Tele Atlas Maps Featured in New Mio Personal Navigation Devices
Written by Tele Atlas
Thursday, 27 September 2007
Tele Atlas Maps and Rich Content Continue to Enhance Navigation Experience for Mio DigiWalker Devices in North America
New York — September 27, 2007 — Tele Atlas (FSE: TA6, EUNV: TA), a leading global provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and location-based solutions, announced it will provide Mio Technology, Ltd. with digital maps and rich navigation content for its new devices, the Mio DigiWalker™ C720t, Mio DigiWalker™ C230 and Mio DigiWalker™ C320, which were unveiled this week at the DigitalLife technology conference.
“Our consumers are seeking GPS solutions that offer rich navigation and digital entertainment features that play a central role in their everyday lives,” said Kiyoshi Hamai, North American sales director, Mio Technology Ltd. “The latest digital map data and content from Tele Atlas, combined with our range of product offerings deliver the navigation experience right for the GPS fanatic or first-time user.”
The new Mio devices feature Tele Atlas digital maps for the United States and Canada and content for millions of points of interest (POIs), to help provide users with a range of shopping, dining, sight-seeing and entertainment information. To help provide a clear, user-friendly navigation offering, the devices offer turn-by-turn routing and Tele Atlas Voice Maps. Notably, the C720t delivers an industry-leading 12 million POIs and expanded map coverage, with full maps of the United States and Canada and additional map information for Mexico City, Guadalajara, Aguascalientes and major roads throughout Mexico.
“Today’s savvy technology consumers seeking portable GPS offerings want devices that enable them to find more of what they’re looking for, arrive at their destinations with greater ease, and also fit in with their digital lifestyle,” said Quan Vu, vice president, personal navigation, Tele Atlas. “As Mio continues to deliver innovative, easy-to-use GPS technology products that offer unique, feature-rich experiences, we’re excited to continue to support and help expand their success in the market.”
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 (LBS). 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. The company also works with business partners who trust its digital map data to deliver critical applications for emergency, business, fleet, and infrastructure services. Through a combination of its own products and partnerships, Tele Atlas offers digital map coverage of more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. The company was founded in 1984 and today 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.
About Mio Technology Ltd. (MTL)
Mio Technology Ltd. (MTL) operations are worldwide. Foreseeing that the mobile lifestyle and mobile commerce will be mainstays of life in the near future, the company is dedicated to the development of enabling devices. Its main business is the sale of Mio DigiWalker™ - branded mobile communication products, such as smartphones, Pocket PCs and handheld GPS systems. For additional information on MTL and its products, the North American headquarters are located at 47988 Fremont Blvd., Fremont, CA 94538. Phone (510) 252-6950 · fax (510) 252-6930 · e-mail at The company is online at www.mio-tech.com.
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