ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC 
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Alpine Electronics, Inc.
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Alpine Electronics and Chleon Automotive Announce Strategic
Partnership to Develop the
Next Generation Connected In-Vehicle Infotainment System.
Tokyo, Japan (Jan. 18, 2012) - Alpine Electronics, Inc., a leading automotive systems and audio specialist, and Chleon Automotive Ltd., a supplier for content and application management platforms for automobiles, today announced a strategic partnership to develop a next generation connected in-vehicle infotainment platform to keep drivers safe, informed and entertained.
In today's automotive market, the importance of connectivity with cloud computing is rapidly increasing. In September 2011, in alliance with Nokia, Alpine announced its first system ready for "Mirror Link," the standard of smart phone connectivity solutions for the "Car Connectivity Consortium(*1)."
The Alpine and Chleon partnership aims to develop a next generation connected infotainment system, which will enable direct connectivity to internet cloud networking through an integrated communication module. Chleon will provide its Application Management platform, which Alpine will integrate to its in-vehicle infotainment unit.
Chleon's powerful connected solution will offer drivers the latest cloud-based entertainment, such as social networking services (SNS), internet radio programming, emergency road assistance and remote vehicle diagnostics. Several content providers of internet radio, SNS and other entertainment apps have already agreed to join this platform, and discussions are continuing with other partners to further expand content and service quality.
In designing this next generation connected infotainment system, Alpine and Chleon will give special consideration and perspective to the user interface for the driver's safety and for a secure real-time data connection. The launch of the infotainment system is currently planned to be within this year, with details to be announced later.
About Chleon Automotive
Chleon Automotive is a supplier of the world's most
advanced platform for getting apps and content into the
car and diagnostics data out of the car in a safe and
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