boemel schreef op 25 juni 2015 21:39:
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Of course, there are always privacy issues attached to data being transmitted to the cloud for use by applications. Nokia insisted that its interface is currently focused on getting information from vehicles when a significant event is occuring, rather than permanently monitoring vehicles - but the potential for broader usage is clear, especially if it is in the hands of auto makers, which are seeking new ways to generate revenue from in-car platforms.
"We are defining that vehicles don't send individual vehicle IDs so they aren't traceable," Rabel wrote. "This means that if the vehicle is sending some data today and then the next day, we will not know that it is the same vehicle. We would be aggregating across many submissions but not across a single individual."
Nokia said that it is currently holding talks with a group of leading carmakers about the spec and will then invite other industry players to comment on it and possibly contribute to its development.
It seems likely that, among the automotive companies inputting to the interface specs, will be those which may also end up owning Here. Reports about who might buy the subsidiary, which Nokia indicated it would offload when it announced its bid for Alcatel-Lucent, have swirled ever since. Some candidates may be those looking to enhance a mobile platform. Microsoft might seek to acquire an asset which would actually be of greater value to it than the Nokia devices unit (some executives are said to have been angry that previous CEO Steve Ballmer failed to include Here in that deal). Other Here maps licensees such as Amazon would also be logical buyers.
But the smart money is on a consortium of German car manufacturers - Audi, BMW and Daimler, backed by some private equity money - although Nokia is said to be asking for a higher price than they had envisaged, at a reported $4.5bn. An interesting twist, according to Bloomberg sources, is that Chinese search giant Baidu could join this group and so secure a higher degree of influence than it would gain from a straightforward licensing deal, as it builds up its own broad mobile and IoT platform. Baidu had previously teamed up with a different group, including taxi app provider Uber and private equity firm Apax Partners, said the reports, but these have since pulled out, as have some other private equity players.
Nokia certainly won't sell its jewel unless it can secure a high price, and the delays in announcing any deal may reflect a behind-the-scenes bidding war. CEO Rajeev Suri reiterated last week that sale was only one option being considered as part of the ongoing strategic review of Here