AT&T, Ericsson ink vehicle-connectivity deal
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AT&T and Ericsson have announced an agreement to improve connectivity for products and applications that are powered by Ericsson's Connected Vehicle Cloud.
The agreement creates a better consumer experience and helps advance the automotive cloud ecosystem by making it easier to connect in-vehicle technology and provide a path for the next generation consumer experience, the companies said.
Connected Vehicle Cloud is based on Ericsson’s Service Enablement Platform, providing drivers and passengers with access to applications directly from a screen in the car.
Examples of consumer services include the ability to detect vehicle repair issues, automatically book service appointments, subscribe to in-vehicle Wi-Fi, and on-demand infotainment.
The solution is enhanced by its ability to send and receive information from third-party ecosystems players, such as satellite radio content providers, road authorities, and city and government sites.
Ericsson (Thailand) president Camilla Vautier said AT&T recognised the vast potential that exists to transform digital experiences in and around the car, and had built a wireless network that can truly bring the connected vehicle ecosystem to life.
Part of Ericsson’s transport and automotive offerings, Connected Vehicle Cloud targets the global automotive industry’s existing and future demands for scalability, security and flexibility in the provisioning of connected car services to drivers and passengers.
Connected Vehicle Cloud leverages Ericsson’s M2M (machine to machine) service enablement capabilities and portfolio in the OSS/BSS (operations support system/business support system) domain and can be deployed on standard cloud infrastructures.
It can be thoroughly integrated in core business processes such as customer relationship management and service management by Ericsson Consulting and Systems Integration Services, and can be efficiently operated by Ericsson Managed Services.
