The disclosure relates to vehicle communications management. Systems and methods for managing communications equipment of a vehicle are provided. The vehicle includes a first modem and a second modemcoupled to the first modem. Responsive to the second modem wireless receiving first data for the first modem when the vehicle is in an inactive state, the first modem is in an off state, and the second modem is in a low power state, the vehicle is configured to wake the first modem from the off state, and process the first data via the first modem.