
"Every product that is developed in the future will be connected in some way"
Carly Fiorina, 2002
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2016/02/25
Despite the fact that Resolution 245 from DENATRAN have been aborted in the second half of 2015, still remained some positives points for the Brazilian market. Among them, I quote the accelerated development of new products and telemetry services and a greater market maturity with regard to telematics solutions. In my opinion, one of the most important of them was the trend for standard offer of OEMs proprietary solutions factory fitted and great opportunities to stablish partnerships and collaboration with after market service providers, creating a new business model and an optimized offer to the market.

2016/02/25
An important fact for the IoT market in recent days was the acquisition of Jasper Technologies Inc. by Cisco by $ 1.4 billion, providing a new growth opportunity for remote asset management via internet by cellular networks. Jasper offers a pioneering tool in this area, which is being adopted by many players of IoT, including the automotive industry. It is of fundamental importance for the management of the users installed base operations, which is growing exponentially day by day, as well as to the quality of services and support to the end customer.

2016/02/25
The parliament of the European Community finally approved the introduction of e-call, a system developed for the automatic alert of the emergency services in the event of a traffic accident or collision, which should be compulsorily offered on all vehicles sold in the EC from April 2018 on. With an introduction quite controversial since its launch in 2004, it is expected a large reduction in the number of traffic deaths due to rapid assistance to the victims (golden hour). On the other hand, discusses much about its monetization by offering of value-added services, which will be possible thanks to the technical flexibility provided by the legal demand, saying by the way what did not happen in Resolution 245 in Brazil. Which are the expectations of the European market for this new initiative?
CBlume consulting is specialized in strategic solutions for connectivity and telematics for automotive industry and urban mobility, monitoring market scenarios, technology development and customers applications in the different segments of passenger cars and commercial vehicles.
