Wayfinder reaches out to 22 new markets

23 January 2008, 10:47am

WAYFINDER: WAYFINDER REACHES OUT TO 22 NEW 23 January 2008 - Today marks a new milestone for Wayfinder's award winning navigation services. Navigable map coverage for another 22 countries, from Hong Kong to Mexico, has now been added to Wayfinder Navigator on-line products. This means that consumers can now enjoy and benefit from voice guided turn-by-turn navigation and other features in all these countries with their mobile phones. In India, this will be the first time ever when users of most popular mobile phone models will have access to navigation with detailed street level maps.

"It's truly a great feeling to be able to introduce our services to new markets. By adding new map coverage we will be able to give new mapping and navigation experiences to our existing and new users and to support our partners, mobile operators and handset manufacturers in some of the fastest growing markets in the world", says Magnus Nilsson, CEO Wayfinder."

India is one of the fastest growing mobile markets in the world and as from today, Wayfinder brings GPS mapping and navigation service available for users of most popular phone models from leading phone manufacturers. Wayfinder Navigator is compatible with over 150 most popular phone models, including devices like Sony Ericsson's K600i, P1i and Nokia's
N95 and 6600. Wayfinder has an exclusive co-operation for navigation with India's leading digital map provider, MapmyIndia since May 2007.

Wayfinder Navigator will be sold through the Wayfinder web site, www.wayfinder.com, with map coverage extended to the following new regions:

· Hong Kong and Macau
· South East Asia: Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand & Malaysia
· Taiwan
· India
· Mexico
· Southern Africa: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Mozambique, Swaziland, Lesotho, Botswana
· Russia
· Slovenia
· Turkey, added to Wayfinder Navigator Europe
· Croatia, added to Wayfinder Navigator Europe
· Chile

By co-operating with all leading map providers Wayfinder's customers are assured the best map quality and coverage in each country and region. On the new areas released today, Wayfinder uses TeleAtlas maps in all countries with the exception of India provided by MapmyIndia, Chile provided by Dmapas and Slovenia provided by Monolith.

www.wayfinder.com

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