Wireless Automotive Connectivity Technologies, Led by Bluetooth, Make Cars Intelligent and Safer, Fuelling Uptake of Connectivity Technologies in Europe, Says Frost & Sullivan

September 30th, 2009 LONDON - - Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on Electric Vehicles, on Tuesday, 13 October 2009, at 3:00 pm BST The global electric vehicles (EV) market is expected to revolutionise the automotive industry, ushering in a plethora of new technologies, innovative business models, and new entrants. Business fleets may well become a strong potential market for EVs as companies strive to reduce their carbon footprint and lower their operations costs.

September 2nd, 2009 LONDON - In line with the much lauded advantages of driver assistance systems (DAS), some vehicle manufacturers (VMs) are beginning to see navigation-based DAS as the future of enhanced social mobility and as a prelude to the much bandied Vehicle to Vehicle (V-V) and Vehicle to Infrastructure (V-X) systems. (Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (www.automotive.frost.com), Strategic Analysis of Integration of ADAS with Telematics, estimates that the market for map based/supported advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) will reach euro 143.0 million by 2015, triggered primarily by growing demand for safety.

July 27th, 2009 LONDON - Continental's new in-vehicle connectivity and infotainment platform AutolinQ is set to revolutionise the automotive world, ushering in new business models that are simpler, more flexible, and better set to maximise payoffs for all players along the telematics value chain. However, questions of connectivity, the overall selling model, cross industry collaboration and application types must be ironed out first.

July 12th, 2009 LONDON - The heightened emphasis on automotive safety and convenience together with growing concerns over emissions will bolster the adoption of electric parking brakes (EPB) in passenger cars and light commercial vehicles across Europe. The market will surge thanks to the rising demand for advanced braking systems that are poised for commercial launch after 2010 to 2012.

July 5th, 2009 LONDON - Healthcare in Europe is increasingly becoming digitised and there is growing need to develop and deploy sophisticated information systems. However, the wireless technology that is transforming various areas of business today is yet to be fully explored by the healthcare industry to support quality maintenance and improved efficiency.

June 29th, 2009 LONDON - Wireless technologies has been of immense value to medical practitioners, enabling them to increase productivity and improve the availability of quality healthcare globally. However, while mobile technology undoubtedly adds value to healthcare, the question is whether advances in technology pose a security threat, as information transmitted across a network should be accessible only to authorized users worldwide.

June 21st, 2009 LONDON - Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on Automotive Human Machine Interfaces on Tuesday, 30 June 2009 at 16.00 BST The modern car features a large number of applications, ranging from intuitive driver assist systems to comfort-enhancing applications. Current volatility in fuel costs has increased consumer demand both for small cars and for finest content in small cars.

June 17th, 2009 LONDON - The market for driver-assist sensors (DAS), electronic stability programme (ESP), passive safety and rain sensors in Europe is growing, driven by legislations and technological advances. DAS and ESP sensors are used in safety modules that enhance driving comfort and offer improved safety to vehicle occupants and pedestrians alike.

May 25th, 2009 MUMBAI, India - The Indian wireless communication test equipment market is positioned for good growth with investments in R&D and infrastructure development, bolstered by growth in the mobile phone market and the advent of next-generation wireless technologies. However, accompanying this will be challenges such as the demand for lower prices and intense competition.

April 15th, 2009 CAPE TOWN, South Africa - The South African industrial paint market is benefiting from the country's infrastructure spending and other capital-intensive projects in the manufacturing sector. Efforts by construction firms to complete projects in a timely manner will result in an increased usage of industrial paint and coatings in the coming years.

April 22nd, 2009 Faster Bluetooth chips coming early next yearNEW YORK — The industry group behind the Bluetooth wireless technology says a version that can transfer files 10 times faster could be on the market by early next year. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group this week announced it had united on a standard for Bluetooth 3.0, which will include an option for high-speed data transfers.

July 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In a bid to improve governance at the grass roots level, the government has decide to extend broadband connectivity to all villages by 2012, Minister of State for Communications and IT Gurudas Kamat said Friday. "Out of about 2.5 lakh gram (village) panchayats across the country, 30,000 have been provided with broadband connectivity, Kamat said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.

January 26th, 2009 ROHTAK - Haryana's Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) Tuesday became a completely Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) campus with the commencement of an integrated telephony and internet system. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda inaugurated the facility on the university campus here.

September 12th, 2009 CHENNAI - The government has decided to provide broadband connectivity to 5,000 schools and 20,000 colleges in rural and semi-urban areas to promote e-learning, Minister of State for Communications and IT Sachin Pilot said here Saturday. "We are holding discussions with the finance ministry to work out the modalities and the funding required for this project," Pilot told reporters on the sidelines of an IT conference, jointly organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Tamil Nadu government.

September 17th, 2009 MUMBAI - Infrastructure equipment company Quippo Telecom Infrastructure has bagged a contract from Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) to provide WiMax connectivity at the airport's Terminal 3. The under-construction terminal of the Indira Gandhi International airport will have WiMax and Wi-Fi technologies with the help of Quippo and Ericsson, DIAL said in a regulatory statement.

August 17th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bombay will conduct an event in Orissa's Rourkela this year to promote new generation technologies. The "Nexus-2009" will be held Oct 10 in the National Institute of Technology (NIT) campus in Rourkela, an official statement said Monday.

July 7th, 2009 URUMQI - Internet connectivity was cut in parts of Xinjiang's capital Urumqi following Sunday's riot to prevent violence from spreading, an official said Tuesday. "We cut Internet connection in some areas of Urumqi in order to prevent violence from spreading to other places," said Li Zhi, the Communist Party of China (CPC) chief of Urumqi.

June 22nd, 2009 GANGTOK - Union Minister of State for Information Technology Sachin Pilot Monday said Sikkim has potential to emerge as an IT and BPO hub and assured that all 450 villages in the state will have telephone and broadband connectivity soon. "The exchanges in all the villages of the state's 26 blocks will be brought under the telecom and broadband network soon," Pilot told IANS here.

June 21st, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh and Myanmar could share each other's under sea cable system, used for running the internet, whenever their own cable connectivity breaks down, according to a proposal put forward by Yangon. Bangladesh is examining the proposal received from Myanmar, New Age newspaper said Sunday quoting an official.

June 21st, 2009 PENANG - An Indonesian techie is trying to bring in a quiet revolution with the wok - a large, round-bottomed Chinese cooking vessel. His "wokbolic" is a low cost technology that takes wireless connectivity places and dramatically lowers the cost of internet access.