Support for the G-BOOK-vehicle terminals equipped with 3 G mobile phone communications module, to the maximum speed of 144 Kbps communications, provided by KDDI wireless network communications platforms. In order to store downloaded music and traffic maps, and other large-capacity data, with the SD card slot. Such as news and weather forecasts for a smaller capacity of the text information services, can at any time when required to use the Internet to download the use of motor vehicles. The use of G-BOOK communication and information costs 550 yen per month since starting.

Toyota to the G-BOOK great efforts to promote, in addition to its own-brand vehicles to provide the services, has also to Fuji Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Motors models to provide some of G-BOOK technology and services to secure the services become The fact that the industry standard.

Honda's Internavi Premium Club
Toyota released on G-BOOK service in the next day, Honda Motor Co. also announced a long-range information services Internavi Premium Club ", and apply it to specific models on the set with the Toyota almost the same period.

Internavi Premium Club by phone and PHS (PHS) to connect to the vehicle navigation system, provide full-Japan's road traffic information and news and other information services. It supports the wireless communications network is very extensive, covering NTT DoCoMo in addition to the 3 G service "FOMA" from all the mobile phones and PHS networks.

Internavi Premium Club the most important feature: the use of car navigation systems set up lines, you can download Honda independent collection and processing of all Japanese traffic congestion information. Honda from the Road Traffic Information and Communication Systems Center and Japan Road Traffic Information Center to collect traffic information, and separate from the mobile time interval after the release, motorists can thus set the best traffic information line. Information services costs, the first three years of free car use (including automotive navigation systems in the electronic map and application software once a year free upgrade), after several hundred yen per month.

Honda advocated the long-range strategy and information services Toyota different: "We will only provide help for the driver services. Not only Karaoke and online shopping features.” That the services it provides focus on improving vehicle The basic functions, giving priority to enrich the navigation function, and then expand to traffic information, e-mail and the state of emergency road services.

U.S. market conditions
Strictly speaking, and Internet-related automotive telematics services prototype first appeared in the mid-1990s, when only provide some preliminary information services and, through a simple computer technology to improve vehicle safety and comfort. In the United States, an earlier offer remote information services is a typical representative of General Motors under the Onstar, is also available for Mercedes-Benz cars ATX services company. Onstar in the promotion of long-distance information service in the most positive aspects of the surface, frequent advertising publicity.