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Chinese automakers need a license to collect mapping data
China has said that automakers must apply for licences to collect geographic data using sensors on their intelligent vehicles. Read more…
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CarPlay upgrade is Apple’s declaration of war on OEMs
Apple says auto OEMs are “excited to bring this new vision of CarPlay to customers”. But any OEM in its right mind should view it with horror. Read more…
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Apple says it will integrate its software deeper into car systems
Apple announces a lot of stuff at WWDC, including its plan to more deeply integrate its software into the core driving systems of cars. Read more…
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We know connected vehicles collect data – but who has access to it?
The crown jewel of the connected car era is vehicle data – and everybody from carmakers to insurers and repair shops wants some. Read more…
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MWC 2022 has arrived and the star of the show is definitely not 5G
MWC 2022 will be a test of how much damage virtual events have done to in-person events. Meanwhile, 5G is the most boring story of the show. Read more…
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Tesla faces safety investigation over dashboard games feature
US auto safety regulators investigate Tesla cars over its decision to allow games to be played on the front center touchscreen. Read more…
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Connected cars – what are the key roles and opportunities for telcos
The connected car ecosystem is evolving extremely fast and many stakeholders apart from telcos are trying to play a part in the value chain. Read more…
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Can IoT-based connected cars drive 5G revenues?
Connected car solutions include IoT-based connectivity for telemetry management to deliver meaningful information about the vehicle. Read more…
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CSG supports Telstra connected car solutions in Asia-Pacific
CSG expands its relationship with Telstra, providing billing and provisioning for Telstra’s suite of managed IoT connected solutions across Asia-Pacific. Read more…
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Tata Comms accelerates connected car dev with Microsoft
Tata Communications is working together with Microsoft to help speed up the development of new innovative connected car applications. Read more…
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ETSI enables a tractor to warn cars not to hit it
ETSI is exhibiting what it says is the first tractor that connects to cars and sends them warnings using a oneM2M communication protocol. Every year, almost 400 fatal accidents are caused in Europe by farm Read more…
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Can Alexa or Siri add to the Formula One experience?
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – US Grand Prix winner Kimi Raikkonen has always been known as ‘The Iceman’ but Formula One fans could soon have much more of an insight into just how cool he really Read more…
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ETSI hackathons leverage MEC for car infotainment apps
ETSI’s industry specification group on multi-access edge computing (MEC) has declared its first MEC Hackathons series a success after developers gathered in Europe and China to test their applications with ETSI MEC APIs in a Read more…
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Alibaba signs smart car deals with Bosch, Volvo and Ford
Alibaba has announced a series of smart mobility initiatives in partnership with auto brands and technology service providers, including an auto-parking solution, car-to-home AI services and an Internet car. Alibaba Cloud and Bosch announced plans Read more…
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Renault-Nissan adopts Android for car infotainment system
PARIS (Reuters) – The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi carmaking alliance said on Tuesday it will adopt Alphabet’s Google Android operating system, handing a victory to the US tech giant as it pushes for a bigger share of the Read more…
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China Mobile reveals LTE-V2X roadside units
China Mobile Research Institute, China Mobile IoT (CMIoT) and Qualcomm Technologies have announced new roadside units (RSUs) for LTE-V2X direct communication (PC5) based on Qualcomm’s 9150 C-V2X chipset solution. Developed by CMIoT and China Mobile Read more…
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Qualcomm and Datang make C-V2X chips talk to each other
Qualcomm Technologies and the Datang Telecom Group, also known as China Academy of Telecommunications Technology (CATT), have announced what they say is the first successful multi-chipset vendor interoperability of 3GPP Release 14 C-V2X direct communications Read more…
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Alibaba Cloud and Autonomic to bring connected-car cloud to China
Alibaba Cloud and Autonomic – a wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Smart Mobility – have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to bring Autonomic’s ‘Transportation Mobility Cloud’ (TMC) solution for connected vehicles to China. Enabled by Read more…
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NGMN Alliance backs C-V2X, issues white-paper recommendations
The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance is officially backing C-V2X (cellular vehicle to everything) technology, and to that end has published a white paper with official recommendations. The white paper follows the creation of Read more…
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DoCoMo and AGC connect speeding car with glass mounted 5G antennas
NTT DoCoMo and AGC say they have achieved 8 Gbps 5G communications with a fast-moving vehicle equipped with “vehicle glass mounted antennas” (a.k.a. on-glass antennas) in a field trial conducted in conjunction with Ericsson Japan. Read more…