Connected Car
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telecom Italia digitizes Philip Morris' logistics; EE preps for a staycation summer; UK charity wants cheaper broadband for those on low incomes. Mobile connectivity from Vodafone is being combined with technology from Nokia and Chordant to create a new "mobility cloud" platform that its backers hope will improve the safety of road users the world over. Vodafone describes the whole shebang as the UK's first mobile "vehicle-to-everything" road system and the first live implementation of cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology in the UK. The charity argues that fixed-line broadband is now an essential utility, and that mobile data is not an adequate substitute. Nokia's GPON technology will make an appearance in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal as local operator CG Net rolls out fiber-to-the-home broadband there.