Innovations on mobile broadband on Transportation

Mobile broadband is helping to transform transportation. Toyota uses the LTE Connected Car concept which it called a “smartphone on wheels.” Using mobile broadband, the car integrates features to improve safety and provide access to information such as maps and directions, destination highlights and weather details. Passengers can also enjoy better entertainment and more productivity tools with video streaming and access to corporate networks. Mobile phones also provide access to important transportation information in real time. Checking the status of a flight to see if it is on time or has been canceled is easily accomplished by mobile phone or using an app like TripIt to receive alerts. Similarly commuters can use their mobile devices to find travel information on buses or trains. Cities like San Francisco are using mobile networks to deploy smart parking system that allow users to locate an open parking spot or pay for parking using a mobile phone. Both Google and Microsoft provide traffic information in real time. Google Maps provides a “traffic” button on its maps in metropolitan areas that shows red-yellow-green indicators for current traffic speeds and allows the user to learn “normal” traffic levels by the time of day or day of the week. Microsoft offers Clearflow, a service that uses artificial intelligence to provide navigation advice that takes into account expected traffic conditions on a roadway-by-roadway basis. Intelligent transportation systems integrated with GPS navigators such as Telenav on smart phones let users know about real-time traffic conditions and advise drivers on optimal route navigation patterns to take less congested routes. Future advances will make these systems bi-directional, integrating traffic patterns with traffic signal lights. Finally, mobile broadband is being used to improve commercial transportation. Businesses can use mobile networks to track and trace their fleets and better manage their inventory.