SABA - 2018 Annual Report - Saba - Smart Parking

04 | Smart Parking

Stand out Projects

3G coverage in more than 40 car parks

Saba customers can benefit from greater connectivity in car parks and access new added-value services that require the use of mobile data, such as carsharing, e-commerce collection points and payment through mobile applications. This qualitative leap in customer service has been deployed in Saba and Bamsa, providing a total of 43 car parks in Spain with broadband reception, also known as 3G, during 2018 and 2019.

With this technology, Saba and Bamsa car parks are also preparing for the future deployment of 5G, with a solution available to all market operators. Specifically, there will be 31 car parks in Barcelona (12 of them managed by Saba and the remaining 19 by Bamsa), 2 in Girona, 1 in Mataró, 1 in Terrassa, 2 in Seville, 1 in Madrid, 1 in Alicante, 1 in Marbella, 1 in Pamplona, 1 in A Coruña and 1 in Castro Urdiales.

During the deployment of 3G more than 500 small antennas will be installed on each floor of these car parks, especially in the main areas of use such as payment machines, control centres, charging stations for electric vehicles, carsharing areas or circulation lanes, among others.

3G MOBILE COVERAGE
IN 43 CAR PARKS

The largest electric vehicle charging network in car parks in Spain

In 2018, Saba and Bamsa signed an agreement with Endesa that provided for the installation of up to 400 charging stations in nearly 50 car parks in its network. An initial deployment has been carried out in 14 cities —Barcelona, Madrid, A Coruña, Alicante, and Marbella, among others— with 144 already operational charging stations in 36 car parks, which have received subsidies from the Support Plan to the Alternative Mobility of the Ministry of Energy (Movalt Plan).

This project is a continuation of the company’s mission in recent years to incorporate different mobility models and new added-value services in its car parks, which it sees as service hubs, aware that adapting to the times means being open to change and introducing new technologies to improve customer service. Thanks to this agreement with Endesa, Saba will increase its number of charging stations in its car parks in 2019, depending on the available subsidies and the growth in demand.

Saba and Bamsa are responsible for the development and investment in this network of semi-fast technology, at 22 kW, operating with the universal connector for this type of charge, and open to any customer, both short-stay and subscribers.