EU’s eCall Telematics Project Finally Facing Good Prospects

Author: Dominique Bonte, Vice President and Group Director, Telematics and M2M

Published: 18 Nov 2009

After having languished for several years, Europe’s eCall in-vehicle manual and automatic emergency calling project aimed at saving up to 2500 lives every year finally seems to be gathering momentum, partly due to compromises made on integrating existing proprietary solutions, partly due to more member states and industry participants signing the MoU. Moreover, the EU has also made it clear regulatory measures will be imposed if voluntary implementation would not proceed fast enough. The overall attitude towards road safety has also become more positive – next to and linked with the eco-wave as automotive OEMs are looking to adopt a more responsible image – creating the right climate and timing for moving ahead with eCall. This coincides with similar recent progress made on the Galileo satellite navigation project.

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