Imagine being able to check the oil and fuel level of your car, or defrost the windows, heat the interior and check traffic -- all while you sit at your kitchen table eating breakfast. Or consider being able to turn on your home air conditioner, then the microwave to cook your dinner -- while you drive home after work.

SmartMove, the Belgium-based vehicle telematics software developer and integrator, has brought this vision one step closer with the OSGI-compliant Open Telematics Framework, according to Steven Buytaert, co-CEO at SmartMove.

The SmartMove Open Telematics Framework makes it possible to exchange information and services between providers and an in-home or in-office gateway, the same way it does with the vehicle, thus bringing together total wireless communications between office, home and car.

"This is exactly the kind of scenario the future will bring," Buytaert said. "It is our belief that, very soon, services and information delivery to home and car networks will be organized by means of one common platform."

This makes it possible to access, download and use the services that are offered for in-home use, both at home and in a vehicle's mobile environment, and the other way around -- creating an enormous potential for telematics service providers to offer their services to drivers and passengers.

Banking applications, Web browsing, on-demand navigation, remote diagnostics, and online shopping will all benefit from the added synergy between information exchange and the compatibility of resident and mobile services on one common platform, according to Buytaert.

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