In order for his proposed solution to succeed, the automotive and telecommunications industries need to cooperate; and their engineers and IT experts will need to collaborate. New networking technologies and business relationships are critical to success. Ford explained: No one company or industry will be able to solve the mobility issue alone and the speed at which solutions take hold will be determined largely by customer acceptance of new technologies. The telecommunications industry is critical in the creation of an interconnected transportation system where cars are intelligent and can talk to one another as well as the infrastructure around them. Now is the time for us all to be looking at vehicles on the road the same way we look at smartphones, laptops and tablets; as pieces of a much bigger, richer network. IT solutions are already tackling traffic congestion problems and shaping what transportation will look like in 2025 and beyond.