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watch Consultancy
group Strategy Analytics projects the world market for in-car telematics will grow from
\$7.7 Billion USD by end 2000, to $24.3 Billion USD by 2006, with North America accounting
for \$9.4 Billion of that market. By integrating wireless and GPS, this technology can be
used to protect against vehicle theft, to control car door locks and engines from remote
locations or to monitor whether drivers or equipment users are traveling outside of
customer designed geographic regions.
- ALK Corporation
ALK's CoPilot suite of award-winning GPS navigation and route guidance products deliver
seamless turn-by-turn directions, real-time mapping, and real-time travel information to
individual vehicles and fleets nationwide. CoPilot helps drivers save time, money, and
aggravation and includes more than 100 million addresses, 3 million points of interest,
and over 7 million miles of roadway. CoPilot runs on laptop-based computers and Clarion's
AutoPC. The CoPilot API is also available to hardware OEM providers and other resellers.
- ComWorxx
Comworxx is a leader in the development and commercialization of telematics systems in
North and South America. Through the integration of globally available technologies
– GPS (Global Positioning System), digital cellular, and web-based information
systems – the company provides a far-reaching network for telematics services.
- ComROAD
ComRoad’s GTTS (Global Transport Telematics Services) telematics service centers
combine such technologies as GPS (Global Positioning System), GSM (Global Systems for
Mobile Communications) and the Internet with server-based applications that provide the
technology back bone for key vehicle applications such as fleet management, road
assistance, traffic information, news, navigation and more.
- CSI
Wireless
CSI Wireless identifies Telematics as one of its growth segments. Its high bandwidth TDMA
technology will allow the delivery of Internet services to the vehicle. The Company has a
development/supply agreement with LoJack Corporation ("LoJack") for an advanced
low-cost telematics product. LoJack has been a telematics pioneer since 1985 and has
successfully developed and marketed wireless stolen vehicle recovery systems for consumer
and commercial vehicles in the US and 18 other countries.
- EverTrac:
Location-Aware e-business applications
- Fonix
Corporation develops and markets software products that enable intuitive human
interaction with computers, consumer electronics, and other intelligent devices. Leading
chip manufacturers, independent software and hardware vendors, and Internet content
providers incorporate Fonix technologies to make their products easier and more convenient
to use. Fonix products, including automatic speech recognition (ASR), and handwriting
recognition technology, provide the most natural communication solutions available. Fonix
solutions can be easily implemented on multiple hardware and software platforms via the
Fonix FAASTTM (Fonix Accelerated Application Solutions Technology) software development
kit.
- Hertz NeverLost
- InfoMove
the company aggreates traffic, automotive, internet and other content from other companies
such as AllData, bSquare,
Engage, ETAK & InfoSpace and integrates this with wireless and GPS
technologies to deliver personalized services into the car on PDAs, hand-held PCs, in-dash
computers and phones.
- NavTech
map database with 150 navigable attributes for every 150 meters of roadway, road sign text
and address ranges
- Philips Car
Infotainment
recognized as a major player in the converging fields of car entertainment, communications
and information systems.
- Response
Services
telematics service center operations to AAA members, Automotive OEMs and Wireless Carriers
- RobertBosch
corporation
The TravelPilot RNS149 combines a great car audio and a terrific navigation system all in
one along with the COMAND [Cockpit Management and Data] system which features navigation,
state-of-the-art automotive sound system and connection to the optional cell phone. ATX
Technologies is the service provider.
- Sirius
digital satellite radio system for US motorists
- SmartMove USA
open Java-based architecture that enables delivery of an unlimited amount of information
and services to a car.
- ST
Microelectronics
system-on-chip solutions developed by the Company for three major application areas: car
multimedia; wireless connectivity and digital consumer.
- Telelogic
supplier of solutions for real-time software development and requirements management
mainly for the telecommunications industry. By providing tools, services and components,
Telelogic enables its customers to deliver their products faster, with higher quality and
at minimized cost. Customers in these segments include Airbus, Alcatel, BMW, Boeing,
Cisco, Daimler-Chrysler, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, NEC, Nokia,
Nortel Networks, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Siemens.
- TrafficStation
provider of personalized, real-time, route-specific traffic information via the Internet
and mobile wireless devices.
- Visteon
one of the contenders for the Telematics market
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