General motors (GM) chose AT&T company (New York stock exchange: T), its 2015 models, to give up its long-term supplier Verizon wireless offer high speed wireless services.
OnStar system - the best life for the operators to provide instructions or call emergency, in accident happens connection driver - will begin to use AT&T in its 2015 models, in the middle of 2014 began to sales.
The company will be on Monday to discuss their partnership in the mobile world congress in Barcelona exhibition.
Gm hopes to enlarge its scope, including advanced applications, such as streaming video of Chevrolet, buick, and GMC and Cadillac models of passengers, in order to improve the car sales and OnStar subscription.
This is also for to seek a possibility, such as wireless sending customers hint about possible engine problems, or send data or video, from the owner of the mobile devices, to show something to the vehicle in case of any problems, according to phil Abram, general motors executive director.
AT&T and Verizon Wireless is Verizon Communications (VZ) and vodafone group (VOD. L), enterprise, for them has accelerated efforts to expand their services, because they seek beyond the mobile phone market will continue to grow, one of the most people already have intelligent mobile phone.
General motors said that since 1996, this has been the company's wireless service providers, Verizon wireless, still will support all the existing gm's new car out of the car before 2015 launch of the OnStar service.
Abram refused to disclose why on earth switch to AT&T company, but said: "we want to do with the connection of the vehicle's AT&T vision is highly consistent."
Abram AT&T or service price will be how to deal with terms also declined to comment. Ann fortunes in the United States, Canada and China has more than 6 million customers, its most basic service, or $28.90, the premium package a month fee $18.95 monthly a.
AT&T has wireless and car manufacturers, including the ford motor company (New York stock exchange: F) and nissan motor company < 7201. T >.
But the OnStar agreement is by far the biggest deal, according to President Glenn loring, AT&T department dedicated to expand beyond the mobile wireless connection.
"In the economy, we are very satisfied with the deal," he said.
Larry won't provide pricing information service, but OnStar users, AT&T share data plan, so that customers can add more equipment connected to a single account, may increase their car.
"You can see the car other equipment in your portfolio equipment," said Laurie. "
This arrangement helps to improve the connection of the popularity of the automobile service, according to the Forrester Research analysts Charles GaoErWen (Charles Golvin) said.
"This may reduce the barrier, if a customer can add your own car, and the other on one device AT&T's plan, rather than choose to OnStar, and pay monthly a single bill," Golvin said.
Larry said he expected to about 200000 new car sales from 2015 to 2018, a wireless connection, quoted analysts estimate that by 2016, about half of American cars will be connected.
 



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