Tuesday, February 26, 2013

ATT, GM Planning Smartphone On Wheels


AT&T and General Motors said on Monday that they were working together to add wireless service in 2014 to most Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehicles in the United States and Canada.

According to  The Bits Blog at nytimes.com, the companies have not determined how much the service will cost, but AT&T said it would make its latest network technology, 4G LTE, available for the vehicles.

“The car is going to be a smartphone with four wheels,” Glenn Mr. Lurie AT&T’s president of amerging enterprises said in an interview. “The opportunities are endless when you think about adding an LTE pipe to a car.” He said potential apps might display real-time traffic on a map or perform enhanced vehicle diagnostics, giving consumers a deeper understanding of what is happening inside their cars. Children sitting in the back seat might be able to stream Netflix over the wireless connection.

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