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Article: Japan steers American autos into the future: wireless car navigation systems spread to the States.
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- Japan Inc.
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- June 1, 2003
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IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT a country famous for its mystifying addresses has become a hotbed for car navigation. Now Japan's successes in wireless connectivity--the future of car navigation systems--have begun to reach the US market. Taking real-time information into the car is known as telematics, or ITS (intelligent transportation systems). Japan's ability to combine its strengths in car navigation system hardware, car manufacturing and wireless networks has given it the global lead.
Last fall, Japan became the first country to commercially launch car navigation systems with connectivity to third-generation wireless networks. Toyota's G-Book telematics service uses ...
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