October 24, Berlin: The mobile industry association, GSMA, and Automotive Edge Computing Consortium (AECC) have signed a formal agreement to work together to help the automotive industry bring new connected vehicle services to market more quickly, using the full functionality of networks. 5G mobiles.
The two industry organizations will ensure that interoperable and compatible technologies exist across a wide range of connected vehicle platforms, enabled by the GSMA Open Gateway initiative. The collaboration aims to unlock the full potential of connected vehicle services and accelerate the adoption of next-generation automotive technologies, ensuring that common technology standards exist so that developers can more easily access operator networks and computing functionality. tip, anywhere in the world.
The AECC will work with GSMA Fusion, a new enterprise-focused, buyer-led initiative enabled by GSMA Open Gateway, to help the automotive sector articulate what it needs from connectivity providers to digitally transform and monetize its operations. By connecting the automotive industry and developers, with operators and technology partners, GSMA Fusion and AECC aim to help the automotive industry create new services that use connectivity and that add value and improve customer experiences for drivers and passengers.
The collaboration will also help accelerate conversations between automakers, mobile operators and developers and create and test new use cases. For example, by ensuring better interoperability between open advanced networks and 5G connectivity, there is an opportunity to bring new connected and autonomous vehicle services to market. Similarly, automotive and mobile operators are already testing programmable application interfaces (APIs), such as Quality on Demand, to bring new in-vehicle services for passengers, such as driver assistance, green mobility and intelligence services to market. cutting-edge artificial
Key to this will be the GSMA Open Gateway initiative, which aligns operators and technology channel partners to engage enterprise developers, so they can more easily access the network's capabilities through APIs. More than 64 mobile operator groups representing 277 networks and three-quarters of mobile connections globally are now participating in the initiative alongside many of the world's leading technology companies.
To inaugurate the partnership, the GSMA Fusion team yesterday (Wednesday 23third October) spoke at the meeting of all members of the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium in Berlin, Germany, at Weltwirtschaft am HKW. Together with the GSMA, industry leaders such as Toyota, Ericsson, KDDI and Oracle discussed and demonstrated the latest innovations in automotive technology, such as flexible and differentiated connectivity through telecom APIs, vehicle teleoperation in immersive digital twins and service-oriented vehicle diagnostic operation.
Henry Calvert, Director of Networks at GSMA, said: “Through the GSMA Fusion initiative, the automotive sector now has a seat at the table to express what it requires from the telecommunications sector. Advanced connectivity and edge computing create enormous opportunities to digitally transform the industry, helping it improve safety, efficiency and sustainability, while driving innovation in autonomous driving and next-generation mobility. “We look forward to working closely with the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium and the mobility sector to understand their needs and ensure that the mobile industry helps them deliver new digital innovations for drivers and passengers, consistently across all markets, regionally and globally.” .
AECC Chairman and President Dr. Ryokichi Onishi, Principal Engineer and General Manager of Toyota Motor Corporation, said: “We are excited to formalize this partnership with GSMA and join forces to accelerate the digital transformation of the automotive industry. By harnessing the full potential of 5G networks and edge computing through interoperable technologies, we can unlock new connected vehicle services and improve the driving experience. “Our collaboration with GSMA Open Gateway and GSMA Fusion is a critical step in aligning the automotive and mobile industries, enabling innovation in various intelligent in-vehicle services, driver assistance, green mobility and cutting-edge artificial intelligence services.”
The announcement builds on a recent agreement between AECC and the Linux Foundation's CAMARA Project, a key partner in the GSMA Open Gateway initiative.
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About the GSMA
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About the AECC
The Automotive Edge Computing Consortium (AECC) is an association of global leaders from multiple industries working to explore the important, rapidly evolving data and communications needs involved in instrumenting billions of vehicles around the world. The AECC's goal is to find more efficient ways to develop distributed computing and infrastructure network architectures to support the large volume of data needed for smart vehicle services. AECC members are key players in the automotive, high-speed mobile networks, edge computing, wireless technology, distributed computing and artificial intelligence markets. For more information about the AECC and its membership benefits, visit
