- Ericsson will provide its Connected Vehicle Cloud (CVC) platform to help Volvo roll out connected-car services like automation and telematics.
- The digital vehicle services will be provided to more than 120 Volvo markets worldwide for the next five years.
- The Ericsson Connected Vehicle Cloud will be installed at several locations across the globe.
have partnered with Ericsson to achieve its connected vehicles plan. The Swedish carmaker has entered a 5-year partnership with Ericsson, in which the latter will provide its Ericsson Connected Vehicle Cloud (CVC) platform to roll out digital vehicle services in more than 120 markets for Volvo worldwide. This partnership will take Volvo a step further in providing car owners and drivers with its latest developments in connected car digital services such as automation, fleet management, telematics, navigation and infotainment. In India, we too might get the benefits of this system in the form of better infotainment, cloud connectivity and storage, and better and faster navigation systems.
The Ericsson Connected Vehicle Cloud (CVC) will be installed on Volvo cars via several geographically distributed centres. Furthermore, the platform takes into account legal, security, and privacy obligations on a global scale andndash; such as compliance with the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Here is what the press release from Volvo had to say:
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Ericsson and Volvo Cars sign five-year Connected Vehicle Cloud worldwide deal Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has been selected by Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) to provide the industrialized Ericsson Connected Vehicle Cloud (CVC) platform to further enable its digital vehicle services in more than 120 markets worldwide for the next five years. Volvo Cars, like other major players in the automotive industry, is increasing focus on securing high-quality connected-vehicle services as digitalization increases the importance of software services. The services will also benefit from the increased speed, low-latency and capacity for mission critical applications, such as autonomous driving, that commercial 5G networks will enable. The deal andndash; which will enable Volvo Cars to provide car owners and drivers with its latest developments in connected car digital services such as automation, fleet management, telematics, navigation, and infotainment andndash; is the largest to date for Ericsson Connected Vehicle Cloud. Delivered via several geographically distributed centers, the platform takes full account of legal, security, and privacy obligations on a global scale andndash; such as compliance with the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). With digital services increasingly becoming a differentiation factor for automotive consumers, the need for a secure and dependable service provision infrastructure is critical to provide quality of service at scale. This is what the Ericsson Connected Vehicle Cloud delivers - meeting Volvo Cars' high services and applications availability and stability expectations, and allowing Volvo Cars to focus on the value creation of connected vehicle digital customer experiences as a differentiator. andAring;sa Tamsons, Head of Business Area Technologies andamp; New Businesses, Ericsson, says: "Ericsson is providing a highly scalable and global platform for connected services to Volvo Cars. By removing complexity in areas such as data legislation and storage management, and improving services latency, our platform enhances the overall user experience of Volvo Cars' connected services. "Our Ericsson Connected Vehicle Cloud platform will result in rapid innovation and the faster launch of new services to the benefit of Volvo Cars' partners and customers. The new platform enables the latest development in telematics, infotainment, navigation, automation, and fleet management." |
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