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1 st European Security & Safety Summit. Road Safety – Telematics & eCall June 6th, 2007. David Horncastle Vice President, Strategic Partnerships - Europe. Telematics & eCall – Issues and Barriers. Q. Which factors influence adoption of a telematics/eCall box in vehicles?.
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1st European Security & Safety Summit Road Safety – Telematics & eCall June 6th, 2007 David Horncastle Vice President, Strategic Partnerships - Europe
Telematics & eCall – Issues and Barriers Q. Which factors influence adoption of a telematics/eCall box in vehicles? • Principal barriers (already well known) are economic and user acceptance, not technical • Cost/value equation for eCall and telematics-type safety services • eCall is a strong concept, but users expect the manufacturer to provide it • Vehicle owners are generally unwilling to pay additional in-vehicle subscriptions for separate (and often duplicate) services • Users want access to services anywhere – mainly “infotainment” • Chicken & egg situation with vehicle systems and infrastructure • Further, in the future, all mobile phone emergency calls will include location as part of E-112 • Reduces the value of a separate voice-based vehicle service for position
The Connexis Vision: Vehicle-centred World • Automatic Crash Notification • Remote Diagnostics • Vehicle Information Collection • Door unlock/lights flash etc. • CRM • Software configuration management & updating • ... Nomadic World Access everywhere to: • News • Weather • Sports Results • Traffic • Messaging • Email • Music • Video clips • ...other content & information • Use of the vehicle as a “peripheral” is of growing interest to consumers, moving multimedia hardware out of the vehicle Evolution of Mobile Services • User-oriented and vehicle-oriented services are diverging
eCall & ACN – An Approach • Customer phone transmits 112 call, in-vehicle unit transmits Automatic Crash Notification (and handles other data services)