eCall successfully demonstrated in Paris on 8-12 June

Creation date: 19 June 2006

GST Partner Orange was present at the “Challenge Bibendum” event in Paris on 8-12 June with its concept-car, demonstrating a variety of in-vehicle mobile services, developed in the framework of the Global System for Telematics (GST) project. These included services targeted to the driver, such as traffic information and navigation, as well as the passenger, such as music and videos. Demonstrations focused particularly on the automotive emergency call eCall.

The Challenge Bibendum is an international event that aims to make opinion leaders, the media and decision-makers aware of how the current state of science and technology can pave the way towards the development of appropriate forms of mobility. By highlighting the most significant advances in the three fields energy, road mobility and road safety, it helps the audience understand, via demonstrations, the different technological solutions that exists.

More than 500 international journalists attended the event as well as more than 3000 visitors.

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