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For those packing up their cars to drive to the coast, good mobile connectivity is an essential part of making the journey pleasant and stress-free.

While it’s generally assumed that driverless cars will one day become widely deployed, the obstacles still to be overcome before fully autonomous vehicles can safely operate everywhere on public roads seem daunting.

The potential of the car as an entertainment platform has been thrown into the spotlight by Elon Musk’s Twitter post asserting that Disney+ would be “coming soon” to Tesla Theater, the entertainment software that was launched as part of Tesla’s Version 10.0 over-the-air update in September 2019.

What should mobile network operators’ obligations be regarding coverage, especially on highways?

What could a mobile operator do better if they knew what their customers’ habits would be during a typical (or even a less typical) day? What their ‘mobility patterns’ and data demands would be?

It is widely assumed that 5G connectivity will be essential for the introduction of fully-autonomous vehicles (AV). But almost a decade after the first 4G LTE networks went live, mobile network coverage on our roads is still far from ubiquitous, so what will happen to an autonomous car if it loses its 5G connection, as seems more than likely?

As telecom operators look for additional ways to unlock new revenues, smart cities are currently being actively promoted, and monetization of data is emerging as a prominent—if potentially controversial—revenue source.

For many of us who travel on business, the car has become our mobile office. We take conference calls on the move, arrange appointments using mobile virtual assistants like Siri, Google Assistant and Cortana, and also use them to ask for directions and reminders.