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Foxconn to tap Internet-enabled cars market

Xinhua, September 17, 2014

• Foxconn, the world's largest electronics contractor, is building an operation center to help link 300,000 cars to the Internet by January 2015.

  The center, based in Nanchang City in east China's Jiangxi Province, is a joint venture between the Taiwanese technology giant and Gosun Guard Security Service Technology Co. Ltd, a local security service provider.

  The two companies signed a strategic cooperation agreement on Tuesday to develop a leading operation center for Internet-enabled cars.

  A 4G module embedded in the car will integrate the screens of the car, cellphone and personal computer and provide information on traffic, dining, shopping, insurance, maintenance, second-hand car trading and after-sale service, said Xiao Gang, chairman of the Gosun company.

  The center has successfully completed testing of the system on vehicles of several local brands, including BAIC, JMC and Geely. It is expected to go on trial run in January 2015 with 300,000 cars connected to the Internet, he said.

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