Nokia Explore Business Car Technology

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Not long ago one of the world's leading mobile phone maker, Nokia completed the sale of cell phone unit to Microsoft. And now they are looking for new business for the occupied, which may make the communication network between vehicles, maps and other sophisticated technologies.

As reported by BBC News, the Finnish company has invested $ 100 million or equivalent to Rp 1,153 trillion in smart technologies for vehicles. "Vehicles become a new platform for technology adoption, similar to a mobile phone or tablet," said Paul Asel of Nokia Growth Partners, in a statement obtained by the BBC.

Technology vehicle-to-vehicle seems to be the next big breakthrough for the car, allowing the vehicle to communicate with each other and share data about their location and driving speed. This will allow the car to find out if there is danger around the corner of the street before the driver can see it. Two agencies in the United States, the Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to encourage these technologies become the standard technology for vehicles.

Nokia has made several offers to the automotive market. A few years ago they attempted to launch the Terminal Mode. The operating system that will allow your car to use the application and the features of the phone, similar to Apple's iOS in the car system. However, the Nokia solution never took off. But smart solutions from Nokia have never skied.

This is one area of ​​business that has been occupied by other firms. Such as Intel invests $ 100 million in 2012 to develop the system vehicle to vehicle, vehicle to smartphones, and vehicle to infrastructure and technology for other vehicles. We'll see if Nokia can survive in this new business.