The federal grid operator NIS GLONASS and German company Siemens have signed a memorandum on strategic partnership on creation in Russia the electronic system of charging tolls from cargo transport for damage, done to highways, innovation and venture news source UNOVA reports citing Siemens.

Earlier both companies became participants of a multilateral agreement on cooperation in development of similar system in Belorussia, Siemens said.

To date, Siemens and NIS GLONASS have created a board device with the GLONASS/GPS receiving device that has undergone successful testing at the landfill of the Moscow Auto Road Institute. Experimental model of the system includes sub-systems of registration and interaction with users, gathering telematic information, payments transfer, forming invoices, as well as subsystem of monitoring of operation of board devices and transport drivers’ compliance with payment rules. The experimental model is based at the Siemens software and Russian radio-frequency and photo and video identification products.

“The project for charging tolls for using federal roads by cargo transport vehicles will introduce in Russia the practice, obtained by the company Siemens in other countries and contribute into development of modern transport infrastructure in Russia. It is also important to emphasize overall significance of the program, which will help to accumulate additional funds for modernization of highways in the country. This is an important and large project that Siemens intends to realize in Russia through the new sector “Infrastructure and Cities”.