Challenge

Since 2018, new cars must be equipped with a SIM card that can send an emergency signal in the case of an accident. These cards can also provide manufacturers with valuable vehicle data that they can use to recommend maintenance work at authorized workshops, even before damage or wear is audible or visible. But the more than 21,000 independent workshops in Germany do not have access to this vehicle data and therefore cannot offer services such as predictive, data-based maintenance.

Solution

SELECT AG offers its customers the opportunity to network cars via an on-board diagnostic adapter and a SIM card. In the case of newer vehicles, an existing car connection can be used. Independent workshops can retrieve telemetry data centrally via an IoT platform, which had been developed by Telekom's digitization for SELECT AG, to store and analyse all the data.

Customer benefits

Independent workshops now know when an inspection or repair is due for which customer. Through the connection to the cloud platform, the driver quickly receives a recommendation for action. This way, workshops can increase customer loyalty and offer better and faster service. They can service cars in a predictive manner and always have spare parts on site in time to reduce outages.

Challenge

Automobili Pininfarina has developed, in a limited run of 150, the Battista, one of the most advanced and luxurious super sports cars in the world. In order both to offer the driver and passengers comprehensive mobile communications options and, for example, to be able to install over-the-air updates the manufacturer was looking for a way to connect the vehicles around the world.

Solution

The Pininfarina Battista comes with integrated eSIMs from Deutsche Telekom. The manufacturer can comfortably manage the connections of all its EVs via a customer portal. The data center in Frankfurt guarantees optimal data protection and maximum data security. Deutsche Telekom provides the mobile network in over 50 countries around the world.

Customer benefit

Pininfarina can inter alia carry out remote diagnoses and provides drivers and passengers with a wide range of infotainment services such as real-time route planning inclusive of showing available e-charging stations. The purchase price includes all services and mobile communication connections.

Challenge

If you use your mobile data volume for video conferences in your car or play movies for your passengers via streaming services, you don't have to wait long for this notification: Your data volume is almost used up. Wouldn't it be better to have stable and fast WiFi while driving – just like at home?

Solution

Together with Deutsche Telekom, BMW is making mobile WiFi hotspots available as an option in most BMW model series. BMW drivers throughout Europe can now surf the web with fast and stable WiFi via Deutsche Telekom's HotSpot Drive service. Ten mobile devices can be connected to the hotspot simultaneously. A separate SIM card is not required.

Customer benefit

BMW customers on all roads throughout Europe are now connected to the Internet via a permanently installed antenna on the car. HotSpot Drive is much faster than smartphone hotspots, and the data volume of your smartphone remains untouched. Stuttering video conferences or interrupted streams are no longer a problem thanks to the smooth connection.

Challenge

When fitters in the Leipzig BMW plant needed to reorder materials, they had to interrupt their task and call the colleagues in the warehouse. This delayed production, as it could take several minutes for the employee in the warehouse to note all the required materials over the phone.

Solution

BMW installed an IoT Service Button from Deutsche Telekom on every rack with materials. A fitter can press this button when stocks of a component are running low. When the button is pressed, an order is sent via the NarrowBand IoT (NB-IoT) mobile standard, notifying the colleagues in the warehouse who immediately begin to restock the missing materials.

Customer benefit

The digital button reduces the duration of the ordering process from several minutes to just a single second. In addition, the inventory lists in the storage system are always kept up to date with the digital solution. The Service Button can easily be installed anywhere as complex WLAN or Bluetooth systems are not required.