TomTom Lifetime Map and Traffic Updates Now Available in North America
CONCORD, Mass.--TomTom, the world’s leading provider of location and navigation solutions, today announces the availability of a wide range of TomTom devices offering Lifetime Map Updates and Lifetime Traffic Updates. These new features empower users with the accuracy of TomTom’s most up-to-date maps, as well as real-time traffic information that helps them avoid traffic delays and other hassles on the road. At no extra cost, customers will receive these updates for the useful life of the device.
“This feature, in conjunction with TomTom’s Lifetime Traffic Updates, offers our customers the assurance that they will always have the industry’s most accurate maps and the real-time traffic information they need for hassle-free navigation.”
“The nation's roads are changing every day, so TomTom is proud to offer Lifetime Map Updates on our portable navigation devices,�?? said Tom Murray, vice president of market development for TomTom Inc. “This feature, in conjunction with TomTom’s Lifetime Traffic Updates, offers our customers the assurance that they will always have the industry’s most accurate maps and the real-time traffic information they need for hassle-free navigation.�??
Lifetime Map Updates
TomTom’s Lifetime Map
Updates feature
allows users to keep their maps fresh by downloading, every few
months,
the industry's most accurate and up-to-date maps. The maps include
one
million more miles than competing maps and, in certified tests, rate
highest in terms of quality and reliability. The road network changes
on
average 18 percent annually, so they are continually refreshed to
include improvements across the entire road network and updates to
Points of Interest.
Lifetime Traffic Updates
TomTom’s Lifetime
Traffic Updates
feature offers real-time insight into traffic events to help drivers
avoid delays. The TomTom device receives the latest traffic
information
every three minutes, recalculates total drive time and suggests more
efficient alternate routes if they are available.
All TomTom products featuring Lifetime Updates also include TomTom’s proprietary IQ Routes™ Technology and TomTom Map Share™. IQ Routes offers the most efficient routing for any time of day or day of week. This feature, combined with the real-time traffic information via Lifetime Traffic Updates, ensures the very best routing possible. Map Share allows users to make map improvements on their device and share these improvements with the TomTom community.
Availability and Price
Select TomTom devices across the
TomTom XL and TomTom XXL product lines are now available with
Lifetime
Map Updates, Lifetime Traffic Updates or a combination of these
features. Pricing starts at $199.95 MSRP and varies by model.
For more information, please visit: www.tomtom.com
* TomTom devices featuring Lifetime Map and Traffic Updates are only available in North America.
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About TomTom N.V.
TomTom N.V. (AEX: TOM2) is the
world’s
leading provider of location and navigation solutions. Headquartered
in
the Netherlands it has over 3,000 employees worldwide. More than 40
million people use its solutions every day, in the form of dedicated
portable navigation devices (PNDs), in-dash car systems or tracking
and
tracing solutions for fleet management. In addition, hundreds of
millions of people use TomTom’s digital maps on the
internet or mobile
phones.
In 2009, TomTom reported €1.5 billion in revenues and a €340 million net cash flow from operating activities. More information about TomTom can be found at www.TomTom.com.