- AUDI AG, BMW Group, Daimler AG, Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, Nokia and
Qualcomm Incorporated team up to evolve, test and promote
communications solutions for connected mobility. - Next generation mobile networks will help to address society’s
mobility and road safety needs with applications like connected
infotainment features and connected automated driving. - The association is open to further partners.
Munich. Today AUDI AG, BMW Group, Daimler AG,
Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, Nokia and Qualcomm Incorporated, announce the
formation of the “5G Automotive Association”. The association will
develop, test and promote communications solutions, support
standardization and accelerate commercial availability and global
market penetration. The goal is to address society’s connected
mobility and road safety needs with applications such as connected
automated driving, ubiquitous access to services and integration into
smart cities and intelligent transportation.
With next generation 5G mobile networks and continued strong LTE
evolution, which includes Cellular Vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X)
communication, the focus of information and communication technologies
(ICT) shifts towards the Internet of Things and the digitalization of industries.
As an evolution to today’s networks, next generation mobile networks
are expected to handle much more data volume, connect many more
devices, significantly reduce latency and bring new levels of
reliability. For example, 5G can better support mission-critical
communications for safer driving and will further support enhanced
vehicle-to-everything communications and connected mobility solutions.
These new solutions bring new technological and business
opportunities for both the automotive and ICT industries, and the
members of the association will closely collaborate to realize the
full potential together. The association will address key technical
and regulatory issues, leveraging next generation mobile networks and
integrating vehicle platforms with connectivity, networking and
computing solutions.
The main activities of the association include:
- Defining and harmonizing use cases, technical requirements and
implementation strategies. - Supporting standardization and regulatory bodies, certification
and approval processes. - Addressing vehicle-to-everything technology requirements, such as
wireless connectivity, security, privacy, authentication,
distributed cloud architectures and more. - Running joint innovation and development projects leading to
integrated solutions, interoperability testing, large scale pilots
and trial deployments.
The 5G Automotive Association is a global association and welcomes
more partners who are engaged in the automotive industry, the ICT
industry or the broader eco-system and value chain for vehicle and
road transportation systems. Several companies have already expressed
strong support for the 5GAA and declared their intent to join the
Association in the near future.
Christoph Voigt is appointed Chairperson of the Board and Dino Flore
is appointed Director General of the Association.
The Association will support and work in close cooperation with
national and regional initiatives, such as the European Connected
Automated Driving Pre-Deployment Project.
Quotes:
Alfons Pfaller, Head of Infotainment Development, AUDI AG
“Connected cars will shape the future of individual mobility, and
next generation mobile networks will take car to x connectivity to a
new level. The key to success is in cross-industry collaboration. This
is why we set up the 5G Automotive Association where experts from all
relevant fields are teaming up.”
Dr. Christoph Grote, Senior Vice President Electronics, BMW Group
“We expect 5G to become the worldwide dominating mobile
communications standard of the next decade. For the automotive
industry it is essential that 5G fulfills the challenges of the era of
digitalization and autonomous driving. With the 5G Automotive
Association we founded a cross-industry forum that allows us to shape
the future 5G technology with leading ICT companies. As a co-founder
of the 5G Automotive Association we would be excited to welcome
further partners engaged in the automotive industry, the information
and communication technologies or mobile network operators in the association.”
Sajjad Khan, Director Digital Vehicle Mobility, Daimler
AG
“The connected car enables us to offer our customers services,
both inside and outside the vehicle, which make their daily routine
tasks easier, increase comfort and safety and thus create considerable
added value. The fundamental basis for this is a reliable and fast
connectivity technology whose standards have global validity. Together
with the other founding members of the “5G Automotive
Association”, we as Daimler AG are working on precisely that –
with the aim of raising car connectivity as well to a new level with
the advent of the next generation of mobile phone technology.”
Ulf Ewaldsson, Chief Technology Officer, Ericsson
“The success of 5G is dependent on cross-industry work in new eco
systems to digitalize industries. With the creation of this
Association we will leverage our latest technology, 5G, and work
closely together with the car industry to jointly develop solutions as
well as provide input to regulation, certification and
standardization. We are excited to be co-founder and to work with
leading automotive companies shaping the connected car solutions for
the future.”
Dr. Li Yingtao, President, 2012 Labs, Huawei
“The creation of this Association demonstrates the clear need for a
cross-sector-collaboration between mobile industry and car industry
for joint innovation, and to establish a platform to align on timeline
and priorities and solution roadmaps. It will facilitate global
regulation, certification and standardization efforts for autonomous
driving and future car services based on 5G technologies.”
Doug Davis, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the
Internet of Things Group, Intel
“Intel’s leadership work in 5G technology development, long–term
commitment to open standards, and collaboration with leaders in the
automotive industry will drive an accelerated path to adoption of 5G
in automotive and transportation. Partnering together with other
industry leaders will ensure 5G can support the use cases that will
deliver on breakthroughs in safety and services for automated driving,
smart city and intelligent transportation solutions around the world.”
Dr. Marc Rouanne, Chief Innovation Operating Officer, Nokia
“The 5G Automotive Association is the latest example of Nokia’s close
relationship with the automotive industry to make the driverless car a
reality and unleash a whole new era in automotive innovation. Cloud,
communications and networking technologies and innovations have the
potential to transform the car into a fully connected device to
revolutionize the driver experience and address society’s mobility
needs. Nokia is excited to be playing a leading role in this effort
that will help save lives, improve our environment and make our
transportation systems more efficient.”
Patrick Little, Senior Vice President and General Manager,
Automotive, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
“As a co-founder of the 5GAA Alliance, Qualcomm Incorporated looks
forward to continuing our work with world leading stakeholders to
foster further collaborations between the automotive and
communications industries and help ensure the optimization of new
technologies for transportation. For more than a decade, Qualcomm
Incorporated has been committed to the development of connectivity and
compute solutions that enhance the safety, mobility and convenience of
the traveling public. Our LTE Advanced, Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything
(C-V2X) and 5G-NR technologies will play a key role in improving
safety and enabling automated driving.”
If you have any questions, please contract:
AUDI AG, Corporate Communications
Oliver Scharfenberg, Spokesman Finance and IT
Phone: +49 841 89-35430
Email: oliver.scharfenberg@audi.de
BMW Group, Corporate Communications
Sylvia Heydt, Business and Finance Communications
Phone: +49 89 382-23522, Fax: + 49 89 382-24418
Email: sylvia.heydt@bmwgroup.com
Dr. Maik Boeres, Government and External Affairs Management,
Sustainability Communications
Phone: +49-89-382-30469, Fax: +49-89-382-26765
Email: Maik.Boeres@bmwgroup.com
Internet: www.press.bmwgroup.com,
E-Mail: presse@bmw.de
Daimler AG
Global Communications Mercedes-Benz Cars
Benjamin Oberkersch, Product Technology Communications
Phone: +49 711 17-93307
E-Mail: benjamin.oberkersch@daimler.com
http://mercedes-benz.com | http://daimler.com
Ericsson Media Relations
Phone: +46 10 719 69 92
Email: media.relations@ericsson.com
https://www.ericsson.com/thecompany/press/contacts
Jan Ellsberger, Director Industry and Technology strategy
Phone: +49 173 7216 209
Email:
jan.ellsberger@ericsson.com
Huawei
Walter Weigel, VP of the European Research Institute
Phone: +49 172 174 07 38
Email: walter.weigel@huawei.com
Intel
Jennifer Baumgartner
Phone: +1 503 696 2340
Email: jennifer.e.baumgartner@intel.com
Nokia
Bernhard Fuckert, Communications
Phone: +49 162 283 69 67
Email: bernhard.fuckert@nokia.com
Kurt Steinert, Communications
Phone: +1 908 285 1641
Email: kurt.steinert@nokia.com
Qualcomm
Pete Lancia, Corporate Communications
Phone: +1 858 845 5959
Email: corpcomm@qualcomm.com
John Sinnott, Investor Relations
Phone: +1 858 658 4813
Email: ir@qualcomm.com