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ABI predicts growth in connected automotive infotainment

Shipments to exceed 62 million by 2018 as feature set explodes

ABI Research predicts that shipments of connected automotive infotainment systems will grow from 9 million in 2013 to more than 62 million in 2018 with connected navigation, multimedia streaming, social media, and in-car Wi-Fi hotspots becoming key features.  Read more...

CCC announces >40 MirrorLink™ products now available

The Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC), which includes nearly 80 automotive, mobile communications and consumer electronics companies, announced that more than 40 MirrorLink™-enabled products are now available. A partial list, including clients, servers, smartphones and receivers, is posted at http://mirrorlink.com/products/certified-products.html.  Read more...

Sony aftermarket head units support MirrorLink™ smartphone connectivity

 

Two new Sony aftermarket head units, XAV-601BT and XAV-701HD, are the first MirrorLink™-certified products available in US stores. The products were recently launched in Europe.  Read more...

Car Connectivity Consortium claims high industry acceptance for MirrorLink

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QNX joins the Car Connectivity Consortium

QNX Software Systems Limited has joined the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC), an organization driving innovation for phone-centric car connectivity solutions. The CCC is dedicated to global cross-industry collaboration in developing the MirrorLink standard for smartphone in-vehicle connectivity.  Read more...

Juniper sees 92M connected cars by ‘16

The integration of the smartphone into consumer vehicles will become all but standard on new models, according to a new report by Juniper Research, which forecasts that 92 million vehicles will feature technology to integrate the smartphone into the head-unit by 2016.  Read more...

Infotainment market perspectives present and future

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Jack Bergquist, Market Analyst – Automotive Infotainment & Telematics  Read more...

Telematics: app opportunity – Part II

 

 

 

In the second of a two-part series, Telematics Update’s Jan Stojaspal explores how the telematics value chain is trying to monetize the connected car:  Read more...

Car Connectivity Consortium plans certification and testing guidelines

 

The Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC), an organization driving global innovation for phone-centric car connectivity solutions, unveiled plans for its MirrorLink™ open industry standards solution at the Car Connectivity Consortium Summit 2011 in Chicago.  Read more...