Partner News: Wavecom joins MOV’EO competitiveness hub

Date: 16 November 2007

ERTICO Partner provides its wireless communications expertise to improve vehicle communication and safety by promoting mobility and services.

ERTICO - ITS Europe Partner Wavecom has joined the MOV’EO competitiveness hub which groups together a number of French players in the transport and automotive sectors for promoting economic and industrial development.

Wavecom will make a technological contribution to two of the strategic focuses of the MOV’EO hub.

Road safety
Wavecom will concentrate efforts on tests, assessment and use of embedded communication solutions in vehicles for the emergency call service. The emergency call initiative was developed in response to a major European road safety objective aimed at reducing the number of deaths and injuries caused by car accidents by 2010. In the event of an accident, an embedded communications system will send a message to the nearest emergency center alerting the vehicle’s GPS position and will establish a voice link between the vehicle’s occupants and emergency service via the GSM network.

Wavecom also plans to contribute to the development of cooperative systems between vehicles and infrastructure to allow better information exchange thus further improving road safety.

Mobility and services
Wavecom’s technological input, supported by its progress in designing smart wireless electronic communication solutions with its "Wireless Microprocessor" aims to support development of new business models for better use of transport services by encouraging data exchange between vehicles and traffic with transport centers.

"We are delighted to be joining the MOV’EO competitiveness hub that will allow us to make solid contributions in solving social issues in the fields of road safety and mobility" declared Pierre Piver, Vice President of Wavecom before adding, "The diversity and significant increase in communication means should promote intermodal transport systems. Through MOV’EO, we strive to encourage the use of sustainable transport and make car and road use safer".

For further information on MOV’EO, please visit www.pole-moveo.org

For further information on WAVECOM, please visit www.wavecom.com