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Telcontar Taps Navigation Technologies to Offer Customers Advanced Digital Map Database |
Customers to Benefit through Reduced Costs,
Faster Time to Market, and Ability to
Deal with One Vendor.
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San
Jose, Calif. - February 26, 2003 -Telcontar,
the provider of the premier software platform
for location-based services (LBS), today
announced it will now be able to provide
NAVTECH® data pre-formatted in its proprietary
RMF format to its customers. By eliminating
the need to negotiate separate data and
software contracts with multiple vendors,
consolidating support points of contact
and providing pre-formatted data, Telcontar
has substantially reduced the implementation
costs, time to market, and technical risk
for LBS and telematics services suppliers
in the United States and Europe.
"Telcontar is very excited by this agreement,"
said Eric Carlson, President and CEO of
Telcontar. "We believe simplifying the
value chain is the key to accelerating
the emergence of a mainstream LBS services
market. By buying map data and spatial
platform software from a single source,
our customers will now be able to get
to market faster with less risk and reduced
investment in vendor or contract management.
Once in the market they will experience
lessened support and operating costs as
well as a reduced requirement for in-house
map data expertise. We look forward to
working very closely with all parties
to ensure the success of this program."
Telcontar's Drill Down Server and Traffic
Manager products are widely used for the
creation and delivery of large scale,
private labeled telematics and LBS services
such as map portals, in-vehicle, handset
or PDA-based navigation, roadside assistance,
real time traffic reports and vehicle
tracking. Some of the company's well known
customers include Yahoo!, ATX Technologies,
H3G, Pharos, Networks in Motion, Ford
Motor Company, Criticom, Directed Electronics,
AudioVox, Intertrack and Solectron.
"Navigation Technologies has been impressed
with Telcontar and the quality of its
products for years as the two companies
have worked together on a number of customer
implementations. We are pleased to formalize
this agreement and strengthen the ties
between the two companies," said George
Filley, Vice President and General Manager,
Internet/Wireless of Navigation Technologies
North America.
About Telcontar
Telcontar is the provider of the premier
software platform for location-based services.
Telcontar's clients use its Drill Down
Server™ and Traffic Manager™
products to offer their own customers
such services as driving directions, real-time
traffic information, and maps. The company's
services are also used by emergency response
call centers as well as for fleet tracking
and dispatch. The company specializes
in integrating digital maps with content
drawn from multiple sources. Telcontar
is privately held and headquartered in
San Jose, California with field offices
in Los Angeles, Houston, and the United
Kingdom. For more information visit www.telcontar.com.
About Navigation Technologies, Inc.
Navigation Technologies creates the digital
maps that power navigation and location-based
services around the world. The Chicago-based
company was founded in 1985 and is privately
held. The company's 1,200 employees are
in over 100 offices in 18 countries. For
more information, visit www.navtech.com.
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TRADEMARKS: Telcontar and Drill Down
Server are trademarks or registered trademarks
of Telcontar. All other product names
are trademarks or registered trademarks
of their respective holders.
Telcontar Information Contact:
Cassie Stevenson, (415) 533-2720
cstevenson@telcontar.com
Navigation Technologies
Bob Richter, (212) 802-8588
bob@richtermedia.com
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