• Telecoms.com, Friday, March 25, 2016 10:16 AM

Ericsson has partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to expedite progress with its autonomous vehicle R&D efforts. Ericsson’s announcement relates primarily to the personalisation of the driver experience, incorporating more advanced analytical and security functionality to better understand context, driver profiles and network awareness in support of app delivery. According to Ericsson, one of the biggest tech challenges it faces is in securely capturing driver identity to help further improve upon preferences and behaviour. According to Ericsson’s VP of Technology, Business Unit Support Solution, Mika Kaul, MIT’s System Design & Management programme is a technology researching force which will only be of benefit to the Swedish kit vendor’s connected car ambitions.

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