TRG Expands Automotive Intelligence Services: Wireless, Navigation, Telematics, and Digital Entertainment

MINNETONKA, Minn. & SINDELFINGEN, Germany--Aug. 6, 2004--TRG (Telematics Research Group) is pleased to offer expanded Automotive Research Portals specifically tailored to meet the competitive intelligence needs of OEMs and electronics suppliers targeting the automotive industry. TRG's new research portals are subsets of TRG's Global Telematics Survey that profiles hundreds of passenger vehicles from major regions around the world.

For the first time, suppliers are able to subscribe to the automotive intelligence that meets the needs of their market. Subscribers to any or all of the segments can quickly drill down to the intelligence that would normally take them weeks to collect, and months to maintain. TRG's databases are the most in-depth product intelligence available on automotive wireless & telematics, navigation systems, in-vehicle phone solutions, Bluetooth interfaces, digital entertainment systems, and driver assist technologies.

            TRG's Automotive Electronics Research Portals

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Service Segments     Profiled Systems        Coverage    Subscription
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Wireless &           In-vehicle phones,      No. America $4,850/region
 Telematics Services  Bluetooth interfaces,  Europe
                      voice recognition,     Asia
                      telematics services,    Pacific
                      information portals
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Automotive OEM       Navigation systems,     No. America $4,850/region
 Navigation           multifunction          Europe
 Headunits            headunits, Displays,   Asia
                      HMIs, hardware details  Pacific
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Automotive Digital   Branded audio systems,  No. America $4,850/region
 Entertainment        CD/DVD solutions       Europe
Systems              MP3, iPOD and media     Asia
                      players, Back seat      Pacific
                      entertainment
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Driver Assist        Park assist,  Adaptive  No. America $1,200/Region
 Systems              cruise                 Europe
                     Pre-crash systems, Lane Asia
                      departure, adaptive     Pacific
                      lighting, driver
                      monitoring
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TRG's research portals utilize a powerful web-based search engine allowing clients to quickly evaluate OEM solutions by brand, by model, country, or by function. TRG's Intelligence Services provide full details on OEM line-fit solutions such navigation systems, telematics, Bluetooth and more. These subsystems are profiled in database format including pricing, specs, suppliers, capabilities, user features, and hardware requirements.

About TRG:

TRG (Telematics Research Group, Inc.) tracks, analyzes, and forecasts the market for automotive telematics, including in-vehicle wireless devices, navigation and digital entertainment. TRG conducts a global telematics survey of these technologies and publishes this information through reports and on-line research services.

TRG was established in 2001 and expanded its operation in January 2004 with the formation of TRG Europe GmbH, a joint venture between TRG and Dornier Consulting (Sindelfingen, Germany).