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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 17 JANUARY 2016 Motoring VII TOYOTA is accelerating its initiatives to provide customers with greater convenience and data security in its telematics systems, announcing a next- generation connected vehicle framework. This builds on the advances that have been made in vehicle, IT and com- munications systems to add the benefit of connected tech- nologies to Toyota models. Toyota's framework is anchored by the installation of a Data Communication Module (DCM) in more of its vehicles, beginning with the roll-out of 2017 models in the USA. Availability will then expand to other regions and countries. Adding DCM will connect Toyota vehicles to mobile telecommunications networks, expanding the ability to transmit data for products and services. Toyota will also provide an emergency notification as a standard feature on vehicles equipped with DCM. This is activated when airbags are deployed during a traffic ac- cident, helping secure prompt first-response assistance in an emergency. To build the IT infrastructure needed to support this signifi- cant expansion of vehicle data processing, a Toyota Big Data Center is being created. This will analyse and process data collected by DCM and use it to deploy services under high- level information security and privacy controls. Currently DCMs vary between countries and regions, but a standardised architecture will be developed for a uniform Toyota global DCM by 2019. Toyota will also create a func- tion in the Smart Center to consolidate its worldwide DCM communications. When customers are using their smartphone in connection with an in-car device, it is im- portant to promote safe driving and the secure transmission of vehicle and customer informa- tion. To ensure these qualities, Toyota will work jointly with UIEvolution to develop stand- ard middleware for use with Toyota's in-car devices globally. Toyota is accelerating its initiatives to provide customers with greater convenience and data security in its telematics systems, announcing a next- generation connected vehicle framework. This builds on the advances that have been made in vehicle, IT and com- munications systems to add the benefit of connected tech- nologies to Toyota models. Toyota's framework is anchored by the installation of a Data Communication Module (DCM) in more of its vehicles, beginning with the roll-out of 2017 models in the USA. Availability will then expand to other regions and countries. Adding DCM will connect Toyota vehicles to mobile telecommunications networks, expanding the ability to transmit data for products and services. Toyota will also provide an emergency notification as a standard feature on vehicles equipped with DCM. This is activated when airbags are deployed during a traffic ac- cident, helping secure prompt first-response assistance in an emergency. To build the IT infrastructure needed to support this signifi- cant expansion of vehicle data processing, a Toyota Big Data Center is being created. This will analyse and process data collected by DCM and use it to deploy services under high- level information security and privacy controls. Currently DCMs vary be- tween countries and regions, but a standardised architec- ture will be developed for a uniform Toyota global DCM by 2019. Toyota will also create a function in the Smart Center to consolidate its worldwide DCM communications. When customers are using their smartphone in connection with an in-car device, it is im- portant to promote safe driving and the secure transmission of vehicle and customer informa- tion. To ensure these quali- ties, Toyota will work jointly with UIEvolution to develop standard middleware for use with Toyota's in-car devices globally. Toyota connected