Mobile.info
Mobile.Info is a technical platform for the distribution of traffic information and other location-coded services. It was developed between 2004 and 2006 by an industry consortium and successfully tested during 2007 in a series of large-scale field trials. The introduction of first operational services is expected for 2008.
The Mobile.Info consortium
The following companies were involved in the development of the Mobile.Info platform:
- Audi AG
- Bayern Digital Radio GmbH
- Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
- Blaupunkt GmbH
- Daimler AG
- DDG Gesellschaft für Verkehrsdaten mbH
- GEWI Hard- und Software Entwicklungsgesellschaft
- Fraunhofer Institut Integrierte Schaltung
- Navteq
- Siemens VDO Automotiv AG
- Teleatlas
- T-Systems International GmbH, Media & Broadcast
- Volkswagen AG
- WDR
The project management and administration was performed by K&S GmbH Projektmanagement.
Future development
The work of the Mobile.Info consortium, specifically the development and standardization of new services and applications, is from 2008 on continued within the Traveller Information Services Association TISA.