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Lothian Buses upgrades to smart ticketing

Nevis Technologies is to supply its smart ticketing solutions to UK bus company Lothian Buses, providing the ITSO platform for interoperable ticketing products that can be integrated with Lothian Buses’ existing infrastructure. This allows Lothian Buses to offer ITSO smart card ticketing which could also be used across other modes of transport, including rail, subway and ferry.

Nevis Technologies is a joint venture company between smart transportation technology provider Rambus and Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) and serves as a delivery agent for smart integrated ticketing in Scotland. Lothian Buses will utilise the same ITSO solution used successfully by the Glasgow Subway, Abellio ScotRail and McGill’s.

“Lothian Buses has long been a pioneer of smart ticketing, launching Scotland’s first transport smart card product back in 2001,” said Nigel Serafini, Commercial Director at Lothian Buses. “Our partnership with Nevis Technologies will enable us to develop a ticketing platform that will ultimately deliver more convenient ticketing options for our customers moving forward.”

“The implementation of interoperable ticketing offers a truly seamless multi-model travel experience for the public, and the adoption of our solutions by Lothian Buses takes us a step closer to making this possible across Scotland,” said David Braddock, Director of Nevis Technologies. “Our mission is to deliver more value-added services to the transport ecosystem and all its users.”

Deployment of the new system is expected to begin this year (2017).

About Lothian Buses

Lothian Buses is the largest bus operator in Edinburgh; the only municipal bus company in Scotland and the biggest municipal company in the UK. They have been awarded Scottish Transport Operator of the Year and Best Bus Service for Lothian Country Buses Service 113 at the Scottish Transport Awards 2016, Transport Award at the VIBES Awards 2016 and Creative Marketing Award at the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2017.

Lothian Buses is currently recognised as Police Scotland ‘Policing Partner of the Year’. The company employs over 2000 staff, operates over 700 buses across Edinburgh and the Lothian’s and carries over 121m passengers per year. Lothian Buses has one of the youngest and cleanest fleet of buses in the country and since 2011 has invested in 85 state-of-the-art hybrid buses and 91 Euro 6 buses.

About Nevis Technologies

Nevis Technologies is a joint venture company formed between Rambus and Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT). The company was formed to deliver secure, integrated smart ticketing to Scotland, bringing together a depth of expertise from both the transport and smart technology industries. www.nevistechnologies.co.uk.

About Rambus

Rambus (NASDAQ:RMBS) creates innovative hardware and software technologies, driving advancements from the data center to the mobile edge. Our interoperable smart ticketing products are at the cutting edge of transport ticketing technology and include a suite of ITSO compliant solutions, Host Card Emulation (HCE), Account Based Ticketing (ABT), NFC mobile apps and data analytics, all underpinned by robust security.

Our chips, customizable IP cores, architecture licenses, tools, services, software, training and innovations improve the competitive advantage of our customers. We collaborate with the industry, partnering with leading ASIC and SoC designers, foundries, IP developers, EDA companies and validation labs. Our products are integrated into tens of billions of devices and systems, powering and securing diverse applications, including Big Data, Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, consumer and media platforms. At Rambus, we are makers of better. For more information, visit rambus.com.