South Korea radar firm Bitsensing has signed an MoU with Ikio Technologies to advance AI-based traffic monitoring on India’s expressways, highways and municipal areas.

The MoU between Bitsensing and Ikio Technologies, a smart infrastructure provider in India, was signed during last month’s Suwon ITS Asia-Pacific Forum in South Korea.

The agreement marks Bitsensing’s official entry into the Indian intelligent transportation system (ITS) market, paving the way for the deployment of AI-powered traffic monitoring technology along expressways, highways and cities, beginning with a pilot on the Delhi-Mumbai expressway, one of India’s most critical and heavily used corridors.

Ikio Technologies designs and manufactures energy-efficient lighting and smart infrastructure for industrial, commercial and urban environments. Products include smart meters, CCTV cameras, and several electronic and auto components. With a growing focus on digital and connected technologies, Ikio has been expanding into the intelligent transportation sector, delivering scalable, sustainable systems that align with India’s smart city and highway modernisation initiatives. 

Through this MoU, Bitsensing and Ikio will jointly implement a high-performance traffic system combining its Timos sensors, a local edge server and an AI-based analytics server. This deployment mirrors Bitsensing’s successful implementation in Verona, Italy, and is based on performance in various real-world environments across South Korea and Europe. 

“Over the past several years, we’ve built trust in complex and varied road environments,” said Jae-Eun Lee, CEO of Bitsensing. “ITS Suwon 2025 provided the perfect stage to formalise our partnership with Ikio Technologies. Together, we’re excited to bring our field-proven sensing and AI capabilities to India, adapting them to meet local needs and collaborating to support the country’s evolving transportation infrastructure.”

Timos, Bitsensing’s flagship ITS sensor, integrates radar, camera and edge AI to track up to 256 vehicles in real time, across eight lanes, even in curved sections and low-visibility conditions. Combined with TraXight, Bitsensing’s AI-based traffic analytics platform, the system enables monitoring of vehicle presence, average speed, violations and congestion patterns, empowering smarter traffic control and real-time response. 

“India is rapidly scaling its smart mobility infrastructure,” Lee said. “We also see great opportunity to collaborate with India’s top-tier research institutions through AI integration and jointly develop localised ITS that delivers both performance and reliability.” 

Sunil Kumar Mishra, CSO of Ikio Technologies, added: “Through this MoU, we look forward to introducing the advanced, field proven ITS technology of Bitsensing for Indian requirements. Indian government and transport authorities are focussed to improve road safety, commutation and logistics speed for city, inter-city and inter-state transportation. Bitsensing’s ITS in Korea and Europe got good appreciation from state and federal government transport authorities and are expected to become indispensable tools for road safety with speed through smooth traffic movement across India.”

The Mumbai-New Delhi expressway and Lucknow, Jodhpur and Ahmedabad pilot project will serve as model deployments, showcasing how radar and AI technologies can help reduce congestion, improve safety and support India’s broader smart city and digital infrastructure ambitions. Building on this, both companies plan to expand their collaboration across additional highways and urban regions in the coming years.

Founded in 2018 in South Korea, Bitsensing (bitsensing.com) has raised $52m in funding to bring radar everywhere, with investment from AF WPartners, Korea Development Bank, Mando and more. The company is also a partner to Dutch firm NXP Semiconductors (www.nxp.com).

Ikio Technologies (ikiotech.com) is an electronics manufacturing company in India that offers innovations in energy-efficient LED lighting, smart infrastructure and ITS.