2008, October 6 - DTI Group Receives Order for Rotterdam Metro Cars

DTI Group Limited (DTI) is pleased to announce an order for the supply of advanced video surveillance systems for 81 metro cars of the RET, the main public transport operator of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The RET metro transported 88 million passengers in 2007.

Each metro car will be equipped with DTI's latest Mobile Digital Recorder (MDR-5) and eight high resolution colour cameras plus wireless infrastructure. A Driver Display presents the view of the two exit cameras in each of the metro cars which are connected together to form the metro car-set. Importantly, the MDR-5 systems are configured to auto-discover each other in any coupled metro car-set so that the view from each exit door camera is automatically presented and can be easily seen by the driver without the need for any user intervention notifying which metro cars are coupled together. A single touch on any individual camera image expands that image to full screen size. A second touch reduces the image back to its’ original size.

The order for 81 metro cars was received after a successful trial involving four metro cars, and back office fleet management system and software. After receiving the order for the trial in April with an extremely difficult timeline, the trial equipment was delivered on schedule in May and successfully tested by the Rotterdam customer in June.

Netherlands based company VCS Observation has partnered with DTI for the project. VCS will be the prime contractor and will supply installation services. VCS is a major integrator and provider of surveillance solutions in the Netherlands.

The Rotterdam project further builds on DTI's success in providing advanced transit surveillance solutions and services in the Rail and Tram market. With over 12,000 cameras installed or on order in buses, trains, and trams globally, DTI is well positioned as a recognised transit surveillance provider.

Jaap Spiering, Business Development Manager of DTI Netherlands said: “We are pleased to provide a solution to VCS and Rotterdam which meets their challenging requirements and we look forward to building a strong and enduring relationship”.

VCS Observation is the RET's preferred supplier of video surveillance solutions. For years both companies have been working together to improve security in public transport in and around the Rotterdam area.

According to Michel Neelemans, Manager Operations of VCS Observation, apart from CCTV surveillance at the metro stations, camera surveillance in metro cars was high on the priority list of the RET. “Through an excellent cooperation with DTI the trial was completed very successfully and installation of the Mobile Digital Recorder and the camera's in the metro cars can now start. VCS Observation and the RET both hope this extension to the current video camera supervision will improve security and livability in Rotterdam's public transport system even more.”

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About DTI Group

DTI (Digital Technology International) provides advanced surveillance systems, solutions and services in the global mass transit industry.  DTI’s customers are transit agencies and operators which are offered a range of professional products and services that encompass on-board recording equipment, fleet management systems, backend mass storage and retrieval facilities and end-to-end managed services.  Sales and project delivery is undertaken both by DTI directly and through its global partners’ network.

DTI is a recognised supplier to the mass transit surveillance market. Core technology development and system design activities are undertaken from the Company’s Perth office and are complemented through a strategic research partnership with Western Australia’s Curtin University of Technology.

DTI Group is an Australian public company.

Enquiries
Richard Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
DTI Group
Phone: (08) 9479 1195
www.dti.com.au