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Toll operators ink deal for RFID system interoperability test

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/12/07/20201022-nlex-balintawak-tollway-md-7047.jpg"/><figcaption>Vehicles pass through the Balintawak tollway along the North Luzon Expressway in Caloocan City on October 22, 2020, more than a week before tollways go fully cashless on November 2. The DOTR requires tollways to go fully cashless to curb the spread of COVID-19. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA – Toll operators have agreed to test the interoperability of their RFID systems, the Department of Transportation said Monday.</p><p>Government earlier required operators to implement contactless and cashless transactions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Metro Pacific Tollways Corp (MPTC) and NLEX Corp (NLEX) use the EasyTrip RFID tag while the SMC TPLEX Corp. (SMCTC) uses the AutoSweep RFID tag.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/11/23/20/rfid-installation-available-in-all-toll-lanes-until-jan-11-dotr">RFID installation available in all toll lanes until Jan. 11: DOTr</a></li></ul><p>The test will be conducted over 14 consecutive days and the steering committee is given 5 days to determine the system&#x27;s performance, the agency said.</p><p>Toll operators are working together for the interoperability of their RFID systems, the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) said.</p><p>&quot;Yan po ay ongoing project na...May isang sticker at dalawang wallet, meron na pong partial implementation yan,&quot; TRB spokesman Julius Corpuz told ABS-CBN&#x27;s Teleradyo.</p><p>(It&#x27;s an ongoing project...there&#x27;s 1 sticker and 2 wallets, it has been partially implemented.)</p><p>&quot;The final would be 1 sticker and 1 account na mapapatupad din yan hopefully next year sana (that would hopefully be implemented next year).&quot;</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/N9F12yJeGBo?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Toll operators have agreed to test the interoperability of their RFID systems, the Department of Transportation said Monday.<br /> </p>

Toll operators have agreed to test the interoperability of their RFID systems, the Department of Transportation said Monday.