>>friedman: mr castellucci, good to have you with us. >>castellucci: nice to be here, thank you alan. >>friedman: autostrade, your company, recently won one a 2 billion euro contract in a state tender in france. you are an italian company, maybe one of europe's biggest, but how does an italian company beat the french state company, in france? >>castellucci: it is the result of our strong competence in technology related to tolling. we believe we have a strong competitive advantage in this kind of activities and operations. >>we have been the first to introduce electronic tolling in italy in the nineties, the first to introduce tolling in austria nationwide in 2002 and this time we will introduce a more developed way to toll trucks in france via a new technology based on satellite. >>i mean, it is a way to toll trucks without building stations, it is a very environmentally friendly way to toll trucks and this is why the project is called eco tax. >>friedman: let me get this straight: you do not go through toll booths anymore, you buy a sub

>>friedman: mr castellucci, good to have you with us. >>castellucci: nice to be here, thank you alan. >>friedman: autostrade, your company, recently won one a 2 billion euro contract in a state tender in france. you are an italian company, maybe one of europe's biggest, but how does an italian company beat the french state company, in france? >>castellucci: it is the result of our strong competence in technology related to tolling. we believe we have a strong competitive advantage in this kind of activities and operations. >>we have been the first to introduce electronic tolling in italy in the nineties, the first to introduce tolling in austria nationwide in 2002 and this time we will introduce a more developed way to toll trucks in france via a new technology based on satellite. >>i mean, it is a way to toll trucks without building stations, it is a very environmentally friendly way to toll trucks and this is why the project is called eco tax. >>friedman: let me get this straight: you do not go through toll booths anymore, you buy a sub