COMPANY OVERVIEW

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VISIONThe transportation system has an essential role to grant citizens the access to workplaces, shopping areas, services and the enjoyment of leisure time.

The Public Transport makes possible the sustainable development of individual mobility and thus of economic dynamism and social cohe-sion, with the optimum use of economic resources, with the savings of non-renewable energies and in the respect of the environment.

AEP wishes to contribute to the development of Public Transport, pro-viding the best technological solutions in the field of electronic tick-eting, in order to make it more attractive and practical for the users while offering to the Public Transports Companies, at the same time, the management tools to make it more effective and efficient.

MISSIONAEP wants to be one of the most valuable solution providers in the area of hi-tech electronic ticketing in Public Transport area, for Companies, Authorities, OEMs and System Integrators on international markets, designing and producing complete, flexible, smart and easy to use au-tomatic fare collection systems, based upon experience, competence and strong technical background.

PRINCIPLESAEP believes that success is first of all based on long term Customer’s satisfaction and wishes to be considered by Customers a trustworthy and reliable partner, rather than a simple supplier.

A deep knowledge of international standards, the complete ownership of technologies and very high quality levels are mandatory require-ments for a correct market approach.

Human resources are the most valuable asset of the Company and the best investment is a qualified and skilled team.

Best solutions and equipment cannot be disjointed by a solid project management and a punctual respect of delivery commitments.

OPENNESS

Customers’ quality feeling about AEP is very important for us. We will be glad to open our doors to you, show you our plants our and test rooms, put you in contact with our techni-cians, and receive your sugges-tions.

EXPERIENCE YOURSELF

We want to be, above all, one of the most reliable, competent and friendly partner for any Customer.AEP wishes to demonstrate with facts this asser-tion and will be happy to put you in contact with any of our Customers, to allow you personally ver-ify their level of satisfaction.

THE EASY TICKETING COMPANY

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Many years ago, AEP Ticketing solutions, or briefly AEP, started a completely new approach to Automatic Fare Collection Systems, offering easy-to-use, indus-trial grade, cost effective solutions. Targeting customer’s partnership, high quality tech-nical level, efficiency, flexibility and precise delivery, AEP is today the most important Italian company designing and producing e-Ticketing software and equipment for Public Transport and is becoming a relevant actor in many international markets. More than 35,000 AEP devices and systems are used in Italy and abroad, producing and managing millions of transactions every day.

COMPLETENESS AEP can supply 360 degrees solu-tions, from the single device to complete and in-

tegrated e-Ticketing systems.Standard product system includes contactless, mag-netic and traditional validators, ticket vending ma-chines, on-board computers, driver consoles etc. in hundreds of variants. Customizations and special de-sign are available as well for specific requirements.

FLEXIBILITY The e-Ticketing market requires high sensitivity of Customers’ needs and thus a high

level of flexibility. AEP’s product system has demon-

strated its ability to combine flexibility with volume production and excellent quality.

TECHNOLOGY AEP believes in technology and in-ternational standards. Every year it invests more

than 30% of its revenues in R&D, creating internal test and measurement laboratories, to ensure that standard compliance is part of any new development from the first stages of the project.

OPENNESS & COOPERATION AEP strongly believes in cooperation: cooperation with the Customers,

seen like a partner, and cooperation with System Inte-grators, sharing with them all its large knowledge of the market, where AEP is exclusively focused on since 1998, from experiences established since 1993.

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COMPANY HISTORYAEP history is marked by increas-ing successes, thanks mainly to Customers acceptance and rel-evant investments in technolo-gy. AEP was founded by Gianni Becattini, today Managing Director of R&D, in 1998, acquiring the tick-eting branch from Logitron (today Gilbarco Veeder Root) and smart cards know-how.

Since its establishment, AEP was focused exclusively on automat-ic fare collection systems and im-mediately gained the name of an expert and reliable supplier of on-board equipment and ticket vend-ing machines.

In 2002, Company partnership was extended to new shareholders, who gave a further boost to the activity.

In 2003, the Company moved to the new plant of Signa, near the city of Florence and new products continued to increase our range, and first tenders began to be won, even against important interna-tional brands.

In 2010, AEP decided to carry all the benefits of its products also in the system software area, creat-ing ET, The Easy Ticketing, a very extended software suite that cov-ers all the area of e-Ticketing and more, with immediate acceptance by the market.

With revenue increasing, over the last few years foreign markets have become more relevant, reducing the domestic share to less than 50% in 2012.

1994Logitron installs first Italian e-Ticketing sys-

tems in Italy in the cities of Florence and Prato.

1998 AEP is founded and acquired Logitron’s

former e-Ticketing activities.

2000 First participation in an exhibition in

Bologna. The design of Futura 2 val-idator and RTVM ticket vending ma-chine starts. A tender for 70 TVMs for the city of Trieste is won.

2001The first important project: the Minipay

card, an electronic purse for the cit-ies of Florence and Siena.

2002 The project of Futura 4, the magnetic and

contactless validator, begins.

2003 Futura 4 begins its successful histo-

ry: tenders in the towns of Perugia and Spoleto are won, together with Siemens Italdata. AEP moves to the new plant in Signa.

2004 Carta Agile project, one of the most im-

portant project based on-chip-on paper tickets, is put in operation in the city of Florence. Product line is expanded with new devices and solutions.

2005 TSF wins the import-ant CTP tender in the

city of Naples with complete AEP on board system, capable not only val-idating magnetic and contactless fare documents but also offering shift management, vehicle localiza-tion, communication and more.

2006 AEP multi standard contactless reader,

fully based on in-house design, is a reality. F240 validator joins the prod-uct line.

2007 New products are presented, like CDB-

5 PLUS on board computer/driv-er console. More tenders are won. Number of customers reaches lev-el 60. More than 3,000 Futura 4/MX validators are sold in Turkey under Olivetti brand.

2008 OEM contract with Parkeon, France. New

validator Futura 4A/MX for magnetic Edmondson tickets and contactless smart cards is introduced. Number of customers continue to increase.

2009 Elsag (Finmeccanica group) wins the ten-

der for the city of Turin with AEP on board system: more than 8,000 units, mostly Futura 3A valida-tors and CDB-5 PLUS computers. Futura 3A passes, the first validator in the world, the Calypso Network Association audit.

2010 Customers exceed the level of 100.

The development of ET – The Easy Ticketing, AEP system software, is initiated. Commercial activities in France are started.

2011 A new team is con-stituted specifically

for system software development. Republic of Malta assigns the pub-lic transportation system to Arriva Group. Thetis, the system integrator, commissions to AEP the complete ticketing system. This opportunity becomes the test bench for ET and the target is attained in full respect of delivery terms. Furthermore, an entire Italian region, Umbria, decides to adopt ET. Also in this case, even with a very narrow time slot for im-plementation, delivery terms are ful-ly respected.

2012 Asseco Poland wins the tender for the

whole Silesian Region with AEP products and system software. AEP share is more than 6 million euros. CDB-6 PLUS, SW16 and F240B are in-troduced. First tenders in France and in other countries are won. Longwy system in France is started up.

2013 (1.st quarter) More contracts are signed:

Dunkerque (France), Treviso (Italy), Dax (France), Coerbus (Italy), first 10 RTVM-I ticket vending machines are sold in Venezuela. GTT system in Turin is started up, Umbria Mobilità system is extended and Phase 2 of Silesian project is approved. AEP Ticketing solutions Nigeria Ltd. is established. A new plant in Signa is added to host the expansion of the activity.

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CORPORATE STRUCTUREAEP FRANCE is located in Lyon and constitutes the com-mercial branch of AEP in France.

AEP Mexico, located in Mexico City, with long experience and strong technical capabilities, oriented toward central and southern America markets.

AEP TICK. SOLUT. NIGERIA Ltd. is a recently constituted company with the mission of increasing AEP‘s presence in west Africa giving the necessary support in those coun-tries of increasing importance.

AEP SERVICE is located in Brescia, in the north of Italy, and has the mission of providing the best After Sale Service for Customers and Partners. It can perform installations & maintenance of AEP and third-party equipment.

AEP NORD is the AEP branch that covers and supports the northern part of Italy, with technical and commercial personnel.

AEP SUD is located in Palermo (Sicily); it has a strong technical and commercial capability, mainly oriented to-ward southern Italy.

CUBIT AEP is one of the reference partners, together with the University of Pisa and Polo Tecnologico di Navacchio, of CUBIT (Consortium of Ubiquitous Technologies), a technical entity especially oriented toward internation-al standards and R&D. CUBIT has a large (9 x 8 x 7 m) and well equipped semi-anechoic chamber, according EN 50147-2, EN 50140, EN 60945, CISPR 16, ANSI C63.4, EN 61000-4-3 for tests in the band 30MHz - 18GHz.

AEP Ticketing solutions is the main company of the group and is located in Signa, very near to the city of Florence, in the middle of Italy.

AEP Ticketing solutions designs and produces soft-ware and equipment, such as validators, ticket vend-ing machines, on board computers, communication devices etc., for automatic fare collection systems.

Production is 100% tested and 100% performed in Italy, by mean of independent, very experienced and equipped specialized companies, with which AEP has long-term relationships, under the strict control of a well-tested Quality Management System.

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AEP believes that every company must base its activity, its behaviors, its internal and external relationships to the obser-vance of the Law, fair competition and values such as transparency, fairness, in-tegrity and loyalty. These elements con-stitute the fundamental and inalienable asset of a Company, making it reliable, effective and efficient, building, at the same time, reputation, respect and prof-itable business. • AEP achieves its mission with great

attention to the needs of existing and potential Customers, offering high quality, reliable and safe products and services.

• AEP wishes to improve the quality of life and the wellness of the commu-nity in which we live and work, with maximum attention to the preserva-tion of the natural environment.

• AEP stimulates and valorizes the at-titudes of its employees, creating favorable working conditions, pro-moting specific skills and the devel-opment of interpersonal relation-ships.

• AEP complies with all the laws of the countries in which it operates and re-spects all the regulations in matter of taxes and social security;

• AEP does everything possible to pre-vent any kind of discrimination and combats bullying and personal ha-rassment;

• AEP promotes partecipation of wom-en, trying to create favorable condi-tions to reconcile the role of their position in the Company with the family;

• AEP also complies with the require-ments of SA8000:2008, the interna-tional standard certification drawn up by CEPAA (Council of Economic Pri-orities Accreditation Agency) aimed to certify some aspects of manage-ment relating to corporate social responsibility, such as human rights, workers rights, protection against the exploitation of children, ensuring a safe and healthy workplace, etc.

• All AEP products and their packag-es are made in full compliance with all applicable laws for the safety and protection of the natural environ-ment.

COMPANY ETHICS

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PRESENCE ON THE MARKET

SOME FIGURESIn more than 14 years, AEP has pro-duced and sold more than 35,000 de-vices, mostly validators.Up to now (2013, 1.st quarter), AEP has served 386 customers, divided as follows:• 141, Public Transport Companies• 78, System Integrators• 24, Bus Manufacturers• 143, others.The turnover in 2012 was 8.5 M€, split as follows:• 48% on domestic Italian market • 52% on foreign marketsLoyalty level of AEP customers is very high: AEP never lost one customer.AEP’s systems and devices are pres-ent in Italy, France, Poland, Portugal, Israel, Egypt, Nigeria, Malta, Mexico, Venezuela, Greece, Algeria, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and other countries. The current (2013) year sales forecast is 9.3 M€.More than 70 women and men are involved in the AEP group.

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PRODUCTION & QUALITY MANAGEMENT

CERTIFICATIONS ANDMEMBERSHIPS

PRODUCTION is entirely performed in Italy and is 100% tested. The project always includes the Accep-

tance Test Procedure (ATP) for each subassembly, used in production stages and in random Out-Of-the-Box (OOB) post production checks.

PRODUCTS fully comply with all applicable European Community Directives and many other international

standards.

QMS, AEP’s Quality Management System is certified according ISO 9001 / UNI EN ISO 9001:2008 by

SGS organization. Furthermore, AEP production sites are accredited by the Ministry of Transport.

AEP QMS impacts on every part of the company; a huge part of it is related to the project, the project

management and the in-house tests of new products, including the certifications and homologation of equip-ment. Devices are thoroughly tested in all possible op-erating conditions and special tests are performed to establish the expected life of each subassembly.

In addition to ISO 9001 certification, AEP’s produc-tion sites are credited by Ministry of Transport. Every piece of equipment has the CE mark; on-board devic-es are furthermore homologated according 2009/19/CE European Community Directive. AEP is member of UITP, Calypso Network Association, Italian National Confederation of Industry, Italian Contactless User Board etc.

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Since its establishment in 1998, AEP Ticketing Solutions has started a different approach to automatic fare collection systems, based on the efficiency of internal processes. It has allowed to supply its customers high level solutions at a rea-sonable cost and also it has enabled AEP to sus-tain a continuous growth of its market share, with stable organizational structures, tactically adapt-able to changing technology and user demands.

QUALITY MEASUREMENT AEP gives primary importance to analysis, development and

testing, from the earliest stages of development. This process not only produces internal quality standards but also spreads the culture of quali-ty measurement across the teams, producing the capability of achieving more ambitious goals.

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT Opposed to hand-crafted software for individual customers,

AEP’s industrial approach, based on standardized, well tested and highly configurable modules, re-duces the costs and simplifies testing strategies; any user benefits from the evolution of applica-tions and from common bug fixing. In this way, the investments are more focused and their re-turn can be shared by all users.

SCRUM METHODOLOGY AEP extensively uses the SCRUM method to follow up various de-

velopment stages and respect commitments with Customers.

AEP considers its solid technical base as one of the reasons of its success. Most of our Technical Dept. members are graduated engineers and represent excellence in their own area of competence. AEP Technical Dept. designs most parts of the products, down to component level, using last generation EDA pro-grams for schematics, boards, FPGAs and 3D modeling soft-ware for mechanics.Internal laboratories can perform compliance tests for most applicable standards, like:

EN 55024EN 55022 (pre)EN 61000-4-2EN 61000-4-4EN 61000-4-5EN 61000-4-6EN 61000-4-8EN 61000-4-11EN 60950-1

EN 50121-3-2 (pre)EN 50155ISO 14443 A&BISO 10373-6EN 60068EN 62262ISO 15457-2ISO 15457-3ISO IEC 7811-6

ISO IEC 10373-6EN 62262EN 60571EN 60068-2EN 61000 (pre)EMV lev. 1

TECHNICAL CAPABILITYEQUIPMENT DESIGN

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SYSTEM SOFTWARE

ET, The Easy Ticketing, (briefly “ET”) is a collection of software applications that covers every as-

pect of an automatic fare collection system. ET is the result of huge investments. Transport Companies can now access a powerful, lightweight, easy to use, modular and cost-effective solution to build up an e-Ticketing system using AEP equipment, such as validators, vending machines, on board com-puters and similar, all coming from a single supplier.

APPROACH The traditional approach to software development has often serious limitations: some

applications are designed specifically for each cus-tomer, in an artisan way.ET, on the contrary, is developed with a logic that is very similar to AEP’s equipment and is composed by standardized modules, industrially designed and thus rationalized and well-engineered. Their proven parametric architecture ensures maximum flexibility to meet the specific needs of each Company without any customization, unless really necessary.

ADVANTAGES: Perfect integration: ET is not only the “system side” software but also the firmware

for the devices. They are conceived and designed to-gether and thus perfectly integrated, by teams who know them deeply. Modern architecture: ET project is relatively new and could therefore take advantage of the most modern web-based computer technologies.

Easy to use: ET has been judged by the users one of the most easy to use e-Ticketing system. Its whole de-sign is based on the assumption that most of its users are non-technical people and that their responsibility is to manage transports rather than informatics.Web based: ET is based on a web server architecture and can be used by an indefinite number of worksta-tions with just a browser, like MS Internet Explorer, on any PC, via the company’s local network or Internet. Part of the applications can operate also locally, to ensure the continuity of service in case of a failure, like the unavailability of communication channels.Modular and flexible: ET is characterized by a mod-ular structure that allows acquiring and using only the functions really required, with the possibility to ex-tend the system later on. Each additional module or sub-module is available separately, in order to reduce the initial investment and match the real needs of the company.

OPENNESS All data produced by ET are collected in a central database; thanks to extensive use of

“web services”, ET structurally ensures the possibili-ty for other applications to access these data and to exchange other information, allowing the interoper-ability of different platforms, with all the consequent advantages.

ET, THE EASY TICKETING

MINI-AVMET, The Easy Ticketing offers the most common functions

of a Fleet Management System. You can easily control the position of your vehicles, see delays, eval-

uate the QOSs, offer new ser-vices to your customers, all at a fraction of the cost of a dedicated

FMS system.

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SALES SUBSYSTEMTicket offices, bus by driver, ground and on board ticket vending machines, kiosks, Web shop, mobile, NFC...

CENTRAL SUPERVISORY AND CONTROL

ET-CSC represents a state-of-the-art electronic ticketing system for Public Transport.It is easy to install, easy to configure and easy to use. Everybody, with a minimal training, can quickly start to define new travel titles and other system parameters, without remaining dependent on the supplier.A highly sophisticated, integrated com-munication subsystem, allows managing the connection with peripheral devices and performing remote updates even for some hardware characteristics (FPGAs).

ET, THE EASY TICKETING

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ET, THE EASY TICKETING CONTROL & MOBILE SUBSYSTEMS

INSPECTORS SUBSYSTEMChecking electronic supports, applying fines, selling tickets, renew season tickets, top up electronic purses...

THIRD PARTY INTEGRA-TION

AEP systems are designed to allow the easy integration with third parties appli-cations by extensive use of web services.

ON-BOARD SUBSYSTEM

With AEP products you can compose a variety of on-board systems in the most different manners. A very simple system can be constituted even by a single multifunction unit, such as the cost-effective CDB-5 PLUS which can be used as driver console, validator for contactless documents and UMTS/Wi-Fi communication unit. It can manage the service (shifts, trips...), tell the GPS position, evaluate delays and enable the driver to sell tickets and reload/top up smart cards.

The huge number of different devices offered by AEP and their configurabil-ity in different versions, fittings and options make it possible to fulfill even the most critical requirements.In the example on the left, the multi-function unit CDB-6 PLUS is matched with a contactless validator and a Pay Machine, that pairs the functions of a TVM with the one of a contactless val-idator and, if required, also of a paper tickets obliterator.

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TICKETS IN OFFICES

ET-TIC is a software application, fully integrated in ET, designed to equip ticket offices. Its main func-tions are: • introduction and management

of customer data; • production of personal smart

cards, printing also user data and photograph;

• selling and issuing travel doc-uments on paper, contactless cards or magnetic tickets;

• renewal or topping up of cards.

It is possible to configure ET-TIC in order to present to the user only a subset of functions, for exam-ple excluding issuing of cards and leaving only renewal or top up.

ET-TIC communicates with the Supervisory Center and imports configuration data (e.g. updates in tickets definitions or in their pric-es), synchronizes customer data and exports sales data to the cen-tral system, in order to constitute

the data base for subsequent pro-cessing.

ET-TIC can also work in case of fail-ure of data communication; in this case, almost all operations remain possible. Archives are automati-cally and bi-directionally synchro-nized with the center when the connection is restored.A simplified version is available for kiosks and shops.

TICKETS ON THE BUSES

ET-TIC-BUS allows the driver to offer on the bus most of the services of a ticket office. Single run tickets can be sold and contactless cards reload-ed or renewed.The module can also manage data communication with the center, via GPRS/UMTS or Wi-Fi.ET-TIC-BUS can be used on CDB-5 PLUS or CDB-6 PLUS multifunction units.

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TICKETS IN ANY PLACE

MOB is the name of AEP application for mo-bile ticketing. It can be used on a variety of platforms, such as Android mobile phones or tablet, and allows to inspect electronic tickets and/or sell tickets or renew/recharge smart cards. MOB is fully integrated with the center, by UMTS/GPRS communication.

ET offers in addition the capability to inte-grate third-party web applications, for exam-ple Company website, to perform e-Ticketing functions through the Internet.

TICKETS AT ANY TIME With ticket vending machines, users can buy fare titles even when ticket offices are closed, for example by night, and benefit many functionalities of man-assisted services. Tickets, also magnetic or contactless, can easily be bought and contactless cards recharged or renewed, through a friendly, colored, touch screen interface.ET-TIC-TVM operates on RTVM-I ticket vending machines, that enables the user to pay in coins, banknotes or credit card, giving change, and communicate with the center or selected operators via GPRS/UMTS and SMS.

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CONTACTLESS ONLY VALIDATORS Futura 3A is a very powerful, lightweight, cost effective validator capable to process almost any smart card ISO 14443 A and B pres-ent on the market such as MIFARE, Calypso, DesFIRE, c-ticket and many others. A bright, graphic display can reproduce messages in the most important language of the world, including Arabic,

Hebrew, Greek etc. Very compact and ro-bust, Futura 3A use in-dustry standard pole or wall supports. Ethernet, USB, RS-232, RS-485, Wi-Fi and GPRS/UMTS inter-faces. Together with AEP GPS-3 receiver module, it can constitute by itself a complete on board sys-tem, capable to detect its position and commu-nicate with the central system. It was the first validator in the world to overcome Calypso Network Association au-dit. Futura 3A uses mod-ular, upgradable SCBM2 CPU and is the AEP val-idator produced in the highest number of units.

EQUIPMENTAEP propose one of the widest range of devices for automatic fare collection systems. It not only includes many different base mod-els but each of them can be configured using the coding system fully described in product specification documents. Hundreds of different variants can be defined to fulfill the requirements of the specific application. All the devices fully comply with all applica-ble international standards and with the Directives of European Community.

MULTI MODE VALIDATORS

F240B offers all the features of a Futura 3A, including graphic dis-play and optional Wi-Fi module, and can moreover obliterate tra-ditional paper tickets like an F240 (see below).F240 validator can only obliterate traditional paper tickets like an old canceling machine but can also be upgraded to F240A, to add contact and/or contactless smart card validation. F240 and F240A have a large dual row character display instead of the graphic one.

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EQUIPMENT

GATE VALIDATORS

EPU-6 is the high performance validator for access control gates, capable of processing ISO or Edmondson magnetic tickets and contactless smart cards. EPU-6 can be equipped with impact or thermal printer and with up to three central o lat-eral magnetic heads; even with only one head, it offers perfor-mances among the best in its category.

MULTIFUNCTION ON-BOARD UNITS

CDB-6 PLUS is the state-of-the-art, Linux-based, multifunction unit with color touch display, capacitive projected touch screen and user display. It can act as driver console, on-board comput-er with capability of issuing tickets, recharging smart cards and also validate contactless cards with the same overall characteristics of Futura 3A validator and more. Many other models are also available, in dozens of variants (CDB-5, CDB-5A, CDB-5 PLUS, and CDB-6 BOX).

CONTACTLESS & MAGNETIC VALIDATORS

AEP offers a wide line of magnetic validators which include con-tactless capability, with all the features of Futura 3A. Futura 4/MX is the entry level model for ISO magnetic tickets; central stripe tickets can be processed in two directions, with au-tomatic reversal of validation print. Futura 4A/MX (note “A”) is a newer, more powerful model, with all the basic features of Futura 3A and can be supplied for ISO or Edmondson tickets. EPU-6 is the version for gates, with separate inlet and outlet ticket slots (see below). Also this model is available for ISO or Edmond-son tickets.

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SPECIAL EQUIPMENTAUTOMOTIVE SWITCHESEthernet backbones are always more frequently used on the buses, to interconnect on-board equipment. The market is offering many Ethernet switches for home/small office environment but they are not suited for use on vehicles, for their physical construction and for the lack of fundamental functions and approvals.

SW16 is homologated according Automotive European Directive 2009/19/CE and offers many additional func-tions respect common switches constituting thus the ideal connection center for any on-board system. It can manage its own power supply and control the pow-er of other equipment through network commands. It furthermore offers SD memory module, USB, RS-485, RS-232, digital I/O and CAN bus interfaces.

STATIONARY VENDING MACHINES

RTVM (Road Ticket Vending Machine) is the name of AEP self-service ticket vending machines family.

RTVMs can be installed outside and can issue paper tick-ets, also with magnetic stripe and/or contactless smart cards, pre-encoded or encoded on the fly. Can accept payment in coins, banknotes and credit cards, give back the change and can be used to recharge smart cards. RTVMs are characterized by an extremely robust con-struction in steel, with a strongbox-type cash door 8mm thick and a removable, automatically closing, cash box. Basic RTVM offers an excellent price/performance ra-tio, while RTVM-I, that furthermore has a touch screen panel, include a PC with color display. 3G module allows for a totally remote control, with no need for on-site in-tervention. Not only the status can be remotely checked, and so cash amount, the need to be refilled or emp-tied but as well fares, application and other parameters can be updated. In addition, all RTVMs are able to send SMS’s in case of alarm conditions up to 6 different phone numbers (paper near to end, power failure, burglary at-tempt etc.).

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ON-BOARD COMPUTER

CDB-6 BOX is the “blind” and ruggedized version of CDB-6 PLUS; it is the ideal device for applica-tions that do not require a driver interface, ticket selling capability or when the driver interface is per-formed by mean of another device (e.g. FMS console).

TABLETOP READERS

DTIC-A can be considered as a “ta-bletop Futura 3A validator”, where the display is replaced by the PC interface. Distinguished by very pleasant and innovative design, it is used in AEP ticket offices for read-ing and writing smart cards.

PORTABLE READERS

TPV-reader is a portable, self-powered contactless coupler that can be connected to a smart-phone or tablet PC via wireless Bluetooth interface. TPV-reader can be worn on the belt and represents so the optimal solution for the mobile ticketing, for example for inspection or sale.

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ON-BOARD VENDING MACHINES

Pay Machine represents a quan-tum leap in the market of on-board, self-service TVMs that makes it completely different from any sim-ilar product. Pay Machines allows the passenger to buy single trip tickets by paying in coins and offers also all the features of an F240A validator for paper tick-ets and contactless cards, including GPRS/UMTS communication.

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ARRIVA MALTA PROJECT

It is now in operation the new UMTS extension, that makes it pos-sible data communication between AEP on board and central systems, without having to rely on third par-ty subsystems.

Arriva Malta company is owned by Arriva, a leading European provider of proven experience of transport services in 12 European countries, and by Tumas Group, a Maltese company operating in the public area.

Arriva is the largest shareholder with a share of 66.6 percent; the Tumas Group holds 33.3 percent. Arriva Malta started on July, 3 2011 to manage the public transport of the Mediterranean island, with 264 new buses and 920 people, fully replac-ing the previous system based on “owner-drivers” which used charac-teristic vintage means of transport.

Arriva Malta assigned the imple-mentation of technological systems to Thetis, an Italian system integra-tor, that, in November 2010, com-mitted to AEP the project of “Arriva Saver Card” and the whole e-Ticket-ing system.

The supply included the software and on-board equipment, to be integrated with the Thetis vehicle monitoring system. The expected date for startup of the service was July 3rd, 2011 only 8 months after the contract.

Despite of very short time limits and relevant number of variants, AEP technical dept. could succeed respecting the delivery terms with-out even one day delay; on July 3rd, without any pre-exercise period, Arriva Malta e-Ticketing system, en-tirely from AEP, became operative.

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SOLUTIONS IN FIELD

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SKUP CARD PROJECT IN POLANDIt already in “Phase 3” the AEP part of 50 millions project for the Public Service Card of Silesian Region, devel-oped by Asseco Poland and BRE Bank for Silesian Public Transport Authority (KZK GOP).

Phase 1, concluded in 2012, was relat-ed to functional analysis and system architecture definition while phase 2 included installation of servers & on board subsystems on buses and tram-ways, communication systems and geolocalization.

The project aims the distribution of at least 700 thousand SKUP cards for the

electronic payment of services provid-ed by public institutions.KZK GOP is one of the biggest reality of public transport and manages the service in 25 cities, covering an area of 1,400 square kilometers and is located in Katowice.

Asseco Poland SA is the biggest IT company quoted on Warsaw Stock Ex-change and one of the main protago-nists in the European market of soft-ware production. As an international systems integrator, the company has be-come a major player in the Euro-pean market of software producers and has been included among the top ten in the ranking of European soft-ware suppliers.

Asseco has chosen AEP as his own partner to realize the system that will allow to pay the KZK GOP public transport, the parking, the entrance to

museums, to swimming pools and to places of the 25 cities of the region. In addition to electronic money, the paper will be the identification docu-ment of the owner and the carrier of the certificate of electronic signature.

AEP is providing the system software, based on ET – The Easy Ticketing, and all the on board equipment, for a total value of over six million. of euro.

1 System Software

25cities served

20 transport companies

700,000 SKUP cards

3,720 AEP devices

2,800+ FUTURA 4 REGION CAMPANIA (Italy)

The Campania regional authority was one of the first in Italy to adopt “Unico Campania”, the integrated ticketing system based on Calypso smart cards and ISO magnetic tickets. Most of installed validators in this area are from AEP, model Futura 4/MX. In some cases (ANM, urban transports of Naples) the validators are integrated in third party FMS and furthermore communicate directly with depots via Wi-Fi.

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A WHOLE ITALIAN REGIONUMBRIA MOBILITÀ

Umbria Mobilità is the public transport operator of Umbria re-gion (Italy), formed by fusion of four pre-existing companies, pro-ducing services for about 30 mil-lion kilometers, 28 by road and 2 by rail, with about 130 million eu-ros turnover.

At the end of July, 2011, Umbria Mobilità decided to commit the

implementation of the ticketing system, based on Calypso GTML contactless smart card, to AEP, for managing 40 ticket offices scat-tered on the regional territory, with the objective of opening the ser-vice to the public on August 29th, just more than one month.

The four companies that merged in Umbria Mobilità had different

data, software and operating pro-cedures; it was therefore neces-sary a complex process of analysis to define technical specifications for their harmonization, but still keeping former individualities, without loosing compatibility with the existing systems. This task was particularly demanding, also to import fare, cards and tickets defi-nitions, user profiles, 70,000 users personal data, polymetrics, lines and sales transactions from four different systems.

AEP developers team, in perfect synergy with Umbria Mobilità technicians, could reach the target: previous system was turned off in the afternoon of August 27, Sat-urday, and on the established day, August 29, the new system became fully operational. On September 10th, 2011, over 23,000 operations of new cards issue, sales and re-newals, had been performed, with a total collected of more than 3 million euros.New extension are in progress in 2013.

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MINIMETRÒMinimetrò is an very innovative, automated, cable-driven people mover, operating on 3.2 km line up to the center of the city of Perugia (Italy), with the capacity of 8000 passengers per hour. Wagons can carry 25 passengers each and ar-rive at intervals of 1.5 minutes.The gate control system has been realized by Selex (Finmeccanica group) with AEP ticketing devices.All the seven stations are all equipped with Futura 4/MX gate validators and RTVM-S ticket vending machines.Fare documents are the same used by Umbria Mobilità and include smart cards and ISO, central stripe, magnetic tickets.

TIEMME(Tuscany, Italy)

Tiemme is one of ten most important Italian transpor-tation companies. It has 1,150 employees and 750 buses and produces 34 mil-lions bus-km/year, carrying 40 millions passengers. Total turnover is about 90 million euros.

In 2011 Tiemme decided to commit to AEP the new ticketing system for the city of Arezzo, completely inte-grated with parking and bike sharing services.

Arezzo Card is based on Ca-lypso technology and is go-ing to become the regional standard for Public Transport. System is in operation and is expected to be soon extend-ed to the other cities served by Tiemme (Siena, Piombi-no, Grosseto) and to intercity services.

31,8milion passengers carried

734 buses

51 trains

8 motor ships

1 Central Supervisory System

40card issuing ticket offices

800+AEP validators & computers

29 AEP ticket vending machines (MM)

1 Central Supervis. System

1 card issuing ticket office

700 bus validators

12 vending machines

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AEP IN TURKEYIn these years more than 3,000 Futura 4/MX contactless/magnetic bus valida-tors have been sold for 5 cities in Turkey under Olivetti brand. The on-board sys-tem is very compact and effective: the validator, connected to GPS and GPRS modem, plays also the role of on-board computer and driver console. This solu-tion is interoperable with pre-existing, third-party, magnetic/contactless sys-tem.

AEP IN FRANCE

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A bus of Réseau of Transport of the Urban community in Dunkerque.

TGL LONGWY• Complete & integrated system with supervisory center• TGL cards and Calypso Simplicités Card, according Référentiel

Fonctionnel Commun de la Region Lorraine • Ticket offices with issuing capability• On-board: Futura 3A validators and CDB-5 PLUS multifunc-

tion unit for sale, validation, localization and communication• Mobile systems for inspection and sale

DK’BUS DUNKERQUE• Complete & integrated system with supervisory centrer• DK,BUS cards and PassPass Calypso cards, according Référen-

tiel Fonctionnel Commun de la Region du Nord, Pas de Calais • Ticket offices with issuing capability + simplified ticket offices• On-board: CDB-6 PLUS multifunction unit for sale, validation,

localization and communication• Mobile systems for inspection and sale

SPL TRANSLANDES DAX• Complete & integrated system with supervisory center• Calypso cards • Ticket offices• On-board: CDB-6 PLUS multifunction unit for sale, validation,

localization and communication• Mobile systems for inspection and sale

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AIM VICENZA PROJECT

A SMALL FOOTPRINT UNITCDB-5A is a miniature unit that includes the func-tions of a driver’s console and on-board comput-er. It allows to execute the supervision operations, such as driver’s identification, shift opening and closing, validators control etc. and can as well determine the geographic position, store data in its large memory and communicate via GPRS/UMTS or WIFI.

Since 1911, AIM manages the pub-lic transport service in the city of Vicenza and in the sorrounding ar-eas, producing about 5 millions km/year and carrying 11 millions pas-sengers in the Veneto region (Italy).In 2011 AIM chose AEP as supplier of the new automatic fare collec-tion system, based on ET, The Easy Ticketing software.The AIM Card, used for transporta-tion and parking, is expected to be extended to many other services of the local public administration.The system supplied by AEP includes the Central Supervisory System, four ticket offices and on-board systems composed by CDB-5A multifunc-tion unit (see below), with Wi-Fi

and UMTS communication, GPS-3 receiver and Futura 3A contactless validators.The power of ET openness is, in this case, fully exploited: a third party subsystem is interfaced to ET central system by extensive usage of Web Services to make possible to buy or renew tickets via SMS from any mo-bile phone, a simple and very prac-tical system, that is demonstrat-ed very accepted by users.

MOM ALSO CHOOSES AEPFUTURA 3AMobilità di Marca (Treviso, another city in Veneto region of Italy) chooses Futura 3A. In this application, full capabil-ities of this validator are ex-ploited, by using the internal

UMTS module and GPS.

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5,000+ AEP DEVICES

IN TURIN, ITALYBIP is the acronym of “Biglietto Inte-grato Piemonte”, the electronic ticket of Piemonte region. It is probably the most extended project in Italy and is going to serve an area with 5 million of inhabitant, with around 3.000 pub-lic buses, tramways, subways and re-gional railways and extension to other mobility services such as bike-shar-ing, car-sharing and parkings.

More than 5,000 AEP devices, most-ly Futura 3A and CDB-5 PLUS, have been installed on GTT (Turin urban transports) and Extrato (Turin sub ur-ban) vehicles. The system has been opened in January 2013 (system inte-grator Selex SE).

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