PROGOROD, a newly formed company supplying navigation services in Russia, has chosen to licence ITIS’ Trafficscience Technology to provide traffic information to Russian drivers.

The Trafficscience system will use PROGOROD’s own GPS data which will be fused with other sources to provide high quality flow data initially in Moscow and then to be rolled out to key cities in Russia. . PROGOROD will use RDS-TMC and GSM to distribute data into vehicles and also provide historical traffic information to Government and road builders to help planning for future improvements to the road network.

ITIS are a leading provider of real time and historic traffic information and operate GPS and cellular Floating Data (FVD) systems throughout the world. ITIS will work closely with PROGOROD to deliver applications such as IVR telephone services and RDS-TMC.

Stuart Marks, Chief Executive of ITIS stated: “PROGOROD represents a significant step for ITIS in Russia […]. The market in Russia is buoyant and many of our existing customers, especially premium car manufacturers, have been demanding reliable traffic information especially for Moscow”.

No date of availability has been announced thus far by the partners.