NOKia Selects Tele Atlas Connect for N95 to Provide Global Maps to Wireless Users

location based services

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 AtlasTele 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.
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