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date
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milestones |
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| 06/16/2003 |
Far EasTone Telecommunication Co., Ltd. (FET), TECO Electric & Machinery Co., Ltd. (TECO), Systex Corporation, and MiTAC Inc. created the Far Eastern Consortium. |
| 06/2003~09/2003 |
Visited to many countries in Europe and Asia. |
| 11/20/2003 |
Started bidding process of “Private participation of the ETC BOT project”. |
| 12/24/2003 |
Became an applicant of “Private participation of the ETC BOT project”. |
| 02/26/2004 |
Obtained the most qualified candidate status |
| 04/07/2004 |
Official founded Far Eastern Electronic Toll Collection Co. (FETC) |
| 04/21/2004 |
Completed test run and achieved system’s objectives. |
| 04/23/2004 |
Completed the negotiation about the contract with Ministry of Transportation and Communications. |
| 04/27/2004 |
Signed the contract with Ministry of Transportation and Communications as the official ETC operator of freeway. |
| 08/11/2004 |
Began operation in headquarter. |
| 11/26/2004 |
First toll station which located in Houlong was successfully operated. |
| 11/30/2004 |
Inspection passing and completed the construction of front-end functional unit. (ETC systems passed the inspection on October 17, 2004 which is a month earlier than we expected.) |
| 12/03/2004 |
Formal announced ETC construction. |
| 05/15/2005 |
Completed the construction of front-end functional unit on Freeway No. 3. |
| 07/15/2005 |
Completed the construction of front-end functional unit on Freeway No. 1. |
| 07/31/2005 |
Completed the examination of front-end functional unit. |
| 10/28/2005 |
The self-examination of ETC systems resulted successfully. |
| 10/31/2005 |
Completed the deployment of both front-end and back-end functional units. |
| 12/02/2005 |
The test run conducted by Ministry of Transportation and Communications of the ETC systems was successful. |
| 01/16/2006 ~01/25/2006 |
Implemented the test operational of ETC systems. |
| 02/10/2006 |
ETC system officially operated |
| 06/24/2006 |
Survey which conducted by AC Neilson resulted in 80% of customers are satisfied with our products. |
| 08/03/2006 |
Supreme Court adjudged that ETC reached the second round of the pending review. |
| 12/05/2006 |
Ministry of Transportation and Communications announced the required documents for second round of pending reviews. |
| 01/18/2007 |
FETC received the IV&V certificate from TUV Rhineland Group. |
| 02/10/2007 |
FETC operated ETC systems for one year. |
| 04/14/2007 |
Ministry of Transportation and Communications ranked FETC as the best candidate for second round and began the process of writing a contract. |
| 07/14/2007 |
Achieved the remarkable record of 0.1 billion of drivers using ETC lane. |
| 08/07/2007 |
Completed negotiation of ETC contracts. |
| 08/22/2007 |
Completion of contract writing between FETC and TANFB. |
| 08/23/2007 |
In order to provide our customers with more financing options, FETC offered different lease agreements. |
| 12/10/2007 |
FETC filed the application, which is about future construction of ETC lanes for small vehicles at Taishan toll station. |
| 02/29/2008 |
The last day for OBU subsidy, 20,000 customers apply for OBU set-up that day. |
| 04/15/2008 |
The second ETC lane for small vehicles is added at Taishan toll station. |
| 05/02/2008 |
Achieved the remarkable record of 0.2 billion of drivers using ETC lane. |
| 07/30/2008 |
ETC lane at To-Chen station operated |
| 08/21/2008 |
First year anniversary of singing contract with the government. |
| 08/30/2008 |
On line payment for late ETC fee . |
| 01/06/2009 |
The second ETC lane for small vehicles is added at Shu-Lin toll station. |
| 01/12/2009 |
Achieved the remarkable record of 300 million drivers using ETC lane. |
| 03/12/2009 |
Besides ETC retail stores,
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| 08/16/2009 |
Besides ETC retail stores, at all convenient stores in Taiwan ,users who top up four-thousand dollars in ETC cards can also have 5% discount. |
| 02/01/2010 |
The first ETC retail store in Taipei motor vehicles office (Bade Office) opens |
| 02/20/2010 |
Achieved the remarkable record of 500 million tolls collected |
| 05/05/2010 |
The first ETC retail store in Kaohsiung motor vehicles office (Nanzih Office) opens |
| 05/06/2010 |
The third ETC lane for small vehicles is added at Taishan toll station |
| 07/22/2010 |
ETC users with successful deduction get 5% discount of tolls |