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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…