SAN DIEGO, April 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- AUDI AG
(NASDAQ: AUDVF), Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), SWARCO Traffic Systems
GmbH, the University of Kaiserslautern and Qualcomm Technologies,
Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), today
announced the world's first cross-border demonstration for C-V2X
direct communication. The companies, which formed the Connected
Vehicle to Everything of Tomorrow (ConVeX) consortium in 2016 to
carry out the first announced C-V2X trial based upon the 3rd
Generation Partnership Project's (3GPP) Release 14, participated in
cross-border digital testbed Project Day today in Schengen,
Luxembourg, at the new trilateral
testbed hosted by France's
Ministry for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, the German
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI),
the Luxembourg Ministry of Mobility & Public Works, and the
Luxembourg Ministry of the Economy. ConVeX, co-funded by BMVI,
showcased the reliability, range and performance of C-V2X direct
communication between vehicles and with infrastructure, across the
three Trans-European borders.
The full release is available on the Qualcomm News Center
website at
(https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2019/04/05/convex-participates-worlds-first-multi-country-cross-border-c-v2x)
About Audi
The Audi Group, with its brands Audi, Ducati and Lamborghini, is
one of the most successful manufacturers of automobiles and
motorcycles in the premium segment. It is present in more than 100
markets worldwide and produces at 18 locations in thirteen
countries. 100 percent subsidiaries of AUDI
AG include Audi Sport GmbH (Neckarsulm), Automobili
Lamborghini S.p.A. (Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy) and Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A.
(Bologna, Italy).
In 2018, the Audi Group delivered to customers approximately
1.812 million automobiles of the Audi brand, 5,750 sports cars of
the Lamborghini brand and about 53,004 motorcycles of the Ducati
brand. In the 2018 fiscal year, AUDI
AG achieved total revenue of €59.2 billion and an operating
profit of €4.7 billion. At present, approximately 90,000 people
work for the company all over the world, more than 60,000 of them
in Germany. Audi focuses on
sustainable products and technologies for the future of
mobility.
www.audi-mediacenter.com/en
About Ericsson
Ericsson enables communications service providers to capture the
full value of connectivity. The company's portfolio spans Networks,
Digital Services, Managed Services, and Emerging Business and is
designed to help our customers go digital, increase efficiency and
find new revenue streams. Ericsson's investments in innovation have
delivered the benefits of telephony and mobile broadband to
billions of people around the world. The Ericsson stock is listed
on Nasdaq Stockholm and on Nasdaq New York. www.ericsson.com
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm invents breakthrough technologies that transform how
the world computes, connects and communicates. When we connected
the phone to the Internet, the mobile revolution was born. Today,
our inventions are the foundation for life-changing products,
experiences, and industries. As we lead the world to 5G, we
envision this next big change in cellular technology spurring a new
era of intelligent, connected devices and enabling new
opportunities in connected cars, remote delivery of health care
services, and the IoT — including smart cities, smart
homes, and wearables. Qualcomm Incorporated includes our
licensing business, QTL, and the vast majority of our patent
portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm
Incorporated, operates, along with its subsidiaries, all of our
engineering, research and development functions, and all of our
products and services businesses, including, the QCT semiconductor
business. For more information, visit
Qualcomm's website, OnQ
blog, Twitter and Facebook pages.
About SWARCO
SWARCO's leading idea is to improve quality of life by making
the travel experience safer, quicker, more convenient and
environmentally sound. For this purpose, the Austrian traffic
technology corporation produces and provides a large range of
products, systems, services, and turnkey solutions in road marking,
urban and interurban traffic control, parking, and public
transport. Cooperative systems, infrastructure-to-vehicle
communication, electromobility, and integrated software solutions
for the Liveable City are latest fields in the group's portfolio.
Our 3800 traffic experts are keen to shape together with you the
transition from conventional traffic management to value-added
services fit for the traveller in the digital age. Read more about
SWARCO on www.swarco.com
About the University of Kaiserslautern
The University of Kaiserslautern, located in the south-west of
Germany, is one of the major
German research universities renowned for its strengths in the
sciences and engineering disciplines. The University of
Kaiserslautern is the center of a major European IT and science hub
with two Fraunhofer Institutes (IESE and ITWM), the Max Planck
Institute for Software Systems, and the German Research Center for
Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) working on advanced software systems
for the connected society. Professor Schotten is the head of the
chair for Wireless Communication and Navigation at the University
of Kaiserslautern and scientific director at the German Research
Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI).
Qualcomm and Snapdragon are trademarks of Qualcomm
Incorporated, registered in the United
States and other countries.
Qualcomm Snapdragon is a product of Qualcomm Technologies,
Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
Qualcomm Contacts:
Pete Lancia, Corporate
Communications
Phone: 1-858-845-5959
Email: corpcomm@qualcomm.com
Mauricio Hoyodan-Lopez, Investor Relations
Phone: 1-858-658-4813
Email: ir@qualcomm.com
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