Here, Here Map announced the acquisition of Advanced Telematic Systems (ATS), a German software company, to improve data distribution, updating and security capabilities.
Headquartered in Berlin, ATS develops the highly secure OTA technology for the safe upgrade of in-car software, smartphones and other hardware devices. The transaction is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2018, but the details of the terms have not been disclosed.
Here said: Here Here's the level of OTA technology is very limited, and the acquisition of ATS will let here in this area greatly enhance the status. The acquisition will further strengthen Here's strength in the field of location-based services and autonomous driving cloud services. Autonomous cloud services will be in large scale in the coming years.
Founded in 2014 by Amin Schmidt, Dirk Pöchl and Arthur Taylor, ATS is a member of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), a division of GENIVI and Automotive Linux (Automotive Grade Linux, AGL) OTA technology research and development has made important contributions.
It is understood that the previous ATS has been financing 12 million US dollars, the investor for the American venture capital firm iD Ventures America (formerly known as Acer Technology Ventures, Japanese company IT-Farm Corporation and Taiwanese company ODM maker Wistron.
ATS CEO Schmidt said in an official statement: "This is a rare opportunity for us to bring here Here's deep customer relationship with major OEMs, our global customer and partner network to come up with new customer solutions Programs and enhance the existing capabilities of Here products and services. Now we are very much looking forward to the future development and looking forward to dedicating ourselves to the changes in the autopilot industry.
The creation of ATS is Schmidt and Taylor's second cooperation. Years ago, they co-founded Aupeo, a music streaming service that was later acquired by Panasonic.
In 2015, Here was Nokia's 2.5 billion euros sold to Audi, BMW and Daimler and other car manufacturers and Intel, mainly as a car against Tesla's research laboratory. Here's the main target in the field of map technology is Google Maps and TomTom and other companies.
Here last year's investment in research and development reached 640 million euros, almost 55% of the sales of 1.16 billion euros. Today, Here becomes one of the largest providers of map data in the worldwide autopilot industry.
It is understood that ere ATS acquisition for two main reasons.
First, here is working hard to prevent hackers from breaking autopilot cars.
In June, Here partnered with Uptance, a security architecture backed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that runs primarily on autonomous driving and connecting car software. Auto-driving cars will be paralyzed once car software is compromised. ATS's solution is to create open source OTA technology that can greatly enhance the safety of autonomous vehicles. Here, Here, in cooperation with Uptance, will prevent this vicious incident.
Second, here faces fierce competition in the area of ​​maps.
Now, companies like Mapbox, Google and others are working hard to create a mapping system that will even be loaded onto a self-driving car. Here, Here's collaboration with ATS will help Here to win in the fierce autopilot map competition.
Over the years, OTA technology for mobile operators to update mobile phone settings, but OTA technology in recent years, the use of a more extensive range. Automotive systems are now more complex (covering HD maps, real-time pictures of the road environment, entertainment services and information, navigation, etc.) and software engineers are now also using OTA technology as a data collection tool for central systems Feedback, in order to improve the overall system performance.
OTA technology is crucial for maps as the road conditions change and maps need to be updated in real time. Satellite tracking alone can not achieve the real-time update of the map.
Here plans to continue developing and delivering ATS 'OTA technology as a standard part of the automotive portfolio while extending the technology to other business areas. In the future, OTA technology will support the acquisition of maps and upgrades of software for UAVs and other connected devices.
Here, the company can gather the required map data from more than 100 million cars, making the company the premier positioning data provider in the global automotive industry. Nowadays, the use of OTA technology to transmit high-precision positioning data has become more frequent, providing data aids for autopilot systems and driving decisions, as well as improving driving safety and reducing travel time.
Here's Ralf Herrtwich, senior vice president of maps, said: "With the growth in autonomous and connected cars, data and software transfers have become even more important and become even more decisive for the autonomous driving industry. Our acquisition of ATS is a major investment strategy that takes us a step further from our goal of becoming an autonomous driving cloud provider.
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