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Ford installs mobile office in pickups

LAS VEGAS-Ford Motor Co. will offer a dealer-installed "mobile office" with a wireless-enabled PC, printer and GPS system in its F-250 trucks next year, the automaker said Tuesday .Ford is teaming with Microsoft Corp. and Stargate Mobile on the package, which will cost about...

GM to make OnStar standard feature with 2007 models

NEW ORLEANS-The world's largest automaker, General Motors, said it will make OnStar a standard feature on all of its vehicles in the United States and Canada by 2007. The move marks a major milestone for the wireless telematics and communications service, one that has...

Ford selects Sprint for in-vehicle wireless system

Sprint Corp. reported that Ford Motor Co. has selected the telecommunications company to be the preferred wireless provider of Bluetooth phones and services for Ford's Mobile-Ease Hands-Free Communication System.The system is a dealer-installed option for select Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles that uses Bluetooth...

After fits and starts, OnStar finds profitability

Chet Huber is selling safety, security and peace of mind. And, he says, people are buying.Huber, president of General Motors' telematics company OnStar Corp., offers up plenty of evidence for his claim: a total of 2.5 million paying customers, renewal rates above 50 percent...

Intrado to provide emergency messaging service to Harris County

LONGMONT, Colo.-Intrado Inc. will provide Texas' Greater Harris County 911 Emergency Network with its IntelliVector Emergency Roadside Medical Messaging Service (ERMMS), an enhanced mobile safety solution for area police.The solution will allow emergency personnel to access medical care records of police officers involved in...

Harris County 911, Ford demonstrate emergency rescue telematics system

HOUSTON—Greater Harris County 911 Emergency Network of Houston is teaming with Ford Motor Co. to show off its emergency rescue telematics system at the National Emergency Number Association annual conference in Indianapolis next week.The telematics technology, created by Cross Country automotive Services, Ford Motor...

Cellport to exit hands-free business, plans return to research

BOULDER, Colo.-Cellport Systems Inc. laid off about 80 employees and plans to exit the hands-free car kit manufacturing business.Company spokeswoman Lori Pidick told The Denver Post that all the demand and interest in Cellport's product drained the company's capital resources.Cellport wants to find another...

Oracle flies into telematics with Wingcast partnership

Oracle Corp. and Wingcast said they have formed a strategic alliance to develop new wireless telematics applications and services.As part of the alliance, Oracle and Wingcast immediately expect to begin work on a development center in San Diego to create, test and implement telematics...

Ford to offer Cellport product in 2002 vehicles

Cellport Systems and Ford Motor Co. have teamed to offer the Cellport 3000 with Voice Command hands-free docking station and adapter in select 2002-model Ford vehicles late this summer, Cellport said.The Cellport 3000 with Voice Command was created to allow mobile-phone users to use...

Wingcast aims to make telematics fly

DENVER, United States-Qualcomm and Ford Motor Co. perpetuated the marriage between wireless communication and mobility, creating a new company called Wingcast, which will develop and deliver wireless mobility and information services to cars and trucks, and give Qualcomm a means to main line new...

Wingcast aims to make telematics fly

Qualcomm Inc. and Ford Motor Co. perpetuated the marriage between wireless communication and mobility last week, creating a new company called Wingcast, which will develop and deliver wireless mobility and information services to cars and trucks, and give Qualcomm a means to main-line new...

NHTSA to address digital driver distractions

WASHINGTON-The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to hold a series of meetings beginning in July on digital driver distractions, like mobile phones, that local, state and federal officials fear will lead to more traffic accidents as well as injuries and deaths to drivers...

Telematics more often a standard feature

Telematics services, despite their slow start, are on the cusp of becoming standard features on millions of cars, but the kinds of services that will emerge as the most beneficial and applicable to consumers still remains to be seen."I think the big challenge for...

NHTSA to look at digital driver distractions

WASHINGTON-The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, growing increasingly concerned about the use of mobile phones and other high-tech gadgets in vehicles, plans to expand its review of driver distractions to include Web services and other digital devices that car manufacturers intend to integrate into...

Telematics products take the stage at Detroit Auto Show

Several telecommunications companies hooked up with auto makers to provide in-vehicle wireless capabilities at last week's 2000 Detroit Auto Show. General Motors Corp. is in talks with Bell Atlantic Corp. to put at least 1 million cellular phones in its vehicles this year.The alliance...

WIRELESS PORTALS: THE HIDDEN ENEMY?

Portals have a hidden agenda to capture the wireless e-commerce market.Carriers had better beware.Greek mythology chronicles the fall of the once-prosperous city of Troy, misled by the promise of a gift in the form of a Trojan horse. Looking back, it seems hard to...

NEXTEL CALLS PRIVATE WIRELESS A SUBSIDY

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. is charging that private wireless receives a subsidy because it does not pay for its licenses. The enhanced specialized mobile radio operator made the remarks in reply comments filed at the Federal Communications Commission.The FCC is establishing a record on what...

ATX TECHNOLOGIES TO PURCHASE PROTECTION ONE MOBILE SERVICES UNIT

SAN ANTONIO-ATX Technologies Inc. plans to acquire Protection One Mobile Services Group in a transaction valued at about $28 million.Both companies provide telematics services.Protection One Mobile currently is owned by Protection One Inc., which is involved in the home security industry. Protection One Mobile...