Communication systems and methods for flexible telematics at a vehicle

A system for allocating communications resources for telematics communications, comprising:

• a service provider;
• a gateway;
• a currently paired mobile communication device:
• having at least first and second communications channels through which communication occurs to the service provider;
• sensing at least one of speed and acceleration of the mobile communication device based on internally provided data;
• detecting changes in at least one the speed and the acceleration of the
• mobile communication device based upon the sensing of the at least one of speed and acceleration by the internally provided data;
• and
• determining that an event notification is to be sent to the service provider based upon the detected change in the at least one of the speed and the acceleration;
• and
• a telematics device having at least a third communications channel through which communication occurs to the service provider, at least one of the telematics device and the currently paired mobile communication device:
• determining which of the first, second, and third communications channels is to be used to communicate to the service provider;
• and
• the respective one of the telematics device and the currently paired mobile communication device sending the event notification to the service provider.