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FarEastone Introduces New All-function OBU for Taiwan Drivers
2007/10/29
The Far Eastone Telecommunications Co., a major Taiwanese mobile telecom carrier, recently announced its expansion into the driving-information application market by introducing its "Far Eastone GPS Information GO service" and G5 multi-function on-board unit (OBU). The company claims that the latter product is the first OBU in the world to integrate GPS navigation, cellphone, mobile TV, and multimedia entertainment functions in a single portable device.
To boost its new service, Far Eastone has tied up with the Evergreen International Storage and Transportation Corp. and will soon bring real-time information services such as highway traffic information, flight status information, and mobile Internet access to passengers on Evergreen`s airport buses.
Far Eastone president Jan Nilson says that the company`s goal is to integrate the different telecom devices that people use in different places every day. He wants not only to provide more and more diverse service choices, but also to expand mobile services from personal and enterprise communications into the family space and mobile vehicle space.
 | | Jan Nilson, president of FarEastone, talked to the media about its new "GPS Information GO" service. |
Far Eastone explains that "GPS Information GO" is a mobile information service, designed especially for drivers, that provides real-time traffic information, travel information, and other information useful to drivers. The service is supposed to accommodate what is claimed to be the world`s first GPS navigation-, mobile TV-, multimedia-, and cellphone-enabled OBU, the G5, which features a 5-inch, 16:9 wide-format screen with user-friendly operating interfaces.
The "GPS Information GO" service provides navigation (a 3D moving map and four-language voice navigation control), 15 mobile TV channels, MP3 music files, and digital video programs. The G5 can serve as a fashionable digital photo frame as well as a full-function cellphone.
 | | Far Eastone`s G5 multi-function OBU. |
Far Eastone plans to complete the constriction of WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) base stations all along the route from Taipei to the Taoyuan International Airport by the end of December this year. It will adopt the latest IEEE 802.16e WiMAX technology to provide high-speed download and high mobility.
Shen Jong-chin, deputy director of the Industrial Development Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, says that as part of the M-Taiwan project which the government initiated to solve "last mile" subscriber connectivity problems and transform Taiwan from an "e-island" into an "M-island" (mobile island). This will accelerate Taiwan`s advancement toward the final goal of becoming a "technology island."
In addition to forging partnerships with international WiMAX technology providers, Far Eastone says that it has also brought many IC design, terminal equipment supply, and application service companies into the M-Taiwan project.
(by Quincy Liang)
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