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Tele Atlas Names Finalists in LBS Innovators Series Event PDF Print E-mail
Written by Tele Atlas   
Tuesday, 11 December 2007

Selected Partners to Present Business Plans to Venture Capitalists and Industry Experts at Dow Jones VentureWire Mobile Technology Summit



New York – December 11, 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 finalists of the Tele Atlas LBS Innovators Series event held in conjunction with the VentureWire Mobile Technology Summit, produced by Dow Jones. The finalists span mobile calendaring, shopping/retail, social networking, advertising/promotional and real estate applications.

“As consumer awareness and interest in LBS grows, the possibilities for new services are endless. Through the Tele Atlas LBS Innovators Series and our ongoing collaboration with Dow Jones, we are able to independently foster the development of innovative applications that will benefit the wireless industry as a whole,” said Darren Koenig, Tele Atlas’ Wireless, Internet and Telecom Director. “It’s exciting for us to work with these entrepreneurs to create fun and useful mobile applications for consumer experiences based on location.”

Based on the business potential of their LBS applications and attractiveness to venture capitalists, five companies were nominated by Tele Atlas and selected by Dow Jones to present their new location-based solutions to venture capitalists and industry experts at the 2007 conference. This exclusive opportunity is a key component of Tele Atlas LBS Innovators Series, an ongoing program held in conjunction with Tele Atlas DeveloperLinkSM to help foster innovation and enable application developers to expand their visibility, credibility and success with key participants in the industry including investors, carriers and technology providers. The featured finalists are:

§ Embience, Inc., a mobile technology company that equips brands, advertisers and content providers with a robust platform and authoring tools to build on-device portals, rich mobile applications and promotions;

§ GPShopper, the distributor of Slifter, a mobile local product search engine focused on using wireless and location based technologies to connect consumers with products at retail stores;

§ RoboCal, a service that allows users to access calendar application information via any phone, as well as turn-by-turn spoken driving directions, based on calendar appointments;

§ Smarter Agent, a service that combines mobile location technology, such as GPS, with information about real estate, neighborhoods and interesting places around a given location; and

§ Socialight, alocation-based social media platform that lets mobile phone users access and share local information, personal experiences and promotions from any source, including the community around them.

To learn more about the Tele Atlas LBS Innovators Series and upcoming events, as well as information on Tele Atlas DeveloperLink and LBS development resources such as sample applications, sample map data and a series of Digital Mapping Webinars, visit http://www.teleatlas.com/LBSseries.

Tele Atlas experts will also be featured this week in several high profile speaking venues. Koenig will address how advanced digital mapping technology and content can further LBS innovation on the LBS panel at the Mobile Technology Summit on Tuesday, December 11 in New York City. On the same day in Hollywood, Florida, Tele Atlas’ Wireless and LBS Director David Nevin will participate in a Roundtable Discussion at the Sprint Open Development Conference focused on significant industry activities and trends.

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 delivercritical 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 2,500 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 VentureWire
VentureWire produces the leading daily newsletters and industry events for the venture capital market (www.venturewire.com or www.venturecapital.dowjones.com). VentureWire is a unit of Dow Jones Financial Information Services, which produces sector-specific products and events for the private equity, venture capital and diversified markets including VentureSource, Private Equity Analyst, and Daily Bankruptcy Review.

About Dow Jones Financial Information Services
Through its Financial Information Services group, Dow Jones produces focused, sector-specific online databases, newsletters and industry events for the private equity, venture capital and diversified markets. Newsletters published include Private Equity Analyst, VentureWire and Daily Bankruptcy Review. In addition, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; www.dowjones.com) is a leading provider of global business news and information services. Its Consumer Media Group publishes The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch and the Far Eastern Economic Review. Its Enterprise Media Group includes Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Dow Jones Licensing Services, Dow Jones Indexes and Dow Jones Financial Information Services. Its Local Media Group operates community-based information franchises. Dow Jones provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

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