Taiwanese firm FETC has installed a smart parking system at a shopping mall in the Philippines.

Working with SynerPark Ventures, a Philippine smart mobility technology provider, FETC has installed a system that combines AI-powered automatic licence-plate recognition (ALPR), automated access control, multiple payment options and centralised parking management.

The smart parking system has been installed at SM Southmall in Las Piñas City.

FETC’s’ ALPR technology has been adapted to accommodate the variety of car and motorcycle licence-plate formats used in the Philippines and has consistently achieved a plate recognition accuracy rate of more than 99 per cent since launch.

FETC contributed experience in intelligent transportation systems, technology integration, and operations and maintenance, while SynerPark contributed local market knowledge, digital integration, customer-facing services and its smart mobility platform.

“Through our strategic partnership with SynerPark, we are delivering reliable and scalable smart parking that responds to the needs of motorists and property operators while establishing a foundation for broader connected mobility services,” said Tina Yang, general manager of FETC in the Philippines.

For motorists with standard licence plates, the system enables ticketless entry through automatic vehicle recognition, eliminating the need to collect a physical parking ticket. Customers can pay before exiting through automated payment stations, WebPoS or the SynerPark app, using cash, credit or debit cards, GCash, or Maya.

The SynerPark app serves as a localised digital touchpoint for motorists, supporting digital payments and QR code-based access. The system also accommodates parking benefits for senior citizens and persons with disabilities, while vehicles without standard licence plates can use QR codes for entry, payment and exit.

For property operators, an intuitive management dashboard consolidates equipment status, transactions, financial reports and parking data. It enables SM Southmall and its headquarters to assess operational performance, reconcile collections and make informed management decisions.

Installed last month, the system has demonstrated stable performance while supporting more efficient transaction reconciliation and parking revenue management. It processes an average of 4786 parking transactions on weekdays and 6842 transactions on weekends and holidays.

The deployment supports 3574 configured parking spaces for cars, motorcycles and monthly parking customers, with 16 lanes across nine entrances and seven exits. These initial results demonstrate how FETC’s intelligent transportation capabilities and SynerPark’s local digital services can operate together in a large-scale commercial environment.

For FETC in the Philippines, the project also demonstrates how experience developed in electronic toll collection and intelligent transportation can be applied beyond highways to smart parking, commercial properties and emerging urban mobility applications.

Looking ahead, FETC and SynerPark (synerpark.com) view smart parking as a practical foundation for connecting motorists, vehicles, destinations and payments. The partnership will continue exploring opportunities in areas such as digital payments, EV charging, loyalty services and other connected mobility applications based on the needs of the Philippine market.

The two companies see the SM Southmall (www.smsupermalls.com/mall-directory/sm-southmall) deployment as representing not only an improvement to parking operations but also an important step towards a more convenient, connected and intelligent mobility environment in the Philippines.

Established in 2017, FETC (Far Eastern Electronic Toll Collection, www.fetci.com) provides intelligent transportation, electronic toll collection and mobility technology supported by systems integration and operational experience.