Automotive

Tokyo, Japan –  KDDI, the second  largest telecom operator in Japan, is teaming up with the leading connectivity enabler Telenor Connexion to provide a global M2M solution for its enterprise customers.

Newbury, UK – Vodafone has announced that Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles, part of the US$15.9 billion Mahindra Group,  has powered its recently launched e2o electric vehicle with Vodafone’s M2M communication services.

London, UK – Telit Wireless Solutions and PayGo Systems, an Israel-based telematics service provider (TSP), who develops, designs, manufactures, markets and supports self-energised pay-as-you-drive solutions, have announced that PayGo’s new TTM Type B family of PAYD solutions is to include Telit’s ultra-compact GSM/GPRS cellular module, the GE865-QUAD.

Boston, Massachusetts, USA – Following its recent research into the M2M products consumers are most likely to buy, Yankee Group expressed mixed feelings about Audi’s deal with T-Mobile USA to power its Audi Connect infotainment platform with wireless service.

Jersey City, NJ, USA – ISO has filed its first vehicle telematics-based rating rule in 33 states and received approvals in 19. The optional GeoMetric® rating rule for personal and commercial automobiles uses information collected via telematics to award discounts for vehicles operated in areas safer than where they are garaged.

A new report from Juniper Research has found that advancements in entertainment head-units and higher smartphone penetration will result in App-capability reaching a fifth of all consumer vehicles in the developed markets of North America and Western Europe by 2017

The Japanese Tier 1 automotive supplier, FUJITSU TEN, has chosen Telenor Connexion to provide a connected service solution for its Remote Engine Start telematics service

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain & East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. February 28, 2013 – The Aricent Group, a global innovation and technology services company, has launched its Connected Car and Connected Home systems and services. These use the company’s end-to-end LTE products and support from domain experts.

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona,Spain- Airbiquity, a leader in connected vehicle services, and China Unicom of Shanghai announced a partnership to provide telematics services for the Chinese automotive market

(Mobile World Congress) Barcelona, Spain & Levallois-Perret, France — Oberthur Technologies and FICOSA are demonstrating a remotely provisionable SIM for the automotive market at the Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona.

Gemalto’s Cinterion® range of automotive-grade M2M technology is providing 4G connectivity for Audi’s embedded LTE infotainment system, which is said to be an industry-first.

(MWC PREVIEW:) Paderborn, Germany. February 19, 2013 — Orga Systems is to present its ‘MyDigitalLife’ service at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week, to help network operators achieve cross-vertical revenues.

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London, UK – With infotainment functionality such as music streaming, connected navigation, and social networking having dominated much of the connected car market in 2011 and 2012, traditional safety and security telematics is expected to make a comeback in 2013

London, UK. February 6, 2013.- Generali Seguros and Telefónica have launched ‘Pago como conduzco’ in Spain, a motor insurance policy that calculates the premium according to driving habits.

Empirix announced enhancements to its Empirix E-XMS service assurance platform for monitoring telematics solutions