. fara asa type public industry information technology founded 2005 headquarters trondheim norway area served global key people rjan kirkefjord ceo jan pihl grimnes chairman products electronic ticketing infotainment systems real time information systems fleet management passenger information number of employees 80 website fara.no fara asa fara is a supplier of it to the public transport sector and sells electronic ticketing and real time information systems such as fleet management traffic management passenger information and infotainment systems . history edit fara s history dates back to 1983 when nera mobildata as a norwegian supplier of ticketing systems for ferry companies was awarded the first afc contract in the county of s r tr ndelag norway . in 1999 q free asa acquired nera s ticketing business . 15 december 2005 fara asa was formally established when q free divested itself of its ticketing business . through the acquisition of the danish company tnc connect a s and the finnish company buscom oy in 2007 fara gained access to complimentary technology and additional distribution in the nordic countries . with the acquisition of the largest electronic ticketing vendor in sweden cpt nordic ab in 2008 . in addition to project deliveries fara has been participating in the work with the norwegian national smartcard specifications nsd nordic specification desfire . fara has 80 employees in five locations and representatives across europe . the corporate headquarters are based in trondheim norway home to norway s most important university for technology and science ntnu . 1 references edit history of fara . fara web site . retrieved 9 september 2013 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fara company & oldid 579047807 categories computer companies of norwaycompanies based in trondheimcompanies established in 2005 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 october 2013 at 02 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view