Ascom wins major integrated ticketing system order for Venice

Ascom’s Transport Revenue Division is to supply and install an integrated ticketing system for the city of Venice, Italy. ACTV S.p.A, the company responsible for operating over 600 buses and 145 vessels throughout the Venice area, has placed the order with a volume of 10.4 million euros (approx. 15.6 million Swiss Francs).

Ascom’s solution, which is based on an integrated electronic fare collection and ticket validation system, makes contactless ticket control a reality. By automatically recording and assessing passenger traffic, the system enables transport companies to constantly improve their service and the flow of traffic, and simplifies fare management. The systems are highly reliable, low maintenance, user-friendly and can be integrated with additional external systems, all of which makes these systems stand out from the rest.

In Venice, 900 ticket top-up terminals and 146 on-board terminals for contact reloading are to be installed in addition to 70 sales desks, 1’248 contactless validators and 50 control terminals.

As Riet Cadonau, Director of the Transport Revenue Division, states: ”The project in Venice serves as further confirmation of our position as market leader in integrated electronic public transport ticketing systems. Our proven technical expertise, innovation strength and reliability allow us to offer and implement cost-effective solutions”.

The first completely contactless system of this kind was installed on the isle of Capri in 2002. Since then, a combination of contactless and magnetic strip systems have been successfully introduced in

Milan, Naples, Brescia, Perugia, Treviso and Terni. As a result, Ascom has supplied the greatest part of all public transport ticketing systems within Italy. The Transport Revenue Division not only developed, supplied and installed the systems, it also provided a professional consulting and assistance to see the projects through.

About Ascom
Ascom is an international solution provider with comprehensive technological know-how. In future the company aims to concentrate on the core areas of Wireless Solutions (high-value on-site communications solutions) and Security Solutions (applications for security, communication, automation and control systems for infrastructure operators, public security institutions and the army). The other areas mainly comprise Transport Revenue (fare collection, parking and toll collection systems) and Network Integration (network solutions for the data/voice convergence market). With a wealth of experience in implementing complex projects for discerning customers, Ascom has established itself in important key markets. Offerings range from analysis and consulting to system design and system integration, project management, engineering and implementation, right through to maintenance and support. The company has subsidiaries in 22 countries and a workforce of some 3,800 employees world-wide. Ascom registered shares (ASCN) are listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange in Zurich.

The Transport Revenue Division is a leading, globally active supplier of integrated, comprehensive solutions for transport infrastructures. Acknowledged experts, with many years of experience in the technology and the branch, implement tailor-made solutions for the automation of revenue collection – in public transport, for toll collection and for car park operators. A high level of standardisation, their high flexibility and openness to other components distinguishes the comprehensive solutions from Ascom Transport Revenue.