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GNSS technology enhances
navigation and positioning,
playing a crucial role in
modernizing toll collection
systems, ensuring seamless
travel, and reducing congestion
on our roads. “We are
continuously working towards
easing citizens' lives, making
governance more transparent,
and providing faster services.”
– Nitin Gadkari
Union Minister
for Road Transport and Highways

I think the HSM key injection
is going to be one of the key
requirements without which
the entire the project will not
take off because of the issuer cases may be required to handle Service (EETS) and more than half
entity and the process of who commercial vehicles, which were of these were based on GNSS.
is going to give the keys to be the largest contributors in terms India had the right approach
burnt on the device. of revenue but smaller in number by way of separate issuers and

– Vadiraj Katti as compared to private vehicles. a centralized toll charger for
tolling because it was the most
Echoing the previous panelist,
Vadiraj Katti, I-Triangle, agreed the scalable and performant solution
task ahead was of a mammoth scale for toll collection. The most
but technologically possible and crucial part is to ensure there
one would need to manufacture is no data fraud and a control
system to check whether drivers
What has been deliberated OBUs that were stable, consistent were compliant.
and with security encryptions as
a lot is how to start with they would be critical components P.K. Banerjee outlined
the existing system without in the success of the endeavor. the sequence of GNSS
any hardware change and He raised concerns that while implementation, starting with
what best fit can be done states were implementing AIS public service and commercial
considering security and high 140, the government was moving vehicles, followed by taxis and
frequency of data requirement. ahead with GNSS. There is a need private vehicles. The challenge lies
These parameters would be to synchronise GNSS with AIS in integrating existing 4.5 million
taken care of at the time of 140, using a single protocol for AIS 140 vehicles into GNSS.
onboarding and if required consistency.
there would be a firmware Alok Sethi from DIMTS discussed
change. According to Christian Perschl, increasing GPS channels and storage
in Europe, many countries had data with additional IPs ensuring
– Anshuman Roy
the European Electronic Toll security through authentication,

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