Volkswagen reaches for the cloud with Microsoft to orchestrate smart cars
Volkswagen Group is to build a cloud-based ‘automated driving platform’ on Microsoft Azure to accelerate development of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving functions for group car brands. …
KDDI, Orange Business Services partnership drives in-vehicle IoT services
Japanese mobile operator KDDI has partnered with Orange Business Services to provide customized IoT services for Toyota and Mazda. The Orange solution will allow the Japanese automotive manufacturers to offer connected …
Michigan to develop a 40-mile autonomous vehicle corridor
The autonomous vehicle corridor will go from Detroit to Ann Arbor Last week, Michigan announced that it is working with Cavnue, a subsidiary of Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, to explore the …
Toyota Connected and NTT Data to collaborate on mobility service business
Japanese companies Toyota Connected and NTT Data, a provider of IT services, announced a new business alliance to increase the functions and services of the Mobility Service Platform (MSPF) offered …
Softbank and Nokia test-drive non-standalone 5G for connected cars
Japanese telecoms group SoftBank claims to have tested non-standalone 5G with connected cars. Nokia, the kit partner for the tests, called it a “world-first trial”. The setup used 3GPP Release …
Telefonica unveils connected driving center in Malaga
Spanish telecom giant Telefonica, together with testing, inspection and certification specialist Dekra, unveiled an advanced research and development laboratory in the Spanish city of Malaga, in Andalusia, for the …
Ericsson and Microsoft combine vehicle connectivity and compute platforms
Ericsson and Microsoft are pooling their cloud-based connectivity management and compute-and-analytics platforms, respectively, for connected vehicles. Ericsson will build its Connected Vehicle Cloud, which it claims connects around 10 per …
Seven reasons eSIM tech is the key (to the highway) for connected cars
Embedded SIM (eSIM) technology is gaining ground in the connected ‘things’ space, which requires subscriber identity modules (SIMs) to be remotely provisioned and tamper proof, and often miniaturised for IoT …
China tests self-driving vehicles in a mountain highway in Shandong
China is currently testing self-driving and connected vehicles in a mountain highway in eastern Shandong province, South China Morning Post reported. The local Qilu Transportation Development Group earmarked a 26-kilometer-long …
Cubic Telecom selects Metaswitch’s VoLTE tech for connected cars
Cloud native communications software specialist Metaswitch announced that Cubic Telecom, a connectivity management software provider for the automotive and IoT industries, has selected Metaswitch’s VoLTE solution to provide automotive enterprises with geo-redundant …
