Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo (TID) is the company of the Telefónica Group devoted to research, development and innovation. Established in 1988, nowadays it is the most important private company in Spain in terms of resources and staff devoted to R&D activities. Moreover, it is one of the major R&D players among European telcos in terms of participation in European-funded R&D projects.

Created in 2007 from in-house experience in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), the Networked Vehicles Division is TID’s R&D group devoted to designing and developing value-added services for connected vehicles. Our activities are grouped into Services, Communications and Demonstration. We have a strong experimental focus in the form of a testbed, called "DemonstRator for Intelligent Vehicular Environments" (DRIVE).

The Networked Vehicles Division has participated or is participating in over 10 public-funded projects in the European (FP6, FP7 and EUREKA) and Spanish arenas (PROFIT, CENIT and PSE) as well as industrial contracts with companies of the Telefónica Group. Moreover, we lead the Vehicular Networks (VENS) group of the Spanish eMOV technology platform (mobile communications) and are participating in several Spanish for a in the ITS field: the SERtec technology platform (automotive components), ITS España Association and eSafety Español. Finally, we have a number of publications in conferences and magazines, invited speeches and public demonstrations in ITS events.

The Networked Vehicles Division has synergies with the following R&D groups:

  • ANTS (Dr. Pedro M. Ruiz and Dr. Antonio F. Gómez, Universidad de Murcia). Research contracts in the framework of the MARTA and m:Vía R&D projects.
  • NETCOM (Dr. María Calderón, Universidad Carlos III Madrid, UC3M). Joint advice of a PhD thesis through Telefónica I+D-UC3M Predoctoral Fellowship Program.
  • IT Innovation - "ITS, Logistics & Tourism" (Marco Annoni, Telecom Italia). Joint Telefónica I+D-Telecom Italia Labs Connected Car initiative.