Navigation DVDs by Tele Atlas for VDO Dayton C-IQ system

    GENT, Belgium--Nov. 18, 2002--The cooperation of Tele Atlas, worldwide leader in the development of state-of-the-art geographic databases, and Siemens VDO Automotive, one of the leading suppliers of car navigation systems, is expanding.
    The company will bundle Tele Atlas's navigation CDs in its retrofit car navigation systems carrying the VDO Dayton brand in some European countries. More aftermarket CDs with up-to-date data for the VDO Dayton brand will gradually become available for all European countries. In January, VDO Dayton will release a Europe DVD with Tele Atlas digital maps for its new C-IQ system. Siemens VDO Automotive also aims to use Tele Atlas digital maps in on-board navigation systems it provides for leading European car manufacturers.
    "This is a major step forward in our cooperation with Siemens VDO Automotive," says Tele Atlas COO Rolv Eide. "We have gained a lot through cooperating with our partners, and are looking forward to increasing our offers for the VDO Dayton brand." Siemens VDO Trading CEO Josef Besting agrees: "We are happy with the first results of our cooperation and regard Tele Atlas as a key supplier to help us with maintaining the quality our customers expect from us. Especially in our new C-IQ system, we want to offer our users a choice of maps, which the Tele Atlas DVD provides."
    Tele Atlas is the worldwide leader in the development of state-of-the-art geographic databases. It has the largest portfolio of the most highly detailed and positionally accurate digital maps of both Europe and North America, covering around 343 million inhabitants in 18 European countries and providing 100% coverage of the whole of North America. The company's digital maps offer worldwide solutions for companies in the Geo Spatial, Navigation and Location-Based Services industries. With its 1800 staff, the company is actively increasing coverage on a global scale and is continuously updating, refining and adding detail to its map databases. Since May 2000, Tele Atlas has been listed on the Neuer Markt Frankfurt, TA6. Visit www.teleatlas.com for the latest Tele Atlas products and services.
    Siemens VDO Automotive is one of the world's leading suppliers of electronics, electrics and mechatronics to the automotive industry. In the 2001 business year (30.9.), Siemens VDO Automotive generated sales of EUR 5.7 billion with 45,000 employees. The trading and aftermarket activities as well as all content software business for navigation systems are bundled within Siemens VDO Trading. With the product brands VDO, VDO Dayton and Siemens VDO, the company's portfolio ranges from navigation, car multimedia and sophisticated car audio systems, vehicle spares such as fuel pumps to tachographs, fleet management systems, spare part service for end of production vehicles and special OEM series for industrial and marine applications. Siemens VDO Trading holds a leading position in the automotive aftermarket. The company has 1.500 employees and it is present in 80 countries and all relevant distribution channels.