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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Top Wireless Companies Leverage Tele Atlas Data
MENLO PARK, Calif.--March 18, 2004--
Tele Atlas, a worldwide leading provider of digital map data and location content, today announced the availability of additional dynamic location content to augment its existing nationwide traffic incident with speed and flow data for major U.S. markets. Tele Atlas has added speed and flow data to extend its position as the leading aggregator of location-based, real-time nationwide traveler information. This data provides real-time information on traffic speeds and estimated travel times for major U.S. roads. The real-time speed, flow and incident traffic information contain location codes that allow the data to be referenced directly to the intersections of roads in Tele Atlas' map. Companies can then easily integrate the road maps and the traffic information to build compelling applications. Location-based services (LBS) applications and wireless companies are especially suited to take advantage of this data since this type of real-time, dynamic data is of great interest to wireless subscribers.
George Fink, COO of Tele Atlas, stated, "Customers have validated our mapping and dynamic location content offering, and have pushed us to add new dynamic content to our maps such as speed and flow to continue reaching additional subscribers."
Joseph J. Berry, vice president of GIS and LBS for Tele Atlas in North America, commented, "Our data is being used for a number of major wireless deployments in Europe and North America. In addition to three of the top European wireless operators -- H3G, Vodafone and T-Mobile Traffic -- top U.S. companies including Microsoft, AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless, Verizon Wireless, U.S. Cellular and ALLTEL are utilizing Tele Atlas' mapping or to provide their subscribers with the data they need to commute more efficiently and travel more effectively."
"These companies are demonstrating their market leadership by deploying wireless data services that combine real-time information with mapping and other location data. We are thrilled to be able to offer these and other leading companies content that their subscribers can now access wirelessly and that will contribute to the adoption of wireless location-based services and applications," said Alain De Taeye, CEO of Tele Atlas.
Wireless solutions and LBS applications that are leveraging Tele Atlas location content will be displayed at Tele Atlas' booth #3029 during CTIA Wireless 2004 in Atlanta, March 22-24, 2004.
About Tele Atlas
Founded in 1984, Tele Atlas is a worldwide leading provider of digital maps and dynamic location content for a variety of navigation, location-based services and geospatial products and database solutions. Tele Atlas' database is a highly accurate reproduction of today's street network, enabling turn-by-turn route guidance on a high percentage of European, U.S. and Canadian roads. Tele Atlas' compatibility with major navigation systems and its open system design have placed the company's technology at the heart of both consumer and business-to-business applications worldwide. From logistics to marketing to traffic and fleet management, in almost every sector of today's business and consumer world, Tele Atlas has built a reputation as an acknowledged pioneer and leader in the digital map industry. For more information, please visit www.na.teleatlas.com (in North America) or www.teleatlas.com (in Europe).
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