TTS Italia ordinary member, has won the tender issued by the City of Cagliari for the three years air quality monitoring within the Municipality of Cagliari. In addition, Project Automation has won the tender issued by the Agency for Transport of Milan to supply onboard touch screen devices.
Source: TTS Italia

Satellite navigation: new Galileo satellites launched
Galileo, the EU's satellite navigation programme, has just placed two more satellites into orbit. The lift-off took place on 27 March at 22.46 CET from the European spaceport near Kourou in French Guiana. Galileo is the programme of the European Union to develop a global satellite navigation system under European civilian control. Galileo signals will allow users to know their exact position with outstanding accuracy.
Galileo will be compatible with and, for some of its services, interoperable with existing similar systems, but will be autonomous.
The improved positioning and timing information supplied by Galileo will have positive implications for many services and users in Europe. Products like in-car navigation devices and mobile phones will benefit from the extra accuracy provided by Galileo. Galileo's satellite navigation data will also benefit critical services, for example it will make road and rail transport systems safer and improve our responses to emergency situations.
The Finmeccanica group played a key role in the Galileo development thanks to its companies Telespazio, Selex ES, both TTS Italia members, and Thales Alenia Space. Especially, Telespazio realised one of the control centre managing the Galileo mission within the Spatial Centre of Fucino. Telespazio is also committed in the early services validation of the programme as well as on the development of applications based on Galileo.
Source: www.trasporti-italia.com

Selex ES wins two Atac tenders
Selex ES, TTS Italia ordinary member, has won two tenders issued by Atac, TTS Italia founding member: for the supply of 375 onboard equipment and related software and accessories for electric buses and trams; and for the maintenance of the SCADA subsystem electrification.
Source: TTS Italia

Sistema wins tender for the project PLUS “Urban Mobility Center”
Sistema, TTS Italia ordinary member, has won the tender issued by the City of Guidonia related to the PLUS project.
the project PLUS «Urban Mobility Center» includes the following activities: creation of an Urban Mobility Centre (UMC); traffic monitoring; data center creation and updating; publication of information on public transport; metadata definition and updating; carpooling management.
Source: TTS Italia

Telespazio and EGNOS on ITS International
EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) is already the basis for several services at European level and for the regions of the Mediterranean.
ITS Internationalpresents the projects led by Telespazio, ordinary member of TTS Italia, related to EGNOS and the progresses made.
For the article, click here
Source: Telespazio/ITS International

Telespazio wins tender for terminals supply
Telespazio, ordinary member of TTS Italia, has won the tender issued by the General Command of the Guardia di Finanza to acquire, in a single lot, of:
a) 13 satellite terminals and its installation on ships;
b) Creation / adaptation of the satellite communication system;
c) Service of connectivity;
d) Educational activities on board for the crews of the ships
Source: TTS Italia

The consortium led by Indra completes the first phase of Coruña Smart City with the launch of the urban platform's operations
Coruña Smart City is Spain’s first project that aims to use technology to achieve full cross-disciplinary city management. This urban platform is already installed and operational in the Council's Data Processing Center (DPC) of this Galician city. This way, the temporary joint venture led by Indra, TTS Italia ordinary member, and comprised of Altia, Ilux and R as telecommunications operator, closes the project's first phase, which began in 2013.
The city's "brain" has already begun receiving data from 3 of the 14 pilots that make up the project: multichannel events, guided visits system and electronic administration. Thereby, citizens may use the first services, including mobile applications for the city's cultural and leisure calendar of events and guided visits with augmented reality, amongst others. The town council's electronic headquarters, sede.coruna.gob.es, part of the electronic administration pilot project, is also available.
All of these services are accessible through the Coruña Smart City portal, smart.coruna.es, where useful, dynamic and real-time data is displayed for the citizen. This initial catalog is completed with the Open Data portal that includes freely accessible information for all citizens to use, with over 130 data sources of diverse types. Its goal is for entrepreneurs to use this data for developing new applications and innovative services.
These applications are just a part of the smart city project, which will be completed over upcoming weeks with new services and applications while crossing data that the pilot projects contribute to offer a comprehensive vision of the city.
The Coruña Smart City platform is based on SOFIA2 (http://sofia2.com), Indra's Internet of Things (IOT) solution with cloud and big data capabilities. SOFIA2 makes it possible to integrate and share information from different systems, mobile devices and social networks in a simple manner. This is a big management center ("integration brain") that enables communication between the services and solutions of the city’s ecosystem (mobility, water, energy, environment, leisure and tourism, etc.) and provides a full overview of its activity. It also includes analysis tools to predict the city's behaviors as regards service use to adapt them in a better and more proactive way to real needs.
Since its launch, this project has garnered major recognition. For instance, it was one of the six finalists (out of 200 initiatives) in the project category of the World Smart Cities Awards 2013; recently, it received an Honorable Mention at the 2014 Public Procurement of Innovation Award ceremony from the European Commission. Additionally, it has been considered the Best Council Initiative by the association Ingenieros de Telecomunicación de Galicia and the engineering college Colexio Profesional de Enxeñaría en Informática de Galicia, and it has received an award from Fundación Dintel.
For the press release, click here
Source: Indra

Tiemme: 38 news buses for the public transport in Siena
Tiemme, TTS Italia ordinary member, added 38 new buses to its public transport fleet.
The new buses, 37 urban and one extra-urban, are equipped with air conditioning and heating, platform access for disabled people accompanied by visible and audible warnings, voice announcement of the stop, monitor schedule dedicated to information and video surveillance cameras on board.
The novelty of the means regards the port of entry and exit of the passengers, realized with a dedicated graphics so as to be easily recognizable: a green color frame for the access, red for the exit.
The investment that has allowed the modernization of the public transport was of 17 million euro.
Source: www.trasporti-italia.com

Transpotec Logitec 2015: Tracky Village by Fai Service is back
The next edition of Transpotec Logitec, the event dedicated to road transport and logistics planning will be held in Verona from 16 to 19 April 201. For truck will present many different manufacturers as DAF Trucks, Italscania, Iveco, MAN Truck & Bus Italy and Mercedes-Benz Italy, together with Citroën Italy, Isuzu Motors Limited and Peugeot Italy for commercial vehicles. Among the initiatives proposed, the space by FAI Service, ordinary member of TTS Italia, Tracky Village will be back. Tracky Village is an exhibition area organized as a citadel and animated by meetings in the name of the business to know all the opportunities offered by companies close to the FAI World Service: from insurance services to those on highways, ships and ferries, accessories and products for the maintenance of the vehicles, the security technologies and much more. Tracky The Village will also offer training courses, through meetings, events and presentations on the hottest topics in the industry.
Source: www.trasporti-italia.com

Verona Smart City Conference
It was held on the 21st of March the conference “Verona Smart City. The telecommunications and sensors network for the citizens mobility”, promoted by the Municipality of Verona, TTS Italia ordinary member. The conference was the occasion to introduce the new infomobility portal of the City of Verona (http://veronamobile.it), and to present the App for smartphone developed within the participation at the European project Compass 4D (2013-2015). Verona, partner of the project, is paying great attention to road congestion reduction, higher safety level, energy efficiency through the use of ITS - Intelligent Transportation System thanks to public-private partnerships.
Source: City of Verona

MEMBER OF THE MONTH

MACNIL – Zucchetti Group

Technological Know-how and highly qualified services in the field of management systems of messaging, mobile office, satellite tracking and remote control: this is what identifies Macnil, a Company of Informatics as part of Zucchetti Group and also technical Partner of Telecom Italia, specialized in the sector of Internet of Things ( IOT ) and in the configuration of integrated wireless/web Systems and GSM/GPRS/GPS Remote Control.

Founded in 1999 in Gravina in Puglia ( Bari ), Macnil soon emerged for its ability in managing the world of “machine to machine”, developing innovative projects in the sectors of satellite Tracking , telemedicine, and smart mobility and finally for its strategic presence in the place of origin, confirmed by important partnership with the University of Bari ( technological Pole ), Apulia Region and Productive District of Informatics.

Nowadays MACNIL Company counts more than 30 employees, a network of 1.500 authorized experts in the Devices Installation, distributed all over the national territory.

Find out the applicative domain IOT and the Company expertise here

Media about Macnil: visit the press review

3 QUESTIONS TO MACNIL

• Macnil is very active in the technological field in south Italy and mainly in Puglia. From the technological point of view, which are the difficulties in spreading the innovation?
  
  In Puglia the IT field has limited dimensions, even if it is growing . It contains about 4% of the IT companies all over Italy for a total of 16.000 attendants, corresponding to about 4% of work force of the field, at national level.
  Inside our territory, there are many examples of innovative companies, even if, according to the information we have from the Region, these have shown interest in not very “radical” innovations and more interest in innovations like using new products/services or methods.
  The success of Macnil in this uncertain context is a consequence of the propulsive boost and of the continuous investments for the research in the IOT field , and beyond all this, it is given by the high capacity of creating a net with laboratories for research and with big national groups like Telecom Italy.


• Macnil has recently won the prize: “OpenGeoData Italy”. Which are the points of strength of the Company and which are the main products ?
  
  The prize above mentioned is the result of very hard work and research, with partners and college laboratories, everything having been done for one reason: to propose alternative models of mobility.
  That is how “OpenGeoData Italia” choose our App InfoSmartCity(available on the AppStore), that deals with geographical and alphanumeric data, that are open in the dynamic and in the static way and other  geo-referenced data elaborated in real time.
  The reason of the prize is that ” it is being recognized to the company the capacity to invest, generating App that use open data, useful because they transform the cities in places more intelligent and in better places to live in.” Besides the remote control systems for the fleet management , in this moment, thanks to Zucchetti, we are entering in a new important field with impressive numbers: the mobile advertising.
  Our SMS Service Landing platform offers to many companies of all sizes, the opportunity to create personalized marketing mobile campaigns that are also low cost.


• In which future event /occasion will be possible to meet Macnil?
  
  After having been present at the Mobile World Congress in Barcellona, from 16 to 20 of March, we will be in Hannover at CeBIT, the most important international fair dedicated to the technology, to the software, to the digital services and to the telecommunication field.

PRODUCT IN THE SPOTLIGHT

InfoSmartCity is an innovative Information Service about mobility and traffic, developed by MACNIL Company, a Zucchetti Group Partner, in collaboration with the Polytechnic of the University of Bari and other Partners linked to Semina Project ( Advanced Systems for the smart mobility in simple urban Network ). The new Service, already tested in the City of Bari, will be soon present in other important Italian cities, in order to offer drivers and citizen, an integrated System of sustainable and smart mobility in their own city.

InfoSmartCity (www.infosmartcity.it ) prized as best App 2014 by “Open Geo Data Italia” and free downloaded from Google Store, is useful to receive update about urban traffic situation in real time, travel times of the most important lines of public transport, and a series of information of public utility: from duty pharmacy to weather, city events, from urgent communications coming from Public Administration to citizen report about issues related to maintenance of urban roads, up to danger complaint ( randagism, car accident, robberies, and others ). A direct link between Municipal Administration and citizen.

For contacts: fabio.dellolio@gmail.com

Product of the month

Viasat BluTrack: to follow the goods even if the mode of transport changes

One of the objections that logistics managers raise to intermodality is the possible loss of control on the traceability of goods when changing the carrier. This may be in conflict with the protocols guaranteeing the safety of the goods that for some clients are very strict.

In the intermodal transport, different modes of road transport are involved for the first and last mile (in addition to any possible parties for the picking) and one (or more) rail carrier.

For this segment of users, the Italian company Viasat has developed a product for geolocation and remote monitoring, tailored for this market: the BluTrack.

To be used in the intermodal traffic the device must be able to work even when it is not electrically powered for a long time, not being able to rely on the generator of the truck.

Having already available in its product range all the advanced technology required to collect and transmit data for traditional Fleet Management applications, the research developed by Viasat was therefore focused on the autonomy of the device in the absence of external power.

The effort was put on improving the performance of the accumulator and of the balance between the frequency of the "active" phases of the device (in which there is energy consumption) and the functionality of the response of transport and goods tracking and monitoring.

Furthermore, Viasat has developed a model for tracking the position of the load that on the one hand grants a substantial saving of electrical power, and on the other allows the device to be active even if positioned within metal casing as the container, which normally obscures the GPS signal and makes the device itself inefficient.

Thanks to the cell-based technology, in case of weak or absent GPS signal, in automatic, the system provides the position of the vehicle, through the identification information given by the GSM cells to which it is connected. In this way, you can identify the geographical area in which the vehicle is, with a triangulation of the connected cells and a variable accuracy depending on the territorial distribution of GSM cells, in the vicinity of a few hundred meters. A radius that is in any case sufficient considering that the intermodal transport is often related to fixed locations such as terminals or the railway line.

As soon as, for example when opening the barn door, the GPS signal comes back, the device automatically sends the exact position together with the event warning (very useful intervention especially if the opening is not in compliance with the transport cycle, i.e. theft).

Different versions have been entered in the catalog, referring to totally self-sufficient solutions for up to 12 months (mainly for the transoceanic traffic of containers) or rechargeable at varying intervals according to the use (e.g., for traffic on continental routes on shuttle itineraries with the loading unit returning to the base within 15-20 days).

However, since the needs of each customer, in relation to the tracking mode of the load and the parameters that have to be monitored, can be very different, Viasat is able to adapt the performance of the BluTrack to fit customised solutions tailored to the individual customer needs, thanks to the programming of features.

Frequency of data transmission according to the status of the loading unit (in warehouse or on the road), thresholds setting for the immediate launch of alerts on critical issues related to control parameters such as temperature, humidity, collisions, break-ins and more.

In addition to containers, swap bodies and semi-trailers, BluTrack can be used to trace the goods themselves, inserted in the packaging (prevailing anti-theft feature), or to control the work equipment in construction sites.

The Viasat Design team is in contact with the customer from the early stages to identify the needs and propose offers of service able to provide the customer with the type and the quality of data needed to manage the security of transport in relation to his company organisation.

The signals sent by the BluTrack are received by the Viasat operations centres and processed at a basic level.

The customer can entrust the entire management to the Viasat operations centres or get the data transferred to an in-house system on Web-Console or opt for intermediate tailored solutions.

The data can be monitored both from the PC and from applications for Tablet and Smartphone.

Viasat is able to offer a wide range of security and assistance services, thanks to the experience and specialisation gained in over 25 years of activity. Viasat has its own infrastructure for the management of alarms and of the intervention practices related to the safety of the driver and the protection of the vehicle and of transported goods.

The Viasat Operations Centre is able to track the device and always find the vehicle or the person in need, wherever they are, thanks to the GPS signal and to the GSM/GPRS communication.

The adoption of Viasat BluTrack and of the integrated services for the Tracking & Tracing of loading units allows the carrier to obtain interesting cost savings if compared to those resulting from an internalised management, plus the ability to offer intermodal transport solutions fully and continuously monitored and not to miss a market segment that requires this feature.

Moreover, the detection and the recording of critical events related to thresholds of temperature, humidity, dynamics of impact or theft allow a much more direct management of the responsibilities of the different carriers involved or of circumstances beyond one's control, towards the customers and the Insurance Companies. Considerable savings can be achieved also in this case.

Not least, the fact that Viasat has its own telematics infrastructure and standard protocols for connectivity and interconnection between the Viasat Operations Centre, institutional Client Portals and/or of Business Services, such as the National Logistics Platform UIRNet (with over 3000 connected vehicles), CCISS, Roma Capitale and PA in general, allows to interact with systems of collaborative management of transport and be connected with the main Italian freight terminals.

The integration with the devices for the road transport of the Runtracker line and with the Viasat Fleet Management services also allows, through the same Web Console, to generate new and additional business opportunities for the companies that decide to take advantage of telematics to optimise and make the management of their fleets more efficient.

For more information and contacts: www.viasatfleet.com - fleet@viasatonline.it

Project of the month

5T: launched the new portal for touristic buses

5T S.r.l. has recently launched a new e-commerce portal www.busturistici.torino.it to purchase circulation permits for tourist buses within the new LTZ established by the City of Turin. The website, online since March 5, 2015, aims to simplify the procedures for purchasing, issuing and modifying permits, as well as providing users with all the information on the new LTZ.

The e-commerce portal for the purchase and issuance of permits is part of the evolution of the City of Turin in a "smart city", characterized by efficient and digital services and processes of urban governance. The new e-commerce webisite makes it possible to the City administration to manage the purchase, issuance and amendment of permits entirely and exclusively on-line, through two channels of electronic payment: credit card and MyBank service, through which users can transfer money online using the home banking service of their bank.

The website is available in Italian and in English, the latter designed for foreign operators visiting Turin during major events to be held in 2015, such as the Exposition of the Holy Shroud and the event "Torino European Capital of Sport ".

For contacts: Francesca Marinetto - comunicazione@5t.torino.it

TTS in action

The city of Milan, the city of Messina and of Capo d’Orlando enter the Platform of the Local Authorities
In 2015, the Platform for Local Authorities, launched by TTS Italia in February 2014, keeps on growing with new important subscription: the cities of Milan, Messina and Capo d’Orlando officially entered the Platform. In anticipation of the implementation of the National ITS strategy by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, TTS Italia proposes the establishment of a Platform for Local Authorities (Regions, Provinces and Municipalities), which aims primarily to create a table of comparison between the world of the offer, a strong presence in the Association, and the demand side. The Platform will offer Local Authorities support and training services useful for the local implementation of ITS. The main aim of the Platform is to raise the awareness of local authorities on the tangible benefits that ITS can bring through measures of knowledge and information for decision-makers and technicians, operational support and training.

TTS Italia at the Naples conference on Local Public Transport
TTS Italia, represented by the President Rossella Panero and the Secretary General Olga Landolfi, took part in the conference "The local public transport in Italy: new perspectives, new strategies", held in Naples on 30 and 31 March. The conference, organized by the Region of Campania, Coordinator of the Commission for Infrastructure, Mobility and government of the territory and sponsored by the Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces, represented a moment of confrontation aimed to raise awareness of how the regions and autonomous provinces have engaged in the process of renewal of local public transport in Italy. The conference also addressed critical issues due to the significant cuts made in recent years to the financial resources available for mobility. During the two days of work institutional representatives, regional experts and stakeholders met to discuss an issue of great social and economic importance, with the aim of illustrating the individual and common strategies and approaches and to identify together integrated actions that aim to find also solutions and answers to current problems. In particular, the President of TTS Italia participated in the panel on "Services of Local Public Transport in the testimony of Stakeholders".

TTS Italia at the conference “Automotive 2025. Technological scenarios and insurance” – 12 March 2015 – Rome
It was held on the 12th of March in Rome the conference “Automotive 2025. Technological scenarios and insurance”, organised by the Unipol Group, TTS Italia ordinary member. During the conference, the future of the automotive sector was discussed as well as self-driving and new trends in research and development. The President of TTS Italia, Rossella Panero, participated in the round table on connectivity and regulatory framework. Among the speakers for the day; CRF and University of Parma, TTS Italia ordinary members.

TTS Italia welcomes three new members
Following the Board of Directors of 27th February 2015, TTS Italia welcomes three new members:
- Engineering Ingegneria informatica (http://www.eng.it/), designs and manufactures innovative architectures that guide and support the business models and service of all organizations, in all markets;
- FIT Consulting (http://www.fitconsulting.it/), offers technical and scientific consulting services in the transport, mobility and logistics, as well as for the access to European, national and regional funding programs;
- Indra Italia (http://www.indracompany.com/en/pais/italia/df), has its own solutions in the various sectors in which it operates: Transport and Traffic, Energy and Industry, Public Administration and Healthcare, Financial Services, Security and Defense, and Telecom and Media.

ITS relevant tenders in Italy

Italia-Siena: telematic system
Italia-Sorano: parking meters

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“General States of the New Mobility”
10-11-12 April 2015, Bologna
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Transpotech Logitec
16-19 April 2015. Verona
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Transport Systems Telematics conference
15-17 April 2014, Wroclaw, Poland
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InfoTech-2015
18-20 April 2015, Shenzhen, China
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IRF & CHTS 2015 International Highway Technology Summit – Cities Transportation and People
21-23 April 2015, Shanghai, China
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3rd Czech conference on smart and healthy public transport
21-22 April 2015, Pilsen, Czech Republic
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Traffex 2015
21-23 April 2015, Birmingham, UK
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ITS Conference 2015 "A Digital Strategy for Mobility: from capacity to connectivity"
24 April 2015, Brussels, Belgium
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Expotraffic 2015
27 - 29 April 2015, Moscow, Russia
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