Digital Maps for Better Safety and Emergency Help; Tele Atlas Supplies Data for the New Benefon Life Line System

    GHENT, Belgium--May 27, 2003--Digital maps from Tele Atlas are used to provide better safety and emergency help with the Benefon Life Line system. The Finnish company has just launched this solution for small organisations and professional users with high requirements for employee safety. Through better communication and localization of emergencies, help can be sent instantly to the right spot. This not only saves people's lives, but also reduces the cost of operation significantly. The system will improve the operations of security and delivery businesses, including police, social workers, home nurses, field engineers, taxi drivers, etc.
    The Benefon Life Line package consists of the software, a tracking device and a CD-ROM containing detailed map coverage of a country. Benefon Life Line software is used as a back-end application and can be locally installed in a service centre or in the customer's premises. Employees can send emergency messages and location updates to the service center, which requests the employees' position. The location of the employee is presented on a map and the operator can then send help to the right location. Benefon Life Line is available with the complete Tele Atlas digital geographic map database that covers over 700 Million inhabitants in Europe and North America.

    About Benefon

    Benefon is the leader in GSM/GPS mobile telematics terminals and solutions. Headquartered in Salo, Finland, Benefon has designed and manufactured wireless terminals for GSM and NMT systems since 1988. Please visit Benefon's Web site at www.benefon.com.

    About Tele Atlas

    Tele Atlas is a 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. Visit www.teleatlas.com for more about Tele Atlas. Find information on the latest CDs for the Bosch/Blaupunkt, Clarion, Siemens VDO and VDO Dayton (Philips CARiN) navigation systems on www.navshop.com.