BMW PRESENTS OPEN SOURCE TELEMATICS PROTOCOL

Munich/Las Vegas. BMW has joined forces with telematics service providers
Connexis LLC and WirelessCar to establish a more stable and uniform interface
infrastructure for delivering end-to-end telematics services. BMW's objective
in the collaboration was to create a flexible protocol platform open to all
telematics providers and vehicle manufacturers, and capable of meeting rapidly
changing industry needs. The Next Generation Telematics Protocol (NGTP) is
presented at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

Customer benefits of NGTP.
NGTP's flexibility offers customers the ability to conveniently access new
services without the hassle of making technical adjustments inside the vehicle.
Changing customer needs can also be more rapidly addressed using NGTP which
allows for easy swapping out of old services for new offerings.

Infrastructure of NGTP.
NGTP promotes openess and flexibility by separating the components of the
telematics delivery chain, and introducing a 'dispatcher' to provide a single
interface between the telematics unit (TU) in the vehicle and the telematics
service provider (TSP). Since the interfaces are technology-neutral, all
back-end components including the dispatche, TSPs, call centre and content
provider can be easily interchanged. The protocol is flexible for use with all
telematics service offerings and in any country. The open interface created by
NGTP also enables OEMs to continously provide new services to both legacy
vehicles and new models over the entire vehicle lifecycle.

Furthermore, OEMs with existing telematics business models, or those launching
telematics services in the future, can benefit from the enhanced service
offerings and open integration options resulting from this new protocol.

BMW ConnectedDrive.
Since 1997, BMW ConnectedDrive has played a leading role in delivering
state-of-the-art telematics services. Today, ConnectedDrive serves 500,000
customers in 10 countries. Offerings include emergency call, traffic
information, information services, Google™ local search and internet-based
services. As telematics offerings continue to advance and become more relevent
to consumers, more providers will enter the industry. As a result, interface
standardisation will become increasingly important for integrating and
interchanging telematics options. With NGTP, BMW ConnectedDrive continues to
lead the industry in delivering innovative telematics products and services to
the market.