WAKEFIELD, Mass. – August 21, 2024 – The Automotive Edge Computing Consortium (AECC) today announced that a world leader in information and communication solutions, Furukawa Electric, has joined as a member. The AECC is a non-profit consortium of cross-industry players working to drive best practices for the vehicle, mobility, and computing convergence.

As a member of the Consortium, Furukawa Electric will collaborate with AECC members to evaluate the work being done by mobile network operators, automotive manufacturers, communication, cloud and other related technology standards bodies and technology communities to ensure that new technologies and standards will meet the future needs of connected vehicles.

Furukawa Electric’s group purpose is: “Composing the core of a brighter world.” The company’s vision for 2030 is: “In order to build a sustainable world and make people’s life safe, peaceful and rewarding.” Furukawa Electric Group will create solutions for the new generation of global infrastructure combining information, energy and mobility.”

Furukawa Electric Group has been contributing to the global field of information and communications by providing a wide range of products, from optical fiber, cable, and optical devices to routers and networking systems. In addition, the company has also established a presence in the automotive-parts operations, contributing to the realization of safe, secure, and comfortable automobiles through wire harnesses and functional products. Their expertise in communications solutions and dependable automotive systems will help the AECC support high-performance, highly reliable communications and robust networks for the automotive region. Furukawa Electric will work with the global AECC members to identify more efficient ways to support the high-volume data and intelligent services required for distributed computing and network infrastructures.

The AECC accelerates the development of connected vehicle best practices, proofs of concept and new use cases by sharing relevant findings, requirements and technology solutions with industry standards organizations. The AECC’s vision is to create a new era where connected vehicles use high-volume data to help improve safety, sustainability, reliability and the driving experience.

“We’re very pleased to welcome Furukawa Electric to the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium,” said the AECC Board of Directors in a joint statement. “Furukawa Electric has the technology and experience to make an invaluable contribution to AECC’s work, as we collaborate on solutions for the next generation of the connected vehicle.”

About Furukawa Electric

Since its establishment in 1884, Furukawa Electric Group provides a wide range of technologies, products, and services around the world for infrastructure fields such as information and energy, automotive systems fields, and electronics fields with our 4 core technologies of metals, polymers, photonics, high frequency. Visit https://www.furukawa.co.jp/en/

About the AECC

The Automotive Edge Computing Consortium (AECC) is an association of cross-industry, global leaders working to explore the rapidly evolving and significant data and communications needs involved in instrumenting billions of vehicles worldwide. The AECC’s goal is to find more efficient ways to support distributed computing and infrastructure network architectures to support the high-volume data needed for intelligent vehicle services. The AECC’s members are key players in the automotive, high-speed mobile network, edge computing, wireless technology, distributed computing and artificial intelligence markets. For more information about the AECC and its membership benefits, please visit https://aecc.org/.