Building a Global Communications Platform with Toyota

「The company announced that it had begun providing connected-car communications services to all vehicles produced by the BMW Group for the North American market since July last year.」

「Beginning with its partnership with Toyota Motor Corporation on connected cars, the company has since last autumn equipped vehicles manufactured by Mazda Motor Corporation and released successively in countries around the world with in-vehicle communications devices compatible with the Global Communications Platform of the IoT Global Infrastructure, providing high-quality, stable communications.」

「During the third quarter, development of the global communications platform announced by Toyota Motor Corporation and the company in 2016 progressed smoothly. The company announced that, through a partnership with AT&T Communications, it would provide 4G LTE connectivity in all 50 US states for 2020 Toyota and Lexus models scheduled for release in autumn 2019.」

「During the fiscal year, the KDDI Group strengthened these initiatives by drawing on its full resources in anticipation of the arrival of the IoT era, including by providing IoT cloud services and connectivity services for IoT to corporate customers and promoting, together with Toyota Motor Corporation, the development of a global communications platform required for connected cars.」

「Together with Toyota Motor Corporation, the company will promote the development of a global communications platform to provide high-quality, stable communications worldwide between the in-vehicle communications devices and the cloud required for connected cars.」