ZTE and Mojio Retrofit Dumb Cars into IoT-Enabled Smart Transportation

According to a recent announcement, ZTE and Mojio have joined forces to leverage T-Mobile’s SyncUP DRIVE and make almost any car smarter in order to unlock its data for the driver.

ZTE is a provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, and Mojio is an open platform for connected cars. Together, they hope to roll out in a big way their new partnership with this launch of T-Mobile's SyncUp DRIVE, which will be available November 18.

The SyncUP DRIVE solution combines ZTE’s IoT device with Mojio's cloud-based platform and mobile app, Motion, and powers it all on T-Mobile’s network.

“Over the next five years the global economy will continue to transform and be connected together more than ever,” said Lixin Cheng, SVP, ZTE Corporation. “Our M-ICT 2.0 strategy is helping us lead this transformation and we're excited to showcase this through teaming up with Mojio and T-Mobile in bringing the T-Mobile SyncUP DRIVE solution to consumers in the U.S.”

Working with most vehicles from 1996 and newer, the T-Mobile SyncUP DRIVE solution plugs into the car's OBD-II port to not only unlock 4G LTE Wi-Fi access for passengers, but enable enhanced features such as virtual fences to know when your loved ones are arriving and departing common locations. It also offers real-time vehicle notifications to help keep your family safe and vehicle disturbance alerts to help keep your car secure, even when you're not with it.

“The Motion app combines years of research with an intuitive user interface to enable a new kind of automotive peace of mind,” said Kenny Hawk, CEO, Mojio. “The goal of this IoT collaboration is to improve the relationship we have with our cars by adding enhanced safety, security and connectivity capabilities to the cars we already drive.”