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3.4.3 Multimedia Car Platform
The Fantastic Corporation is a leading partner in a new European team bringing Internet and broadband
multimedia into vehicles. The project, "Multimedia Car Platform" which has been launched by the European
Commission, brings together a number of leading companies and technical institutes, to combine broadcasting
technology with mobile telephony into a system bringing broadband Internet into the drivers dashboard (and to the
back of seats too). The project will take the latest in audio and video broadcast standards (DAB, DVB) and
mobile phone standards (GSM, UMTS or 3G), and combine them into digital delivery in the car. This will enable
many new services to be offered to mobile drivers and passengers, including:

Localized information (traffic, parking, routing etc.)
Regional information (news, weather and special events)
National (news and information)
Internet content and mobile wireless interactivity.
Cartoons, games and music videos could be offered as well.
Some of the Industry’s leading players are part of this project, funded by the European Commission and led by
Deutsche Telekom's R&D company T-Nova. The project will offer new communication, navigation, and
entertainment services for multimedia communication to the car. Interoperability between broadcasting and mobile
communications networks will add a whole new dimension for multimedia in the car. MCP project partners
include: The Fantastic Corporation, T-Nova Deutsche Telecom Innovationsgesellschaft mbH (T- Nova), Retevision
Movil S.A (AMENA), BMW Technik GmbH (BMW), Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), France
Telecom - CNET, Innovations Telecommunication Image and Sound (ITIS), Nokia GmbH, Retevision s.a. (RETE),
Teracom AB (Teracom), and Technische Universitaet Braunschweig (TU BS).

The system will allow the user easy access moving along the highway, with no break or change in the quality
of the connection. This will give uninterrupted video sound or text, essential for interactivity such as buying over
the Internet. The broadband information flow will be provided using IP protocol, which is the standard behind the
Internet. In the future the system could also be incorporated into trains, trucks, and buses, giving travelers all the
facilities of the Internet and broadband broadcast quality media while on the move.


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