iSIGN Media Announces a Signed Pilot Contract for Mexican Transit Buses
29 September 2022 - 10:00PM
iSIGN Media Solutions Inc. (“iSIGN” or “Company”) (TSX-V: ISD)
(OTC: ISDSF), and its reseller, Smart City Services International
(“SCSI”) are pleased to announce the launch of a fifty-vehicle
pilot deployment of iSIGN's HALO.fx technology, commencing on
October 15, 2022 for twelve months.
This paid pilot will equip fifty private transit
buses operating in Mexico City with the HALO.fx node. Each node
will capture occupancy levels, passenger ingress and egress data
and gather information from nearby mobile devices. The information
collected will address immediate concerns regarding fare-evasion
detection, rider behaviour, route planning, and resource
deployment.
To a large degree, Mexico and most Latin
American countries rely on currency payments by passengers. HALO.fx
and PHACT technologies will allow transit companies to
independently validate the number of riders and calculate the cash
fares collected, resulting in improved ROI and increased data
gathering on riders.
Sal Haro, CEO of SCSI, has stated, "Fare evasion
is the biggest drain on revenue that the transit operators are
experiencing. By deploying HALO.fx, the transit operators will
realize savings in the neighborhood of $100 million per year across
all vehicles currently in use."
The pilot deployment will also be used to
evaluate HALO.fx's ability to improve public safety by using object
recognition in tandem with the embedded PHACT module, to provide a
record of individuals that have been present on the vehicle and
trace their routes throughout the monitored spaces. Successful
results from the public safety evaluation will provide additional
revenue opportunities for iSIGN as this component is an additional
paid feature of the HALO.fx platform. Commenting again on the
opportunity, Sal Haro stated, "While fare evasion is an immediate
concern due to its impact on operator revenue, the long-term
benefits provided by the public safety component simply cannot be
overstated. The long-term costs incurred by operators related to
incidents of crime, vandalism, and violence, have long-term impacts
on rider confidence and attendance, placing negative pressure on
revenue that can linger for indeterminate lengths of time."
HALO.fx provides unobtrusive monitoring and
workflow-based resource deployment features that help mitigate the
problems related to incidents of crime, vandalism and violence.
This is accomplished in a manner that does not infringe on privacy,
collects no personal information, and can be deployed by the
operators with no special tools or knowledge required.
Technology can also be used for public safety
and security alerts and public, tourist and brand advertising to
generate additional revenue for transit operators and provide data
to advertisers, thus improving ROI and increasing the data being
gathered on its passengers.
Adding HALO and HALO.fx technology to SCSI's
existing partnership with Payolog, a global payment and Smart City
Solutions leader, will increase accountability throughout private
and public transit locations, stations and onboard vehicles as a
unified network. The new technology introduces loyalty programs and
rewards for passengers using public transit through a collaboration
between SCSI, Payolog and iSIGN. It is believed that the
introduction of a loyalty rewards program combined with cashless
ticketing will result in increased ridership levels as well as
further increasing the safety of drivers and passengers.
About Smart City Services
International
Being involved in Smart City concepts for the
last seven years in Mexico, SCSI has established relationships with
various transportation authorities. We have leveraged our
consulting team in Mexico to focus on, and target government and
private transportation agencies and are prepared to activate our
marketing advertising and awareness campaigns. With our strong
technology partners, we can advance and improve the daily lives of
working citizens with a positive customer experience by
implementing Smart City Payment solutions for all ticketing
requirements. We are ready to market an all-in-one solution in the
transit space. We are the first to provide smart digital payment
solutions, coupled with a mobile advertising broadcast network, a
missing persons' alert broadcast network and mobile cash app
program, All-In-One. https://www.luckyridepay.com/
About iSIGN Media
iSIGN, a Canadian company based in Toronto
(Richmond Hill), Ontario is a leading provider of interactive
mobile proximity marketing and public security alert solutions; on
March 30, 2022, it announced the signing of an exclusive worldwide
Licensing Agreement in perpetuity with SIMBL Business Enablement
Inc. for its PHACT technology, including HALO and the underlying
framework, including SPE Asset Management System for smart location
analytics and monitoring Intellectual Property (IP). Conceived as a
contact tracing platform, the overall platform enables the
monitoring of individuals' movement, congregation behaviours, and
general movements within a monitored space while maintaining
connectivity and compliance with all public privacy policies. PHACT
provides real-time and historical information regarding individual
movement, dwell, crowd, and public
behaviour. www.isignmedia.com
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Remko NoteboomiSIGN Media Solutions Inc.
remko@isignmedia.com
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