ITS World Congress, Singapore, Oct 17 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Location technology specialist, TomTom (TOM2), and Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. today announced a collaboration utilizing Sumitomo Electric’s expertise in intelligent transport systems and TomTom’s highly accurate real-time traffic data and high definition maps. Working together, the companies will create mobility solutions designed to improve road safety and traffic congestion.
Koichi Washimi, General Manager of the Systems & Electronics Division, Sumitomo Electric, said: “Mobility is undergoing a major change, more so now than ever before – with innovative technologies and business models being born one after another. We believe that so many challenges in the intelligent transport systems field can be solved by fusing the expertise and technologies of our two companies, so I am delighted to be working with TomTom.”