“Acer ITS’ Smart Parking Meter Solution bags the Global ICT Excellence Award

Acer ITS Inc. which is a subsidiary of Acer, has won the 'Global ICT Excellence Award - Private Sector Excellence' at the "Olympics Of Global ICT Industry" for its Smart Parking Meter solution. The award was announced and presented during the 22nd edition of WCIT held in India on February 19, hosted by the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA), India's IT BPM industry association NASSCOM, and the Government of Telangana.

The award highlights Acer ITS' capabilities in bringing an innovative end-to-end parking solution which offers good parking experience to the drivers. It also assists public and private operators to increase parking management efficiency and revenue by leveraging technology.

Mr. Harish Kohli, Managing Director and President, Acer India says, "We feel honored to be awarded with the most prestigious ICT Excellence award for our intelligent parking cloud solution. At Acer, we have always focused on innovation and have strived bringing it in all our solutions and services. He further added that this recognition is a testament to the creativity, dedication, and expertise that Acer ITS team has put in developing the real-time cloud solution for parking."

"Acer ITS' smart parking meter solution lays a solid foundation for smart cities by vastly increasing parking management efficiency through integrated hardware and software services," said Kenny Yu, President of Acer ITS Inc. "We're excited that our efforts have been recognized as we continue to help governments and clients around the world build smarter cities that improve the quality of urban life" he added.

The smart parking meter is a key innovation of Acer ITS' smart parking solution developed specifically for the roadside parking segment. The solution is a combination of a parking app, meters, and a management system that provides unparalleled experience for users and real business benefit to parking lot operators.

The drivers can find real-time availability data collected by Acer smart parking meter and parking rate through Acer Parking App on their mobile phone. The App also provides Navigation feature that suggests the best route to a destination.

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Acer Smart Parking Meter can detect instantly when the car in or out of parking space, and start counting parking fee right after the car is parked. An efficient parking space and rate management results a better ROI for roadside parking operators.