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Delphi Demonstrates Technology That Allows Fast, Convenient Vehicle Access to Internet

6 January 2000

Delphi Demonstrates Technology That Allows Fast, Convenient Vehicle Access to Internet

    LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6 -- Delphi Automotive Systems
today demonstrated its mobile Internet browsing capability using Wireless
Application Protocol (WAP), an enabler to convenient, efficient Internet
access from cars and trucks.
    Delphi's display and demonstration of WAP at the 2000 Consumer Electronics
Show in Las Vegas is among the first of its kind in the automotive industry
and represents yet another advancement in the company's Communiport(R) Mobile
MultiMedia (MMM) offering.
    WAP is an open, global specification that allows mobile Internet users
with wireless devices to easily access and interact with web sites instantly.
    Since HTML, the hypertext language of the Internet, is not convenient for
use with "thin client" wireless mobile applications, a WAP browser with
wireless markup language (WML) is used on telematics applications.  The WAP
browser with WML is designed to accommodate applications with smaller, more
limited displays like cell phones and vehicle MultiMedia Systems.
    Communiport's advanced human/machine interface capabilities bring faster
and more convenient Internet data downloads, according to Dr. Robert W.
Schumacher, director of Delphi Delco Electronic Systems' Mobile Multimedia
Business Group.
    "WAP with WML condenses Internet data so that it can be efficiently
presented on mobile devices with small displays like mobile phones and vehicle
communications systems," Schumacher said.  "Communiport offers a larger color
display as well as voice activation and text synthesis for audio read back.
    "When the two are combined, you have an Internet access capability that's
fast and virtually hands-free.
    "It's Delphi's way of safely and usefully accessing Internet data in an
automotive application.  We are leaders with this technology because we're
developing a dedicated OE WAP browser application."
    Schumacher envisions the day when Internet access from a car or truck is
as easy as a verbal command to the Communiport system.
    "Communiport is capable of becoming an onboard newsreader of Internet
information to vehicle passengers," he said.
    According to Schumacher, Communiport vehicle applications with WAP browser
capabilities will appear by 2002.  However, such applications are not expected
to be limited to luxury vehicles.
    "Virtually everyone will have the opportunity for in-vehicle access to the
Internet in the future," he explained, "regardless of the vehicle they drive."
    Delphi Automotive Systems, with headquarters in Troy, Mich., USA, is a
world leader in automotive component and systems technology.  Delphi's three
sectors -- Dynamics & Propulsion; Safety, Thermal Electrical Architecture; and
Electronics & Mobile Communications -- provide comprehensive product solutions
to complex customer needs. Delphi has approximately 201,000 employees and
operates 168 wholly owned manufacturing sites, 38 joint ventures, 51 customer
centers and sales offices, and 27 technical centers in 37 countries.  Regional
headquarters are located in Paris, Tokyo and Sao Paulo.  Delphi can be found
on the Internet at http://www.delphiauto.com