NAVTEQ® Map To Power Mobile Devices’ Telematics

01 June 2010, 6:59pm

Paris – NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, has announced that Mobile Devices has chosen to utilise NAVTEQ data globally in its line of dedicated and standardised platforms for fleet management and telematics applications.

Mobile Devices is using NAVTEQ maps for Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific for PND navigation applications, hence the map data will also be employed in Mobile Devices’ Dreevo connected PNDs, which are available direct to consumers and also as an integral part of the company’s enterprise solutions which include white label application stores and its technology “Screen Share”.

Originally specialising in products for professional applications, Mobile Devices has particularly focused on developing the telematics framework architecture specified by the transport and logistics industry. As a result, the company now has an impressive portfolio of customers operating fleets in a broad variety of businesses from taxis to garbage collection and from public transport to police forces.

“Our logistics solutions are used in 42 countries across four continents with more than 400 different applications and NAVTEQ’s single global specification is a big advantage in cross border fleet optimisation and routing,” explained Cyril Zeller, Mobile Devices VP Sales & Marketing. “In addition, our SDK* is used by a growing community of over 2,000 developers and integrators around the world to produce both professional and consumer applications and we feel confident that NAVTEQ data will provide the accuracy and coverage required for emerging services.”

Designed to be truly open, Mobile Devices’ MCT 2.0 Open Telematics OS is based on its own embedded software architecture. It enables third party editors to easily add services to all connected devices and upgrade those services in the field. Innovative Screen Share technology allows independently developed applications to operate via one screen and touch panel.

“Mobile Devices’ work in the telematics market is facilitating high quality and high value emerging services for both professionals and consumers,” commented Peter Beaumont, Enterprise customer marketing director EMEA, NAVTEQ. “Our own growing portfolio makes us well placed to support this development.”

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Geo: International