Abstract
Telematics is the emerging industry of delivering value added services related to safety, security, information and entertainment directly to automobiles using wireless technology. The automotive OEMs are interested in providing such services, as it would act as an effective CRM tool and also generate a continuous stream of revenue. GM Onstar is a good example of a telematics service provider in North America.

According to the Strategis Group, the number of worldwide telematics subscribers is expected to grow to 30 million by 2008, from just about 200,000 in 1999. The key to delivering these services seamlessly across all networks and vehicles would be the availability of a common standard or platform for the delivery of services to the car. One such emerging standard is Open Services Gateway Initiative (OSGi), whose primary goal is to define and foster rapid adoption of open specifications for the delivery of managed broadband services to networks in homes, cars and other environments. This white paper proposes an architecture for a telematics system based on OSGi. It discusses in detail both the client & server side architectures.

Authors Vivek Kapadia Veena Bai G Parthasarathy

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