Ericsson wins 5-year connected vehicle cloud deal with Volvo

Ericsson was contracted to provide Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) with its Ericsson Connected Vehicle Cloud (CVC) platform to further enable Volvo's digital vehicle services in more than 120 markets worldwide for the next five years. Volvo Cars is starting to focus more on securing high-quality connected-vehicle services as industrialised digitalisation increases the importance of software services. The services will also benefit from the increased speed, low-latency and capacity for mission-critical applications, such as autonomous driving, that commercial 5G networks will enable.

The deal will enable Volvo Cars to provide car owners and drivers with its latest developments in connected car digital services such as automation, fleet management, telematics, navigation, and infotainment. It's the largest to date for Ericsson Connected Vehicle Cloud.

Provided via several geographically distributed centres, the platform takes full account of legal, security, and privacy obligations on a global scale – such as compliance with the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).