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Expansión. Madrid. The Spanish automotive parts giant Grupo Antolin has teamed up with Net4things, which works with companies like Telefónica and whose president is Mónica de Oriol, to develop solutions for the connected car. Net4things is specialized in mobility and services associated with driving data. With the alliance, Antolin wants to explore the potential of new solutions and business around connectivity and driver services based on data analysis, thanks to Net4things’ Cross Mobility Platform. The company chaired by Ernesto Antolín, specialized in the interior of vehicles, is seeking out alliances as part of its strategy to respond to the technological challenges of the automotive industry.

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• The Spanish company is looking to explore the potential of new solutions and business opportunities within connectivity.

Grupo Antolin and Net4things have signed a strategic agreement to develop connected vehicles with state-of-the-art solutions, both companies announced yesterday.

As part of its strategy to lead innovation in mobility from inside the vehicle, Grupo Antolin wants to explore the potential of new solutions and business opportunities for connectivity and driver services based on data analysis, thanks to the Cross-Mobility Platform developed by Net4things.

“Connectivity is one of the elements that will radically transform the interior of cars by allowing occupants to connect with and exchange data with the vehicle, its surroundings, and other cars”, highlighted the new partners. Increased connectivity, the emergence of new monitoring technologies inside the vehicle, the use of data to offer a better travel experience, and the need for society to be increasingly connected are some of the factors that have sparked the interest of both companies to combine their technology and knowledge to create innovative solutions for the connected car.

A recent study by Market Data Forecast reveals that the European connected car market alone expects to reach 28.69 billion euros by 2025, representing a compound annual growth rate of 7%, from 2020 to 2025.

The Spanish automobile fleet will have more than nine million connected passenger cars in 2025, which will account for around 35% of the total, according to data from the National Association of Motor Vehicle, Repair, and Spare Parts Sellers (Ganvam).

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• The telecommunication company will increase the distribution network for its Movistar Car offering.
• Telefonica teams up with the association of vehicle distributors to boost the Spanish fleet of connected cars.

With this agreement, Telefonica increases the distribution network for Movistar Car, a product developed by Net4Things that provides connection for any car, offering an in-car WiFi hotspot, satellite navigation, emergency calls, and features related to vehicle diagnosis and maintenance. The new partners set out with the ambition of connecting 2 million cars within 5 years.

Turning a traditional vehicle into a connected vehicle is achieved by installing a small device that drivers can control using a mobile application. Telefonica and Ganvam emphasize that this alliance will democratize the connected car, making it available to all drivers, not exclusively those able to buy high-end cars with connectivity services included during manufacturing.

“This agreement with Ganvam is an important step toward our goal of the completely connected car, a clear goal since Telefonica released Movistar Car as a service aimed at connecting the car to make it safer, smarter, and available to all users”, says Borja de Nicolás, New Residential Business Marketing Director at Telefonica

Ganvam’s president, Raúl Palacios, underlines the importance of this alliance, “the first that Telefonica reaches on these terms with a business association”, where both entities lay the foundations to accelerate the future of mobility, “cutting back on lost time in traffic jams, on vehicle emissions, and on accident rates.

Palacio also points out that it will help the business transformation of the distribution sector, turning distributors into mobility services providers “with the connected car and digitalization at the axis”.

Movistar Car was launched as a service to connect the car and make it safer and smarter. It’s available to anyone with a mobile phone, whether or not they are Movistar clients.

This article has been translated from Cinco Días\’ website from the original version in Spanish.