Qualcomm is also working on a wireless connectivity standard, called Flashlink, that would enable phones to identify and interact with devices from up to a kilometer away.
The company has already been working on enabling Facebook connectivity in other emerging markets.
"The vehicle itself, whether there's a driver or not, has to be communicating with the cloud for various reasons, so this group immediately is working on creating that connectivity spine or network upon which everything else can be built".
While about a hundred JLR engineers are working on infotainment and connectivity tech to be tested in simulators and eventually introduced into Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles, a handful of startups are down the street developing new technology that may or may not end up being used by the British automaker.
Swedish equipment maker Ericsson is working on ways to improve connectivity without the need for expensive infrastructure - like technology to boost existing mobile signals indoors.
Working groups and standardization bodies such as IEEE 1609,a ISO TC204,b ETSI TC ITSc and the Car-to-Car Communications Consortiumd (C2C-CC) have been working on providing vehicles with connectivity, both among them and to the Internet.
Two great examples of companies that are currently working on bringing wireless Internet connectivity solutions to places around the globe that do not have traditional access are Google and Facebook — Google with activities like Project Loon, in which they are planning to use high-altitude balloons, and Facebook with activities like Internet.org that propose the use of solar-powered drones.
The Appalachian Trail has been working on land protection and connectivity issues for years.
It just seems like they're very separate, working on separate wavelengths, and any connectivity is incidental.
Audi and Huawei also are not providing a lot of specifics about what they would be developing together, except to note that the deal will cover the two building and testing data connectivity, and working on "intelligent driving and the digitalization of services in the vehicle environment".
