Leading Technology Organizations Recognize NAVTEQ Traffic

NAVTEQ Traffic Credited With Powering Award Winning Product, XM NavTraffic

CHICAGO, April 14 -- NAVTEQ , a leading global provider of digital maps for vehicle navigation and location-based solutions, has been recognized for its role in enabling XM Satellite Radio's award winning XM NavTraffic(TM) product with its NAVTEQ Traffic(TM) solution.

Powered by NAVTEQ Traffic, XM NavTraffic has recently received the following four prestigious industry awards that honor innovative new products:

  -- The International CES Innovation Awards in the categories of
     Mobile/Vehicle Electronic and Navigations, Safety and Security.  This
     award, now in its 15th year, honors excellence in consumer technology
     design and engineering.

  -- The Popular Science 2004 Best of What's New Awards in the category of
     Automotive Technology.  Each year, the editors of Popular Science
     review thousands of products in search of the top 100 technology
     innovations of the year - breakthrough products and technologies that
     represent a significant leap in their categories.

  -- An honorable mention from the 2005 Automotive News PACE (Premier
     Automotive Suppliers' Contributions to Excellence) Awards. The award
     honors value-driven innovation in product, technology, process and
     management practices.

  -- A finalist for the Telematics Update 2005 Horizon Award.  This award
     recognizes the best new innovation and/or company in telematics,
     bringing recognition to new ventures that have shown true potential and
     innovation in the telematics field.

  XM NavTraffic and NAVTEQ Traffic

NAVTEQ Traffic provides the foundational data for seamless delivery by the XM NavTraffic service. XM NavTraffic is the nation's first satellite traffic information service that enables a vehicle's on-board navigation system to display current traffic information for a driver's chosen route. NAVTEQ Traffic aggregates data from multiple sources across the country, including the leading commercial traffic data providers, government departments of transportation, police and emergency services, road sensors, cameras and airborne reports. NAVTEQ Traffic aggregates available data including planned incidents (such as road construction), unplanned incidents (such as accidents and disabled vehicles) and flow (speed and movement of traffic). Once received, the data is quality tested to ensure the sources meet NAVTEQ's rigorous data quality standards. The information is then linked to NAVTEQ maps and continuously broadcast via XM's network of satellites and ground- based repeaters, ensuring that the latest information is available to the driver.

About NAVTEQ

NAVTEQ is a leading provider of comprehensive digital map information for automotive navigation systems, mobile navigation devices and Internet-based mapping applications. NAVTEQ creates the digital maps and map content that power navigation and location-based services solutions around the world. The Chicago-based company was founded in 1985 and has approximately 1,500 employees located in over 100 offices in 20 countries.

NAVTEQ is a trademark in the U.S. and other countries.