Global automotive, ICT vendors form cross-industry 5G group

A group of automotive manufacturers and networking equipment makers have established an association to develop and drive commercial offerings for connected transportation. Called 5G Automotive Association, it comprises Audi, BMW Group, Daimler, Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, Nokia, and Qualcomm. The group aims to build and test products as well as support standardisation that facilitate connected mobility and road safety requirements, such as connected automated driving and integration with smart cities and intelligent transportation. Next-generation mobile networks now were expected to support increasing data volume and devices as well as reduce latency and ensure reliability, the group said in a statement Tuesday. It added that 5G could facilitate mission-critical communications for safer driving and improved vehicle-to-everything communications (C-V2X) and connected mobility tools.