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BMW has teamed up with Vodafone to fit all its ConnectedDrive cars with a specially adapted mobile SIM chip for telematics services

The Vodafone SIM will provide customers with access to innovative in-car services such as the BMW Online Services, a 24/7 personal concierge service for BMW drivers and an emergency call function.

The five-year agreement signed between Vodafone Germany and the BMW Group, at the recently-held CeBIT global event in Germany, involves fitting SIM cards within the vehicles at the assembly plant.

The service being provided by Vodafone is based on machine-to-machine technology, which allows different devices to communicate with each other. The Vodafone SIM has a lifespan of more than ten years, can withstand temperatures from minus 40 to heat of 85 degrees centigrade and is coated with anti-corrosive protection.

Vodafone provides services via 70 wireless networks on five continents. Almost one fifth of all mobile phones worldwide are registered in one of these networks.

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