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New York, September 26, 2006 – Tele Atlas (FSE: TA6, EUNV: TA), a leading navigation
and location based services content provider for wireless devices and applications
worldwide, today announced it has been selected by Nokia to provide the digital
map data and dynamic location content for the Nokia N95, a new multimedia device
equipped with GPS functionality launched by Nokia today in New York.
“Nokia and Tele Atlas share the vision that mobile handsets can help people not
only better connect with each other, but better connect with the world around
them,” said Tele Atlas Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Alain De Taeye.
“The Nokia N95 introduction, enhanced with rich and highly accurate Tele Atlas
map data and dynamic location content, will transform the way people discover
things. We’re delighted that Nokia selected us to power the N95’s personal navigation
features.”
The Nokia N95 is a multimedia computer that offers mobile users around the world
multiple ways to connect to information, entertainment and people. An integral
part of the Nokia Nseries multimedia personal computers, the Nokia N95 features
built-in global positioning system (GPS), WLAN, a 5 mega-pixel camera, HSDPA and
dual mode menu (standard/landscape). The Nokia N95’s navigation features leverage
Tele Atlas digital map content and provide users with pre-installed features,
including:
Free, basic mapping and routing functionalities to initiate local searches for
more than 100 countries;
Map display, so that users can clearly see precisely where they are;
More than 15 million points of interest (POIs), to help users easily find local
attractions; and
Optional upgrades to full navigation features, intended so that users can be
quickly and accurately routed to wherever they need to go.
“We’re excited to work with Tele Atlas to complement our mobile mapping and navigation
offerings,” said Ralph Eric Kunz, vice president, Multimedia Nokia. “The Nokia
N95 is the first Nokia Nseries multimedia computer to leverage built-in GPS along
with high-speed connectivity to allow consumers to search, map and navigate to
a location.”
About Tele Atlas
Founded in 1984, Tele Atlas delivers the digital maps and dynamic content that
power the world’s most essential navigation and local search solutions. The information
is the foundation for a wide range of personal and in-car navigation systems,
mobile and Internet map applications that help GPS system users find the people,
places, products and services they need, wherever they are. Tele Atlas also works
with business partners who deliver critical applications for emergency, business
fleet and infrastructure services. The company employs 2,300 full-time staff and
contract cartographers at offices in 20 countries around the world and uses a
sophisticated network of professional drivers, mobile mapping vans and tens of
thousands of data sources to regularly update its maps. Tele Atlas is listed on
the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (TA6) and on Euronext Amsterdam (TA). For more information,
visit www.teleatlas.com.
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