Case Study: Vodafone Germany delivers real-time traffic updates with Ericsson

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Vodafone Germany, one of Europe’s largest telecom providers, needed to deliver real-time traffic updates for TomTom’s new HD Traffic Live navigation service while integrating IT and telecommunications systems quickly and reliably. The challenge was to meet strict time-to-market, quality, and cost requirements in a complex four-party setup.

Ericsson acted as Prime Integrator and used its Consulting and Systems Integration capabilities together with its Mobile Positioning Solution to anonymize and forward Vodafone network data to TomTom. The project was launched on schedule, enabled near real-time traffic information for drivers, and helped Vodafone meet TomTom’s requirements while supporting increased subscriber numbers and a successful supplier contract.

Vodafone

Phillip Carter

Head of Smart Communication Technologies