Helping the automotive industry equip all new EU vehicles with eCall emergency capability by 2015. Contributing to road safety, and to people’s daily life using digital security

AMSTERDAM - Thursday, January 3rd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced its collaboration with Yokosuka Telecom Research Park, Inc. (YRP), FUJITSU TEN, a leading developer of advanced safety systems, and ERTICO to launch Japan’s first eCall testing facility in order to help global automakers meet the European Union’s (EU) new emergency response standards. Gemalto will provide its best-in-class Cinterion® Machine-to-Machine (M2M) automotive modules and Machine Identification Modules (MIMs)technologies to enable communications and GPS positioning for all trial scenarios. It is the first eCall facility outside Europe, allowing Japanese automakers to locally test solutions destined for the European Union.
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