Starting the 1st of April, all cars manufactured on the European continent are required to be fitted with the so-called eCall system, a feature that automatically dials Europe's single emergency ...

Rumors in the industry claim that "eCall" systems could become mandatory, lest the vehicles will not receive the homologation needed for sale and legal operation on EU countries. The eCall system is ...

Beginning April 1, the eCall system will be required in all new passenger cars and light trucks sold in the European Union. Test and certification company DEKRA explains that eCall recognizes airbag ...

MEPs at Strasbourg’s European Parliament have voted in favour of mandating that emergency call devices be fitted to new cars sold in the EU from October 2015. The proposed eCall system automatically ...

To help mitigate the consequences of serious road accidents, the European Commission (EC) has adopted a proposal for a regulation concerning a type-approval requirement for deployment of the eCall ...

The eCall system fitted in cars under a compulsory EU regulation for the past seven years or so, to send precise locations to the emergency services in case of a serious accident, has apparently been ...

February 19, 2014. Rohde & Schwarz will demonstrate its compact eCall test solution for in-vehicle emergency call systems for the first time at the Mobile World Congress. The setup consists of the R&S ...

Many drivers are unaware of the vital emergency call (eCall) system that is fitted to new cars in the UK. The technology is mandatory for all cars made from April 2018 onwards. And for a good reason: ...

From October 2015 all new cars in the European Union will have to be fitted with an eCall device according to new draft legislation announced Thursday. Starting in October 2015, all new cars in the ...