Tele Atlas Furthers Global Coverage Leadership with Tele Atlas Connect
Providing Digital Maps for More than 140 Countries
Orlando, FL, CTIA Wireless 2007, March 27, 2007 ? Tele Atlas (FSE: TA6,
EUNV: TA), a leading global provider of digital maps and dynamic content
for navigation and location-based solutions, today announced the
availability of Tele Atlas Connect(TM), which provides digital map
coverage for more than 140 countries. A complement to the company?s
comprehensive MultiNet(TM) global digital map database, Tele Atlas Connect
has already been selected by Nokia for the N95 multimedia device, which is
the first product to leverage the data and help users initiate local
searches all over the world.
Tele Atlas Connect features basic mapping and routing functionalities,
including cross-border routing, and is intended to provide partners with a
single, seamless global coverage solution for digital map and
location-based applications. Designed to simplify development, Tele Atlas
Connect is geometrically and logically seamed with the MultiNet database
and is available in standard database formats to ensure ease-of-use.
?Our partners are seeking broader coverage solutions in order to
strengthen their own products and meet the demands of their increasingly
global markets,? said Basak Ozer, vice president, global product
marketing, Tele Atlas. ?With the introduction of Tele Atlas Connect, we
continue to deliver on our commitment to providing global digital map data
solutions that help enable business users and consumers find more of what
they need, wherever they may be.?
Tele Atlas Connect is now available in limited release for partner
application developers and device manufacturers in the Internet, wireless,
GIS, fleet/logistics, utilities, personal navigation and automotive
markets. The general release of Tele Atlas Connect is scheduled to be
available later this year.
About Tele Atlas
Tele Atlas delivers the digital maps and dynamic content that power some
of the world?s most essential navigation and location-based services. The
information is the foundation for a wide range of personal and in-car
navigation systems and mobile and Internet map applications that help
users find the people, places, products and services they need, wherever
they are. We also work with business partners who trust our digital map
data to deliver critical applications for emergency, business, fleet and
infrastructure services. Founded in 1984, the company provides maps
covering 64 countries around the world. Tele Atlas has approximately 2,400
full-time staff and contract cartographers at offices in 24 countries and
uses a sophisticated network of professional drivers, mobile mapping vans
and more than 50,000 data resources to deliver highly accurate and
up-to-date digital maps. Tele Atlas is listed on the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange (TA6) and on Euronext Amsterdam (TA). For more information, visit
www.teleatlas.com. |