Companies to watch -telematics
Consultancy group Strategy Analytics projects the world market for in-car telematics will grow from \$7.7 Billion USD by end 2000, to $24.3 Billion USD by 2006, with North America accounting for \$9.4 Billion of that market. By integrating wireless and GPS, this technology can be used to protect against vehicle theft, to control car door locks and engines from remote locations or to monitor whether drivers or equipment users are traveling outside of customer designed geographic regions.
ALK Corporation
ALK's CoPilot suite of award-winning GPS navigation and route guidance products deliver seamless turn-by-turn directions, real-time mapping, and real-time travel information to individual vehicles and fleets nationwide. CoPilot helps drivers save time, money, and aggravation and includes more than 100 million addresses, 3 million points of interest, and over 7 million miles of roadway. CoPilot runs on laptop-based computers and Clarion's AutoPC. The CoPilot API is also available to hardware OEM providers and other resellers.
Alpine
ATX Technologies
CellPort
ComWorxx
Comworxx is a leader in the development and commercialization of telematics systems in North and South America. Through the integration of globally available technologies – GPS (Global Positioning System), digital cellular, and web-based information systems – the company provides a far-reaching network for telematics services.
ComROAD
ComRoad’s GTTS (Global Transport Telematics Services) telematics service centers combine such technologies as GPS (Global Positioning System), GSM (Global Systems for Mobile Communications) and the Internet with server-based applications that provide the technology back bone for key vehicle applications such as fleet management, road assistance, traffic information, news, navigation and more.
CSI Wireless
CSI Wireless identifies Telematics as one of its growth segments. Its high bandwidth TDMA technology will allow the delivery of Internet services to the vehicle. The Company has a development/supply agreement with LoJack Corporation ("LoJack") for an advanced low-cost telematics product. LoJack has been a telematics pioneer since 1985 and has successfully developed and marketed wireless stolen vehicle recovery systems for consumer and commercial vehicles in the US and 18 other countries.
CUE
DaimlerChrysler: Telematics
Delphi Automotive: Telematics
Ericsson
EverTrac: Location-Aware e-business applications
Fonix Corporation develops and markets software products that enable intuitive human interaction with computers, consumer electronics, and other intelligent devices. Leading chip manufacturers, independent software and hardware vendors, and Internet content providers incorporate Fonix technologies to make their products easier and more convenient to use. Fonix products, including automatic speech recognition (ASR), and handwriting recognition technology, provide the most natural communication solutions available. Fonix solutions can be easily implemented on multiple hardware and software platforms via the Fonix FAASTTM (Fonix Accelerated Application Solutions Technology) software development kit.
Ford Motor Company: WingCast
GM OnStar
Hertz NeverLost
InfoMove
the company aggreates traffic, automotive, internet and other content from other companies such as AllData, bSquare, Engage, ETAK & InfoSpace and integrates this with wireless and GPS technologies to deliver personalized services into the car on PDAs, hand-held PCs, in-dash computers and phones.
Johnson Controls
NavTech
map database with 150 navigable attributes for every 150 meters of roadway, road sign text and address ranges
Nokia
MobilEye
Motorola
NTT Communications
Philips Car Infotainment
recognized as a major player in the converging fields of car entertainment, communications and information systems.
Response Services
telematics service center operations to AAA members, Automotive OEMs and Wireless Carriers
RobertBosch corporation
The TravelPilot RNS149 combines a great car audio and a terrific navigation system all in one along with the COMAND [Cockpit Management and Data] system which features navigation, state-of-the-art automotive sound system and connection to the optional cell phone. ATX Technologies is the service provider.
Siemens Driver Information Systems
Sirius
digital satellite radio system for US motorists
SmartMove USA
open Java-based architecture that enables delivery of an unlimited amount of information and services to a car.
ST Microelectronics
system-on-chip solutions developed by the Company for three major application areas: car multimedia; wireless connectivity and digital consumer.
Telelogic
supplier of solutions for real-time software development and requirements management mainly for the telecommunications industry. By providing tools, services and components, Telelogic enables its customers to deliver their products faster, with higher quality and at minimized cost. Customers in these segments include Airbus, Alcatel, BMW, Boeing, Cisco, Daimler-Chrysler, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Nortel Networks, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Siemens.
TrafficStation
provider of personalized, real-time, route-specific traffic information via the Internet and mobile wireless devices.
Visteon
one of the contenders for the Telematics market
Organizations
The Association for Information and Image Management [AIIM]
community for the users and suppliers of the content, document and process management technologies that drive e-business.
Telematics Forum
Its vision is that within the next decade automotive and traffic telematics will become a commodity on a wide range of vehicles across key markets in the North America, Europe and Asia -Pacific regions. There will be rapid market growth in advanced driver assistance, convenience, and safety-enhancing products, giving the traveller access to personalized information and seamless connection to the outside world. Telematics will pave the way for mobile e-commerce solutions around, and in the vehicle.
Telematics Suppliers Consortium
Telematics Thematics Group
U of Warwick Vehicle Electronics Group links
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