Luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will use BlackBerry Ltd.’s infotainment and security software in its vehicles, the companies said on Thursday.
The licencing deal with Tata Motors Ltd.’s JLR is the Canadian firm’s latest in the automobile industry following agreements with Qualcomm Inc., Baidu Inc. and Aptiv Plc. Under the deal, terms of which were not disclosed, BlackBerry will license its QNX software for cars and Certicom security technology to JLR. The Waterloo, Ontario-based company has sought to reinvent itself after the collapse of its smartphone business, focusing on a rapidly changing auto industry that is racing to add more autonomous features and ultimately build self-driving cars. “Connected and autonomous vehicles will react and drive based on rich data. Our platforms help process data efficiently and keep it secure and trusted,” said John Wall, general manager of BlackBerry QNX.
