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The number of OBU onboard devices suitable for electronic toll payment is steadily increasing in Hungary, according to the figures of NÚSZ Zrt. ( National Toll Payment Services Plc) the penetration rate  of OBU devices reached 97% by August this year,  as concerns the Hungarian vehicles. One of the Hungarian Toll Declaration Operators considers, that despite the fact that the awareness of toll payer is growing, there are still a lot of companies that have to pay fines resulting from carelessness and non-usage of the existing fine alert functions which could have been avoided.

 

Since the introduction of HU-GO  distance-based toll system on 1 July 2013 the number of OBU (On Board Unit) devices used for electronic toll payment  has been steadily growing, and, as an evidence of the growing awareness of freight forwarders, the available balances are also growing at the same time:  based on figures of NÚSZ of October 2016,  the sum of deposits reached HUF 5,3 billion. The users must be aware that their vehicles will be checked  from time to time with different intensity, due to the still increasing volumen, although this increase has been slowing down.

The HU-GO fine alert function has been created by NÚSZ for the protection of bona fide freight forwarders, this function sends a warning to the user in case of data outage lasting 30 minutes, so that the user – if he monitors the system signals – has a good chance to avoid the fine.
As for the awareness of users, there is still room for improvement, as it is confirmed by market experiences of one of the Toll Declaration Operators.

„We currently transfer route tickets in amount of hundred millions HUF and we provide services for more than 35 thousand OBU devices. The data show that the fine alert function is activated in no more than 54% of all devices. Breaking down this data by partners, the general aspect is more informative: only 31,7% of companies use this function, that is, companies operating larger fleets and consequently using more OBU devices. Unfortunately, however, many  companies using only one or two devices  do not pay enough attention to it, although smaller companies  could be more sensibly affected by a possible toll fine” – emphasized Károly Farkas, Chief Operating Officer  of toll Declaration Operator i-Cell Kft.

As for route tickets handled by i-Cell in amount of hundred millions HUF, the users have submitted requests to the company for initiation of penalty proceedings in less than 1% of all cases.

The percentage distribution of requests is as follows:

·         in 74,5% of cases inadequate device usage has occurred, that is, the device indicated the failure/problem, but it was not treated by the the operator/ driver in time respectively the signals of device were not taken into consideration  (If the device does not light at all, it is also kind of indication).

·         in 6,5% of all cases there was a HU-GO data registration problem (truck number, ID identification number etc.).

·         in 19% of cases the vehicle had a route ticket, but due to a failure caused by Skipping or Missed Road Sections the penalty proceeding had been initiated, but the penalty was later cancelled.

„On close examination of failures resulting from inadequate device usage we see, that in 55% of cases the users have forgotten to switch the device on, GSM connection problems and overwriting have occurred in 30% of cases and in about 10% the device has not been administrated properly or it has been disconnected or switched off the system. In cases of vis major, when the company is fined due to device fault, a power supply problem or insufficient GPS-signal, that is, without the fault of the driver, the problems led to penalty proceedings in only 5% of all cases. From our point of view it can be concluded that the majority of penalty proceedings could be avoided by paying greater attention and awareness to the aforementioned  aspects” – added Károly Farkas.

 

The goal of the MagyarBrands program is to award Hungarian-related brands thar are worthy to represent the Hungarian enterprises both at home and abroad. The i-Cell Mobilsoft Zrt. established in 2012 fully meets these criteria amongst Hungarian-owned information technology companies. The company has also won the „ The IKT development of the year” prize for the in record time installed  HU-GO electronic toll system, moreover, this system is considered as one of the  most user-friendly toll payment system in Europe and for this reason it has also earned several international recognitions and praises.

The EKÁER online product tracking system respectively the Véda Intelligent Road Camera System have also been developed by the company, but we have also been involved in the development of the intelligent parking system that is essential for  the good functioning of the Hungarian smart cities.

We are delighted that through the values attributed to the MagyarBrands the reliability and recognition as well as the visibility of the performance achieved till now by i-Cell Mobilsoft Zrt. are likely to continue to increase.

 

 

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I-Cell Kft. has been a major player in the Hungarian telematics market for 18 years and this year is celebrating its ten-year partnership with Prévost Hungária Kft and K és V Kft.  In the light of the intensity of technological development on the telematics market these figures are remarkable, since both the telematics services and the customer needs have fundamentally changed in the last  decade. In our article we give insight into the background of this decade-long loyalty and the more than fifteen’ years competitiveness.

 

When the fleet tracking systems began to spread in freight forwarding, the service provider could provide only the vehicle”s position, but this information itself could increase considerably the effectiveness of transport companies at that time. Nowadays, telematics is a kind of complex service package that comprises the operation of vehicles, the training of drivers, the tools of measuring the drivers’ effectiveness and the condition of goods delivered and moreover, it is able to integrate all these factors in the whole logistics process as well as to maintain and to increase the competitiveness of companies.

During the last 18 years, i-Cell has been continuously developing its services in order to be able to foresee the customer requirements and its customer-specified solutions could comply also with the individual requirements.

K és V Kft. belongs to the companies who have been using the telematics services of i-Cell for 10 years now. „At that time we had tried all the systems on the market because we were well aware of the importance of telematics services. i-Cell had competitors even 10 years ago. i-Cell had the most logical and  transparent system , moreover, the system of i-Cell could be used in the easiest manner. these were the most crucial aspects for our decision. I am still sure that we made a good decision. Since then, as a matter of course, we have been receiving requests and offers from other telematics service providers, and we are basically open to get to know other solutions. Moreover,  we often receive offers, where the offerer promise to exchange our current system free of charge and pay all our costs related to the change, but the truth is that  no other competitors have been able yet to  show us a better solution than the system of i-Cell Kft.” – said  József Varga, general manager of K és V engaged in international transport and logistics.

The Prévost Hungária Kft, a company working at a very high level in international freight forwarding and has been a partner of i-Cell for 10 years, still remains the partner of iCell. The general manager of Prévost Hungária Kft.,  György Szabó says that the telematics plays an increasingly important role in optimising freight organization in the field of freight forwarding and also the future developments follow this direction: „The good telematics system is able to optimise the mileage performance by minimising the empty mileage, thus  making the freight forwarding more effective. Nowadays there are transport optimization systems that can create the synergy of more transport companies and which have service providers acting as operators, like i-Cell Kft. and they see the capacity of many vehicle fleets at the same time.  Thanks to our telematics system, we are now capable of providing the possibility for the  carrier to open and close itself electronically our trailer by remote control or our operator can check the temperature of the cargo bay of the refrigerated trucks. All this significantly increases the security and quality of transport. Our partners – of whom several regularly audit our company – force us to become more efficient and cheaper. It requires ideas and creativity, and we found and kept in i-Cell a flexible and creative partner which can come along with us in this direction.”

The vehicles of Prévost Hungária Kft. and K és V Kft were equipped this year by i-Cell with stickers that indicate also the ten year partnership.

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