Automotive Networking

AT&T announced six, voice-enabled applications for its connected car platform, AT&T Drive. These include: AccuWeather for AT&T Drive, which provides localized current conditions, hourly, and five-day forecasts. Glympse, a location...

Toyota Motor Corporation has selected IBM to build and design a new application development platform for in-car services.  The project is part of Toyota’s new telematics service, called T-Connect, and...

A new IEEE 802.3 Single Twisted Pair 100 Mb/s Ethernet Study Group has been formed to explore the market opportunities and needs for a 100 Mbps speed for Ethernet in...

Starting later this year, AT&T will allow customers to add selected connected cars to their existing Mobile Share Value plans for as low as an additional $10 per month. Essentially,...

The Open Automotive Alliance, a new industry group backed by Google, GM, Audi, Honda, Hyundai and Nvidia, has been launched with a mission to extend the Android ecosystem into cars....

Qualcomm introduced an automotive-grade, Snapdragon infotainment chipset. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 602A applications processor offers  quad-core Krait CPU,  Adreno 320 GPU, Hexagon DSP, integrated GNSS baseband processing and additional high-performance audio,...

Renault and Orange announced a partnership covering 4G technologies in automobiles. The aim is for both teams to test new uses made possible by very-high-speed mobile technology in real-life situations,...

Sprint announced an expansion of its Velocity business unit, which delivers telematic services for automotive manufacturers, to cover more vehicle models. Sprint Velocity Connect is an expanded capability that supports...

NTT DOCOMO and Pioneer are partnering to launch a mobile telematics service in Japan beginning in mid-December.  The service, which runs on Android smartphones mounted on a cradle attached to...

Broadcom introduced a new line of wireless chips for automotive infotainment applications. The new product line, which initially consists of two chips, use use IEEE 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Smart...

Rogers Communications and Sprint announced a partnership to offer in-car infotainment and telematics service to Canadians. Auto manufacturers deploying Sprint Velocity in Canada will leverage Rogers’ wireless networks to connected...

Audi announced its first car with embedded LTE capability. Starting this month, the Audi S3 Sportback may be ordered with integrated LTE. All other Audi model variants of the A3...

Audi of America and T-Mobile USA announced a new data plan for in-vehicle connectivity, enabling Audi owners to get real-time news, weather and fuel prices, access to Google Earth and...