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Governments around the world spend enormous sums keeping roads and bridges in working order, and a meaningful share of that damage comes from vehicles that are simply too heavy for the infrastructure they travel on. Over the past two decades, transportation agencies have turned to what the industry calls intelligent transportation systems, a broad category of technology that uses sensors, cameras and software to monitor traffic, detect overweight trucks, manage tolling and improve overall roadway safety. What once required an officer physically pulling a truck over to check its weight can now happen automatically, as vehicles pass over sensors embedded in the road at full highway speed. This shift has created a steady stream of contract opportunities for the companies that build and maintain these systems, particularly as aging infrastructure in North America, Europe and Asia pushes agencies to modernize equipment that in many cases has not been upgraded in decades.
One of the companies competing for that work is Quarterhill Inc. (OTCQX: QTRHF, TSX: QTRH), a Toronto based provider of AI driven tolling, weigh in motion, traffic monitoring and roadway safety infrastructure that serves government transportation agencies around the world. The company’s technology weighs commercial vehicles as they drive, flags those that exceed legal limits and feeds that data back to agencies managing highways, bridges and border crossings.
Asia has been a recurring market for Quarterhill’s weigh in motion business. Over the past year the company has announced repeat and follow on orders across South Korea, Thailand, Djibouti, Kuwait and Cambodia, building relationships with transportation agencies that keep coming back for additional deployments rather than switching to a competitor.
Quarterhill has announced approximately $2.1 million in new weigh in motion orders covering projects in South Korea and Thailand, with installations planned throughout 2026. In South Korea, the company will continue working with its longtime partner SAT to supply equipment to the Korean Expressway Corporation, supporting traffic monitoring, overload detection and roadway maintenance. In Thailand, Quarterhill will work through its partner TMS to deliver weighing systems and network controllers to the country’s Department of Highways. Chief Executive Officer Chuck Myers said the orders reflect the strength of the company’s partnerships in the region and continued demand for reliable transportation solutions.
These orders build on a busier than usual few months for Quarterhill. On July 30, 2026, the company was awarded a $5.25 million contract with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation to modernize commercial vehicle screening at a weigh station along Interstate 35, with work beginning in August 2026. A month earlier, on June 30th, Quarterhill agreed to acquire the tolling solutions business of Conduent Incorporated (NASDAQ: CNDT) for $70 million in cash plus shares equal to 7% of Quarterhill’s outstanding stock at closing. That deal, expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, is projected to almost triple Quarterhill’s tolling revenue and push the combined company’s order backlog to roughly $2 billion, with pro forma annual revenue exceeding $400 million. Quarterhill is scheduled to report its second quarter 2026 results on August 13, 2026.
Taken together, these announcements paint a picture of a company adding new government relationships in multiple countries while also working to close a large acquisition that would reshape its size and scope. Whether the pace of contract wins continues once Conduent’s tolling business becomes part of Quarterhill will likely become clearer when the company holds its earnings call later this month.
