Rubber on the Road: Preparing for Smart Connectivity in the Real World

5G is the next big jump in connectivity with the focus moving from people to machines. This has opened up new demands and a rethinking on how best to strategically and operationally engage with connectivity that delivers a seamless, secure and scalable service to the edge. C-V2X will benefit from 5G New Radio to improve connectivity in autonomous vehicles allowing higher throughput and lower latencies. We will present some of the challenges that the new 5G world is opening up for smart automotive and how the industry could best position itself to take advantage of these changes. With this presentation we will share: • The network solution and the technology stack designed to bring better performance and configuration flexibility • The technical benefits of bringing connectivity provisioning in-house its role in the evolving global landscape. This is a complicated landscape that intersects commercial,technical and regulatory challenges. Our presentation is aimed to distill this complexity and provide ideas on what mitigation strategies could be adopted.