Apr 8

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4/8/2009 9:38 AM

Qualcomm has given its approval for the Third Generation Partnership Project's (3GPP's) endorsment of the eCall modem specification, which supports the EUs road safety initiative (eCall).

This initiative aims to provide speedy assistance to road accidents anywhere in the European Union by making an automatic emergency voice call via the mobile network to the emergency services. Crucial information like position location will also be transmitted.

ECall, which is due to be introduced and across Europe by 2011, is expected to help save many lives by improving notification of road accidents and speeding up emergency service response.

"The eCall initiative is a triumph of technology in serving the public good, and we congratulate the 3GPP, ETSI and EU on successfully making it reality," said Andrew Gilbert, executive vice president of Qualcomm and president of Qualcomm Internet Services, MediaFLO Technologies and Qualcomm Europe. "eCall has been a labor of pride for all its industry contributors, including Qualcomm's engineering teams in Germany and San Diego. The completion of this standard enables the automobile industry and the public safety sector to move forward with plans to deploy the eCall system."

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