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Thales is enabling Oslo KTP, the public transport operator for the city of Oslo, to launch a secure and multimodal contactless smart card e-ticketing system for its urban transport network. The contactless transport card, Flexus, will be available to Oslo's inhabitants in a wide scale by early 2009.

The project allows Oslo KTP to upgrade the existing paper ticketing system to an up to date e-ticketing system for all modes of public transportation in the Norwegian capital and in the Akershus county surrounding Oslo. The previous range of paper tickets is then going to be replaced by a combination of contactless smart cards, Flexus, and contactless disposable tickets, Impuls.

As part of the contract, Thales has equipped Oslo KTP with a fully integrated e-ticketing system covering over 525 buses, 72 trams, 7 boats and 94 metro stations. Thales deliveries has involved Ticket Vending Machines (TVM), contactless validators, on-board driver consoles, depot systems for buses, tramways and boats, stations central system, back-office, and a new generation of gates for several metro stations in the city centre.

In the Norwegian capital, Thales is also supplying Oslo IO, the transport revenue collection company, with a comprehensive interoperability system designed to complete interconnection of Oslo KTP e-ticketing systems with other operators' e-ticketing systems in the Oslo surrounding areas.

To this end, Thales has delivered and installed in October, a major system upgrade, that allows full interoperability of Oslo KTP's Ticket Vending Machines with a new generation of user-friendly man machine interface.

Thorbjoern Thoresen, Vice President of Oslo KTP, comments: "The Thales fare collection system has met the requirements allowing us to issue secure contactless transport cards to all passengers on their introduction in 2009. The implementation of contactless cards is a major project for us and for the city's inhabitants, and Thales is providing the support we need to make this large-scale development a success."

Jean-Marc Gardin, Managing Director, in charge of Thales's Transportation Systems activities, says: "Together with our current contracts in the Netherlands and in Denmark, this success in Oslo is a proof of Thales's commitment and unmatched expertise in the delivery of complex and fully integrated multi-modal ticketing systems. A strong cooperation with our customers throughout the project combined with our expertise in the deployment of contactless technology have been cornerstones in the successful outcome of this project. Moving forward, we will be supporting both Oslo KTP and Oslo IO with the introduction of the Flexus card on an ongoing basis."

About Thales
Thales is a leading international electronics and systems group, addressing defence, aerospace and security markets worldwide. Thales's leading-edge technology is supported by 22,000 R&D engineers who offer a capability unmatched in Europe to develop and deploy field-proven mission-critical information systems. To this end, the group's civil and military businesses develop in parallel and share a common base of technologies to serve a single objective: the security of people, property and nations. The group builds its growth on its unique multi-domestic strategy based on trusted partnerships with national customers and market players, while leveraging its global expertise to support local technology and industrial development. Thales employs 68,000 people in 50 countries with 2007 revenues of €12.3 billion.

Improving the quality of service and security in the transport sector
Thales provides solutions for three main transportation segments: rail signalling, integrated communication and supervision systems and ticketing. Thales offers a comprehensive range of integrated, modular solutions for the safe transportation of people and goods covering all forms of transport: from bus, metro, tramway and regional train networks to mainline (high-speed) links and road transport.

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