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Press Release MOBITEL selects Webraska Navigation to launch its assisted navigation “m>navigacija”
Paris, France - December 18, 2007 Webraska is pleased to announce that MOBITEL has chosen Webraska’s “off board” navigation, for the deployment of its assisted navigation m>navigacija on mobile phones. Following an invitation to tender and thorough studies, the choice of MOBITEL fell on the French editor Webraska. The keys to success were the quality of the navigation with the Slovenian cartography as support, integrating the Navteq data with the data of a local partner. Service is completely localized, enabling voice navigation and geo naming in Slovenian language. In contrast to the traditional systems, Webraska´s patented “off board” navigation offers online automatic access to the most recent updates of the cartographic data without occupying additional memory space of the mobile phone. “Thanks to Webraska, Mobitel m>navigacija service guides users safely and easily, with clear voice instructions in Slovenian and offers complete set of 2D and 3D maps, directly on the mobile phone of our subscribers”, explained Mitja Štular, Ph.D., CTO from Mobitel. “Webraska helped us incorporate the best maps for Slovenia from local providers with the top maps of other parts of Europe and this allows us to offer the best street coverage to all Mobitel subscribers”. From a PDA or a mobile phone, combined with integrated or standalone GPS receiver, this solution allows in particular:
The system also offers a choice of several additional parameter settings: to calculate the itineraries for pedestrians, to take or avoid toll roads, ... About Webraska Webraska is part of the sanef group and is one of the leading providers of mobile GPS navigation solutions and high-end geospatial software platforms for wireless carriers and major Internet service providers worldwide. Webraska’s customers include Yahoo!, Orange, Vodafone, TMN, Sensis/Telstra, Toyota, Nextel, Masternaut, Qualcomm, Intelematics, Raywood, Punch Telematix and Groeneveld. Webraska is a member of Nokia Pro Forum programs, Sony Ericsson Developer World and BlackBerry® ISV Alliance Program. For more information visit: www.webraska.com Contact Presse WEBRASKA Bernard LEPIDIDirecteur du Marketing et de la Communication +33 (0) 1 56 88 11 19 / +33 (0) 6 11 47 67 67 blepidi@webraska.com Contact Presse F.D. COM Franck DAVID+33 (0) 1 43 41 65 59 / +33 (0) 6 71 11 75 94 presse@fdcommunication.fr |
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