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Tuesday, March 12 2019 - 08:15
AsiaNet
Airbiquity Announces Strategic Investment from Toyota Motor Corporation, DENSO Corporation, and Toyota Tsusho Corporation
SEATTLE, March 12, 2019 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

- Parties Will Also Collaborate to Leverage Airbiquity Over-the-Air Technology 
for the Next Generation of Connected Vehicle

Airbiquity(R) ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2399875-1&h=1001404170&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.airbiquity.com%2F&a=Airbiquity 
), a long-standing global leader in connected vehicle services, today announced 
a $15 million minority investment in the company from Toyota Motor Corporation, 
DENSO Corporation, and Toyota Tsusho Corporation. This investment will support 
Airbiquity's expansion of the development of connected vehicle software 
technology and cloud-based services.

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Additionally, the four parties will collaborate to accelerate the development 
and commercialization of an automotive grade over-the-air (OTA) system enabling 
remote vehicle software updates and management; increased production and 
operational efficiencies throughout the vehicle lifecycle; and new mobility 
services powered by data and analytics. Central to this alliance is 
Airbiquity's market-leading OTAmatic(TM) ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2399875-1&h=1507685662&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.airbiquity.com%2Fproduct-offerings%2Fsoftware-and-data-management&a=OTAmatic%E2%84%A2 
) software and data management offering for connected vehicles.

"We are delighted to receive investment from three of the most successful 
corporations in the automotive industry," said Kamyar Moinzadeh, President and 
CEO of Airbiquity. "This is an exciting time for our company, and we look 
forward to working with our new strategic partners to optimize and leverage 
OTAmatic for the next generation of connected vehicle."

To learn more about Airbiquity, visit www.airbiquity.com.

About Airbiquity
Airbiquity(R) is a global leader in connected vehicle services and pioneer in 
the development and engineering of automotive telematics technology. At the 
forefront of automotive innovation, Airbiquity operates the industry's most 
advanced cloud-based connected vehicle service delivery platform, Choreo(TM), 
and supports all leading use cases including over-the-air (OTA) software update 
and data management. Working with Airbiquity, automakers and automotive 
suppliers have deployed highly scalable, manageable, and secure connected 
vehicle service programs meeting the needs of their customers in over 60 
countries around the world. Learn more about Airbiquity at www.airbiquity.com 
or join the conversation @Airbiquity ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2399875-1&h=3676140656&u=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FAirbiquity&a=%40Airbiquity 
). Airbiquity is a trademark of Airbiquity Inc.

About DENSO Corporation
DENSO Corp., headquartered in Kariya, Aichi prefecture, Japan has approximately 
220 subsidiaries in 35 countries and regions (including Japan) and employs 
approximately 170,000 people worldwide. Consolidated global sales for the 
fiscal year ending March 31, 2018, totaled US $48.1 billion. Last fiscal year, 
DENSO spent 8.8 percent of its global consolidated sales on research and 
development. DENSO common stock is traded on the Tokyo and Nagoya stock 
exchanges. For more information, go to www.denso.com, or visit our media 
website at www.denso.com/global/en/news/media-center/

About Toyota Tsusho Corporation
Toyota Tsusho Corporation, listed on both Nagoya Stock Exchange and Tokyo Stock 
Exchange, was founded in 1948 as the trading company for the Toyota Group. 
Today, Toyota Tsusho operates in more than 120 countries with approximately 
57,000 employees that are all striving to contribute to the creation of 
prosperous societies. The company has seven operating divisions focused around 
three business fields, which are the Mobility field, the Resources & 
Environment field, and the Life & Community field. In addition, the company has 
launched the Next Mobility Strategy in April 2017, and now has dedicated 
members in each operating division that are working on this new strategy.

CONTACT:
Shelby Simonson
Airbiquity PR
1-206-264-8220
media@airbiquity.com

SOURCE  Airbiquity
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