Global leader in V2X technology announced a rearranging of roles within its top leadership to strengthen foundations for rapid growth and scaling.

20 February, Santa Clara, California – 11-years-old Commsignia, the largest company fully dedicated to V2X technology announced the reallocation of key roles within its top management.

Laszlo Virag, who has been fulfilling the CEO role since the passing of Jozsef Kovacs in late 2021, will shift focus onto strategic leadership, investor relations and creating the company vision as Executive President and CTO. The CEO role will be taken on by co-founder Szabolcs (Szabi) Patay, whose main focus will be on company management and growth execution. He has been with the company since its first days, and lately he has been working as Chief Revenue Officer.

The goal of the reorganization is the optimal allocation of tasks, providing a solid foundation for the rapid growth the company is experiencing.

 “With the growth of the company, we want to make sure that proper focus is given to both the long term vision and the daily operations. I’m positive the new setup perfectly serves this goal, and both my and Szabi’s abilities are leveraged in the best possible way” – Laszlo Virag comments. 

“I could not be more excited to step into this role, and am looking forward to facing a bigger share of the responsibility in creating a harmonic working environment ensuring high performance, that helps Commsignia maintain its leading role in the industry. I’m really proud of all the results we’ve accomplished in the past years, of the exceptional team we have built up, and all the challenges we have come across – I’m eager to continue this work.” – Szabolcs Patay comments.

We are happy to announce we have just opened our UK Office, with the local team led by seasoned expert in wireless technologies, Andy Chappell.

“We are excited to increase our presence in the UK. We’ve already completed some projects here, and we see how active and engaged the local industry is.” – said Jozsef Kovacs, CEO of Commsignia.

“We see a growing interest in V2X related projects making it vital to have a local presence. We will be better able to cater to our customers and partners in the UK. I’m looking forward to announcing the upcoming projects we already have in the pipeline in the UK.”

Commsignia UK is already operational, feel free to reach out to us to learn more!

Commsignia, the largest company fully focusing on vehicle-to-everything (V2X) solutions, today announced the joining of Michael Becker to the company as VP of Global Automotive Business Development.

Throughout his career, Michael Becker (51) has gained extensive experience in various senior leadership roles focusing on software and hardware products and business development. He has been responsible for driving programs and teams globally with a strong focus on Asia, Europe and North America. He was leading the development of the first optical in-car infotainment network, and holds multiple patents for infotainment and networking solutions.

He spent 20 years at Harman International, where he started as a software engineer and moved on to product development and management, later evolutioned to global sales and business development, and later on partnerships. In 2011 he joined ATX (acquired in 2013 by SiriusXM) as Senior Director of Global Business Development, and throughout his tenure there later on he fulfilled managing director and VP roles as well. He is joining Commsignia from Agero, where he spent 2 years as VP Europe Customer Services. 

In his new role, he will be responsible for creating and executing the Automotive sales strategy of Commsignia, overseeing all levels of customer engagements in every customer project from business development, sales and account management perspectives to maintain Commsignia’s position as a global market leader in V2X. Besides, he will focus on building and maintaining Commsignia presence in the DACH region to support existing and potential customers.

“I couldn’t be more excited to join Commsignia, a company that provides cutting-edge V2X automotive technology and smart city solutions. I’m delighted to become part of this outstanding team and I’m looking forward to supporting an accelerated growth of Commsignia” 

Michael will continue to work in Germany.

Commsignia has developed a vendor-agnostic method of transmitting automotive-grade vehicle-to-everything (V2X) messages including information aggregated from multiple sources, including the cloud, with the use of 4G and 5G connections.

The vehicle-to-network (V2N) solution can be applied to avoid traffic jams and prevent accidents in semi-static situations. A simple and rather common example is when cars congest highway exits and obstruct the outer lane, creating a dangerous situation. One known solution is when the on-board navigation system of stalled vehicles sends status information to the cloud via a 4G or 5G cellular connection. The navigation supplier’s cloud-based traffic information service then informs other vehicles of a possible traffic jam in the area. Such solutions usually only work within the specific supplier’s ecosystem.

Commsignia’s solution can aggregate information from different data sources, including various suppliers’ cloud databases, infrastructure data from roadside sensors and cameras, and sensor data from V2X-enabled vehicles. While cloud-based solutions trigger an early warning about a possible event, a vehicle’s V2X on-board unit sends more precise information in low-latency direct messages to other V2X-enabled vehicles in the area. These vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) messages contain the exact location of the recognized event. Commsignia’s hybrid fusion layer verifies alerts from different sources and provides the driver with aggregated data.

By combining network-based V2N, infrastructure-based V2I and vehicle-based V2V data, Commsignia’s solution offers more precise warnings and opens up the possibility of notifications reaching more drivers, increasing road safety. 

This solution was developed in the SAFERtec project. SAFERtec has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no 732319

Commsignia today announced the successful completion of C-Roads cross-border testing in Austria and France at the end of 2020, proving that Commsignia’s ITS-G5 V2X solutions, the RS4 roadside unit (RSU) and OB4 on-board unit (OBU) using Autotalks V2X radios with verification acceleration and embedded HSM Hardware Security Module are fully compliant with the pan-European C-Roads project specifications for ITS-G5 communications. The results show the maturity and interoperability of the Autotalks chipset and the complete Commsignia HW&SW solution and enables European customers to ramp up deployment volumes.

In addition to the C-Roads tests, the units are certified against the EU Radio Equipment Directive (EU RED).

Commsignia’s RS4 RSUs and OB4 OBUs are already OmniAir certified, regular participants on ETSI Plugtest events for interoperability and the units are fully compliant with all European V2X standards. The dual technology, DSRC / C-V2X, capability of the units ensure the support of both ITS-G5/DSRC and C-V2X technologies, enabling deployments regardless of regional preferences.

Commsignia V2X solutions are already delivered to more than 25 countries globally. In the various deployments Commsignia proved its competence in complete V2X security, SCMS/PKI integration and secure interoperability with devices from other vendors. The Commsignia OBUs and RSUs run Commsignia’s own automotive grade V2X software stack, security stack and applications.

The Commsignia automotive grade V2X stack, security stack and applications are also available for automotive OEMs and Tier-1s planning to line fit their vehicles with V2X functionality

About C-Roads Platform

C-Roads is a joint program of European Member States’ authorities and road operators for harmonising, testing and implementing C-ITS services C-ITS. The initiative’s goal is to ensure the cross-border interoperability of services for road users.

About Autotalks

Autotalks (www.auto-talks.com) is a V2X chipset market pioneer and leader, providing customers worldwide with state-of-the-art V2X solutions. Autotalks helps reduce collisions on roadways and improve mobility with its automotive qualified chipsets. The chipsets offer the most advanced, truly secure and highest performing global V2X communication solution designed for autonomous vehicles. Autotalks’ advanced technology, to be mass deployed in the coming years, complements the information coming from other sensors, specifically in non-line-of-sight scenarios, rough weather, or poor lighting conditions. It significantly improves overall road safety, effectively coordinating vehicles, self-driving cars, motorcyclists and pedestrians.

About Commsignia

Commsignia is the market’s most dynamic V2X company thanks to its cutting-edge technology and market ready portfolio. Commsignia specializes in Connected Car / V2X “Safer on the Road” software and hardware products compatible with IEEE 802.11p standards and DSRC and future Cellular V2X (C-V2X) / 5G technologies. Commsignia is helping to build the next generation autonomous car and smart mobility ecosystem that will make driving safer whilst reducing congestion and lowering emissions. Commsignia supplies best-in-class V2X (Car2X) Communication Software, hybrid V2X /ADAS Applications with robust PKI and SCMS security, a V2X SDK as well as OnBoard (OBU) and Roadside Units (RSU) for connected car and Smart City deployments.

Commsignia, a leading vehicle-to-everything (V2X) solution provider today announced that its V2X software and security stack is now available to work with the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ Automotive 4G and 5G Platforms for vehicular and roadside units (RSUs), leveraging the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™2150 Platform for computational power, the cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) system complements C-V2X communications solutions, while delivering 4G, 5G and C-V2X capabilities. The Snapdragon Automotive 4G and 5G Platforms, in conjunction with Snapdragon 2150 Platform, are highly integrated and optimized, allowing for the mass production-ready OnBoard (OBUs) and Roadside Units (RSUs) for long-range communications, while providing C-V2X direct short-range connectivity enabling low latency V2X communication.

With this important milestone, Commsignia provides OEMs and Tier-1 automotive suppliers an up-to-date, highly efficient, production-grade, global C-V2X solution on all Qualcomm® Automotive Wireless Solutions. The state-of-the-art software stack complies with the latest standards and industry requirements, including ASPICE and MISRA C, fulfilling high quality requirements of the automotive industry.

Commsignia’s proprietary V2X security stack makes full use of the Snapdragon 2150 Platform’s built-in Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) accelerator. Commsignia’s approach ensures secure V2X communication, while providing high verification throughput, as well as best-in-class computing performance, saving application processor computing budget, and carmakers can take advantage of working with a single supplier providing all necessary C-V2X software components.

The FCC’s decision about spectrum usage last November now allows the exchange of information between C-V2X connected vehicles, pedestrians and the infrastructure, even when the participants are not in the line of sight.

C-V2X is a key technology to help safer driving, preventing road accidents, while it’s also reducing congestion and harmful emissions by optimizing traffic flows. As roads are getting digitized with C-V2X roadside units, and vehicles are sharing more and more information with each other and the infrastructure, data security is becoming a basic requirement for car manufacturers to ensure safety.

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) fundamentally changed the vehicle communications (C-ITS) market in the US by restructuring the 5.9 GHz band. The industry must go forward on a narrowed spectrum with Cellular V2X or C-V2X technology instead of the widely used Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC). The changes announced pave the way for progress, eliminating the uncertainty caused by competing technologies.

Commsignia has always been supporting both C-V2X and DSRC and is well prepared to help the US market go down this newly designated path. Road operators and cities can focus on their primary missions, saving lives and making transportation more efficient, while we at Commsignia deliver the best technologies and services needed to achieve these goals.

For those who have DSRC systems up and running we’re ensuring a smooth transition to C-V2X. Those who use our dual-mode equipment are in a unique position to solve this problem with a mere software upgrade at no significant cost. Our C-V2X offer includes ITS-RS4-M ver:C roadside units (RSU) for cities and road operators and ITS-OB4-M ver:C onboard units (OBU) for fleets to deploy V2X services in the US.

We’re participating in setting up the C-V2X certification processes with OmniAir to rigorously test our devices because standardization and certification is in our corporate DNA.

Join our webinar!

If you already have C-ITS infrastructure or want to build one, we invite you to join our webinar where we deep dive in FCC’s ruling and the future of this market. Laszlo Virag will talk about the impacts of FCC’s decision and how Commsignia supports building C-V2X infrastructure or upgrading an existing one. 

Register on the Webinar Event page.

Details of FCC’s November 18, 2020 decision:

The FCC allocated 45 MHz of the 5,9 GHz band to unlicensed devices, vehicle communication remained on the upper 30 MHz. C-ITS users have to vacate this lower part of the band within one year of the effective date of the First Report and Order, and leave behind DSRC within 2 years in the remaining band designated to C-ITS.

Commsignia, a market leader in V2X solutions, has recently officially joined the IMT 2020 Promotion Group, which works on 5G research and development, standardization, and technical trials in China. Commsignia is now a member of the IMT2020 C-V2X Working Unit.

IMT2020 was founded by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Science and Technology. It leads 5G standardization and industrialization efforts and also aims to strengthen international R&D cooperation. Its members are mostly key regulators, operators, and vendors as well as academic organizations. China has identified C-V2X as the technology to be used for V2X and intelligent transport systems, with the 5.9 GHz spectrum assigned for ITS deployments and trials.

By joining IMT2020, Commsignia aims to leverage its expertise in V2X to participate in creating communications solution standards and interoperable products that will ultimately enable vehicles to be fully automated, making future mobility safer and more efficient.

“Commsignia has been a pioneer in the V2X industry, and we are excited to be one of the largest V2X companies to complete the joining process and get the opportunity to participate in promoting V2X in China. I believe that by leveraging the global industrial experience we have gained developing automotive products, we can become a valuable contributor to the organization, and the cause as well” – Jozsef Kovacs, CEO, highlighted. “China has expressed a preference for C-V2X technology, and with its focus on deployments, we are excited to work with the organization and its members.”

The Membership Status is effective as of August.