BERLIN, June 27 (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom and DaimlerChrysler have won a 12-year contract worth billions of euros to run Germany's new electronic road toll system, a government source told Reuters on Thursday.
From next year the German transport ministry expects to collect 3.4 billion euros ($3.3 billion) in tolls annually from trucks rolling over German highways, up to 20 percent of which could go to the winning operator for 12 years.
The consortium combining Europe's largest telecoms operator with Europe's second largest carmaker has won a contract valid from July 1, 2003, the source said. The deal could yield annual revenues of 600 to 700 million euros per year for the private partners.
A consortium led by Deutsche Telekom's archrival Vodafone has up to 10 days to appeal against the contract's award.