The European Commission recently published its Recommendation on support for an “EU wide eCall service” in electronic communication networks for the transmission of in-vehicle emergency calls based on the European standards developed by the European Standardisation Organisations (including E112 and...

*From 10-12 September, 16 organisations active in the value-chain of TPEG services (Service Providers, Toolkit providers, Client Manufacturers) gathered from across the globe in the Institut für Rundfunktechnik  (IRT) premises in Munich to perform 3 days of intensive face-to-face testing. * This 1st TPEG Testfest, which...

On 25 September 2012, during the final evaluation of the successful FREIOT pilot, and in recognition of his outstanding work, Zeljko Jeftic, Senior Project Manager at ERTICO, was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Driven[http://www.drivenbyhelmond.nl/]by Helmond, city of smart mobility at theAutomotive Campus NL[http://www.htacampus.com/] by...

The first eCall in Greece The Greek eΚΛΗΣΗ project is now in the final stages of creating an automatic warning system in case of a traffic accident The first tests of the automatic emergency call system (eCall), within the frame of the pilot national research project eΚΛΗΣΗ (http://www.ecall-hellas.eu/[http://www.ecall-hellas.eu/http://www.ecall-hellas.eu/]), have been...

Ian Bearder Ian Bearder joined ERTICO as Communications Officer on 1st October 2012. After working as an IT Consultant for many years, in 2008 Ian successfully completed his goal of travelling to all 49 countries in Europe.  Driven by his fascination with European...