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Source: Wired

Volvo is connecting with fellow Swede Spotify to bring the popular streaming service to the car for the first time. While rumors of the Scandinavian alliance have been circulating, Thomas M. Müller, vice president of Electrical & Electronic Systems Engineering for Volvo, told Wired that it's imminent, although he didn't specify a roll-out.

The news comes on the heels of another Swedish company, Ericsson, making news with the announcement that it will be providing its Connected Vehicle Cloud service for Volvo, which features the Spotify integration. And it also highlights Volvo's unique approach to telematics and connected-car services.

Müller also told Wired that instead of using the existing telematics modem for cloud-connected services, Volvo will allow drivers to bring in a second and separate SIM card that can use their existing data plan. With mobile data sharing plans becoming popular, this could prove to be a way to free drivers from the captive data plans of most telematics systems. And Colella says Ericsson plans to offer the platform to other automakers. "We are going to try and work with different industry players," he says. "We will try to spread the use of these applications to other automakers and in other areas."
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