BEAVERTON, Ore. & SHENZHEN, China -- (BUSINESS WIRE) --
The Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC), an organization driving global technologies for smartphone-centric car connectivity solutions, today announced that the they have partnered with the Southern Branch of CTTL/CAICT to open the MirrorLink® Car Connectivity Technology Center in Shenzhen, China. The Center has opened in China to support the widespread global adoption of MirrorLink®, now standard on more of today’s most popular vehicles and smartphones. The Technology Center will provide Chinese market support to continue to build MirrorLink as the technology of choice for providing easy connectivity solutions for the local auto and handset industries throughout China.
“The CTTL/CAICT Southern Branch is pleased to announce that an agreement to establish the MirrorLink Car Connectivity Technology Center has been signed,” said Mr. Xiao Li, Head of CTTL Southern Branch. “As the top research institute in the China telecommunications industry, CTTL/CAICT has several research teams tracking and investigating the development and application of car connectivity-related technology. As the result of this collaboration, full technical support will be provided to both auto OEMs and smartphone device vendors. This will also effectively move forward the innovation and application of MirrorLink technology, especially in China.”
China is universally recognized as one of the most important markets for smartphone/automotive integration. The size of the local market, the number of handset and auto makers, and huge community of application developers make China a key market for MirrorLink.
“We are honored to partner with CTTL/CAICT to form the MirrorLink Car Connectivity Technology Center. We are partnering with one of the premier test and technology organizations not only China, but the entire world,” said Alan Ewing, President and Executive Director of the CCC. “We are extremely fortunate to have such a motivated and able partner as CTTL/CAICT, and I know with their help, we will continue to make MirrorLink a great success in China.”
MirrorLink is the most ingenious way to bring smartphone content to the dash. Huge icons make apps easy to use and smart technology knows if the car is in Park or Drive. Designed for maximum interoperability between a wide range of smartphones and cars, MirrorLink is the only OS- and OEM-agnostic standard for car-smartphone connectivity where no single entity has a controlling stake.
About the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC)
The CCC is dedicated to cross-industry collaboration in developing MirrorLink® global standards and solutions for smartphone and in-vehicle connectivity. The organization’s 100 members represent 70 percent of the world’s auto market, 70 percent of the global smartphone market and a who’s who of aftermarket consumer electronics vendors. For further information, please visit www.mirrorlink.com.
About CTTL/CAICT
The CTTL southern branch, established by CTTL and Shenzhen government, is dedicated in developing communication policies, designing standards for telecommunications technologies, and product testing and certification. Accumulating rich experience in serving domestic and foreign customers with expertise, the CTTL southern branch is trying to make innovations and advances in communication industry by its great influence in ICT field in China. For more information, please visit http://cszit.com/index.html.
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