To employ its wireless communications expertise to improve vehicle communication and safety by promoting mobility and services, Wavecom S.A. has become a member of the MOV’EO competitiveness hub. The hub groups together a number of French players in the transport and automotive sectors for promoting economic and industrial development. As a member, the company will specifically make technological contributions to two of the strategic focuses of the hub.
The first is the road safety emergency call initiative, where Wavecom will concentrate efforts on tests, assessment and use of embedded communication solutions in vehicles. The initiative has been 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. The company also plans to contribute to the development of cooperative systems between vehicles and infrastructure to allow better information exchange, thus further improving road safety.
The second focus of Wavecom’s efforts is mobility and services. The company’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 centres.