The system was implemented through a partnership between Romania’s Special Telecommunications Services (STS) and Ford Romania.
Road accident alert system eCall is a European Commission initiative. The HeERO pan-European pilot project aiming to implement the in-vehicle call system was officially launched in 2011, based on a financing agreement between Europe’s Intelligent Transportation System (ERTICO) and the European Commission.
Romania, alongside Germany, Italy, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Greece, the Czech Republic and Croatia, joined the pilot project.