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Reader Forum: Technology’s safety role in the car of tomorrow

Today’s vehicles are viewed by many as the next frontier for mobile devices and Internet connectivity. In fact, we already see automakers adding Wi-Fi hot spots and LTE capabilities to new vehicles. Industry forecasts from ABI Research estimate there will be 210 million connected...

What do banking and connected cars have in common?

You might not realize it, but Santander is the largest independent financer of car purchases in Germany, putting it in a great position to leverage relationships to open new lines of business for Santander and auto dealers. That is exactly what it did recently by launching...

Next up – the ‘software-defined car’

We’ve got software-defined base stations in the mobile industry, we’ve got software-defined telecommunications networks: Why not a software-defined car? That is the vision of a company called Movimento, who today announced its over-the-air platform to update every module in the vehicle, not only models...

Challenges abound ahead of telecom network virtualization

Analysts highlight telecom network virtualization plan challenges NICE, France – Few argue that the telecom world in some capacity is moving toward a virtualized future led by network functions virtualization, software-defined networking and cloud, but even fewer would argue that the hurdles in place toward...

Ford’s Smart Mobility plan gains momentum

Earlier this year at the Consumer Electronics Show, Ford announced its Smart Mobility plan consisting of 25 global experiments to change the way the world moves. These experiments are really taking the concept of mobility beyond that of traditional car ownership and usage. Fourteen of...

Nvidia ships drive computer that teaches cars to see

Chipmaker’s Drive PX computer being used by manufacturers like Aston Martin, Rolls Royce Nvidia previewed its self-driving vehicle platform, Drive PX, at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year and began shipping units earlier this month to manufacturers including Aston Martin, Tesla, Rolls Royce and...

EMEA: Will connected cars crash mobile data networks in the future?

The ability to avoid collisions is certainly a key component of the connected car. Autonomous driving aims to reduce vehicle crashes to zero, but what are the implications to the mobile networks supporting all of the data traffic created by these cars? A new report, released today...

Elektrobit selling automotive unit for $668M

Elektrobit, which produces hardware and software for connected cars and other wireless technologies, is switching gears in the midst of a company split and opting to sell its automotive business to Continental AG for approximately $668 million. Elektrobit had been making progress toward a planned company split, in which...

EMEA: Looking toward China’s connected cars with Harman

  Connecting cars in China is a priority. Noted as the fastest-growing automotive market in the world, it shouldn’t be surprising to see a great deal of innovation occurring in that market – innovation by operators, automotive OEMs and some unlikely players such as Alibaba...

EMEA: TU Auto Berlin roundup part two

Building on yesterday’s highlights from TU Auto’s event in Berlin this week, there are even more highlights and observations to share. There was a battle of local startups participating at the event; the following four made presentations: Eluminocity combines LED street lighting with electric vehicle charging....

EMEA: TU Auto Berlin roundup part one

This week Berlin played host to TU Auto’s latest event to discuss key topics in the connected car space – big data, autonomous driving, car security and electric vehicles. The speakers represented a mix of established companies and local Berlin startups, raising a lot of...

Google self-driving cars cover 1.7M miles, 11 accidents

Blog: “Not once was the self-driving car the cause of the accident” After six years and 1.7 million miles covered, Google’s director of the self-driving car program has learned a number of valuable lessons about human error as it relates to traffic incidents. Chris Urmson detailed...

EMEA: Connected car connects automotive and telecoms

Audi Electronics Ventures and Cubic Telecom have announced a strategic partnership inclusive of a $20.3 million investment. Yet another example of telecommunications and the automotive industry joining hands to further the vision of the connected car. Let’s start by taking a look at who these...

Nokia: Small cell is key to future mega cities

Site acquisition, jurisdictional approval, backhaul access key small cell challenges. Chris Stark, Nokia’s chief business development officer for North America, envisions a future of smart mega cities where traffic, resource use, emergency response latency and more are problems of the past. Stark, during a keynote address...

Hackers plan to remotely hijack connected car

DARPA researchers plan to demo vulnerability of connected car at conferences WASHINGTON – Cybersecurity researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, funded by the federal government, announced they will publicly hack a connected car or truck. The duo received a 2013 grant from the Defense Advance Projects...

EMEA: The connected car battle for the dashboard

Booz Allen Hamilton recently published its views on the increasing battle for the dashboard in the connected car. I had the opportunity to learn more about the company and its work in this space. As more and more industry players traditionally known for expertise in IT and...

Driving connected car profits for telecom and automotive

There’s no denying the fact that the connected car is one of the hottest topics in the telecommunications and automotive industries. Although within the connected car topic there are a great many sub-topics that still require discussion in order to reach an appropriate outcome. For...

EMEA: Mercedes mobility – maybe without a Mercedes?

At the simplest level, "Internet of Things," connected car, M2M and telematics have all been buzzwords synonymous with the integration of telecommunications and automotive. Now "mobility" is entering the mix. Many years ago – let’s not mention how many – mobility was a term...

The connected car ‘as-a-service’

In the next five years we will see many new developments in services for the connected car. But what about the connected car as-a-service? While discussing the issue with different companies in this area, which types of services would be most prevalent and would there...

Is your car in the cloud?

The cloud, the cloud, the cloud – some of the most popular buzzwords in telecommunications, IT and now the connected car. It’s a fact that the connected car will rely heavily on the cloud to store data collected within the vehicle, data shared among vehicles and...

Intersection ahead: telecommunications and automotive

I hear quite often that telecommunications players are only just entering the connected car market and don’t have a great deal of value to add other than connectivity. Whether enabling telematics, machine-to-machine or connectivity within the vehicle, it isn’t a new topic for these organizations....

Jaguar Land Rover connected car uses Here nav, mapping

New InControl Touch Pro unveiled at New York Auto Show in Jaguar XF Automaker Jaguar Land Rover launched its connected car control panel, InControl Touch Pro, in the latest Jaguar XF at the New York Auto Show. To power the integrated navigation, mapping and location services,...

Worst of the Week: Connected car not compatible with simple humans

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....

AT&T boosts connected car plans

AT&T strikes connected car deals with Autonet, Voxx tapping into LTE capabilities AT&T is looking to expand its already strong position in the domestic telematics space, announcing a pair of new initiatives designed to further its connected car business. The initiatives, which were announced in...