Telecom, Automotive Firms Form Global 5G Automotive Association

AUDI AG, BMW Group, Daimler AG, Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, Nokia and Qualcomm Incorporated recently announced the formation of the “5G Automotive Association.” The association will develop, test and promote communications solutions, support standardisation and accelerate commercial availability and global market penetration.

The goal is to address society’s connected mobility and road safety needs with applications such as connected automated driving, ubiquitous access to services and integration into smart cities and intelligent transportation.

 

The main activities of the association include defining and harmonising use cases, technical requirements and implementation strategies; supporting standardisation and regulatory bodies, certification and approval processes; addressing vehicle-to-everything technology requirements, such as wireless connectivity, security, privacy, authentication, distributed cloud architectures and more; and running joint innovation and development projects leading to integrated solutions, interoperability testing, large scale pilots and trial deployments.

 

Many companies have already expressed strong support for the 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) and declared their intent to join the association in the near future.