2013 iMobility awards announced

Ertico’s annual iMobility Awards are a unique opportunity to pay tribute to the most outstanding, ambitious and innovative iMobility deployments paving the way for future of mobility. Paul Timmers, director Sustainable and Secure Society DG Connect at the European Commission presented the 2013 at a ceremony in the Netherlands. In the three categories, the honours went to: In the Industry/Technology category, Gemalto was rewarded for its outstanding work in the deployment of eCall in Europe helping glob
September 23, 2013 Read time: 2 mins
374 Ertico’s annual iMobility Awards are a unique opportunity to pay tribute to the most outstanding, ambitious and innovative iMobility deployments paving the way for future of mobility.  Paul Timmers, director Sustainable and Secure Society DG Connect at the 1690 European Commission presented the 2013 at a ceremony in the Netherlands.  In the three categories, the honours went to:

In the Industry/Technology category, 3866 Gemalto was rewarded for its outstanding work in the deployment of eCall in Europe helping global automakers to achieve greater efficiency in time and cost.

In the Policy category the award went to Paul van der Kroon of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment (4767 Rijkswaterstaat) for his key role in iMobility working groups and CEDR activities which have encouraged the deployment of cooperative systems in Europe.

In the final category, National/Local ITS Implementation, the award went to 814 VTT, the Technical Research Centre Finland for the TeleFOT and TeleFOT-INCO projects which accelerated the deployment of after-market and nomadic device oriented ITS.

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