1.1 Definition of VASValue Added Services, VAS, is a term that was coined in the telecommunications industry for services that gobeyond core service, such as mobile voice communications. Such additional services are intended to addvalue for the consumers in order to encourage them to use the telecommunications service more often and toadd an additional revenue stream for the Service Provider.In the context of EFC, a VAS in this strict sense is a telematics service offered to the Service User by meansof an EFC OBE. This service might directly be consumed by the driver in the vehicle, or might, particularly inthe case of heavy vehicles, be targeted at the fre