Nov. 4, 2009 (PR Newswire) --
OTTAWA, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- QNX Software Systems, a Harman International (NYSE: HAR) company and the global leader in operating systems and middleware for the in-car infotainment market, today announced that its award-winning QNX® CAR application platform is powering the ng Connect Program's LTE Connected Car concept vehicle, which demonstrates how Long Term Evolution (LTE) 4G networks can potentially bring video-on-demand, Internet radio, and other wireless broadband services to the automobile. Along with Alcatel-Lucent and other leading network, consumer electronic, and content partners in the ng Connect Program, QNX participated in a technology showcase of the LTE Connected Car yesterday in New York City.
The QNX CAR application platform provides the software foundation of ng Connect's LTE Connected Car concept vehicle. The platform provides all of the car's system software and infotainment applications, including the realtime operating system, touchscreen user interfaces, streaming media players for YouTube and Pandora, navigation system with Google local search, Bluetooth and portable device connectivity, multimedia playback, handsfree integration, climate controls, Adobe Flash games, application store technology, and a virtual mechanic.
"QNX has a reputation for innovation in the auto industry, and from the beginning, it has shared our vision of transforming the in-vehicle user experience through LTE," said Derek Kuhn, vice president of emerging technologies and multimedia at Alcatel-Lucent. "With its deep experience and large-scale deployments in the automotive infotainment market, QNX is uniquely positioned to bring the promise of LTE to next-generation vehicles."
As an automotive market leader, QNX Software Systems has licensed its software technology for more than 12 million in-vehicle systems worldwide. Launched in February 2009, the QNX CAR application platform is already being designed into next-generation in-vehicle computing systems and has attracted more than 50 technology partners and automotive customers, including Adobe, Cisco, Daimler, Delphi, Freescale, General Motors, Google, Gracenote, IBM, Mercedes-Benz, Microsoft, Panasonic, Pandora, and Volkswagen.
Designed to accelerate the development of in-car computing systems, the QNX CAR application platform integrates technology from a broad ecosystem to create preassembled, ready-to-customize reference implementations, including digital instrument clusters and infotainment units, for manufacturers of in-car computing systems.
