"GPS navigation is a service that people around the world can use in their every day lives," said HP Jin, president, CEO and co-founder of TeleNav. "With this launch with Telcel, we continue to build upon our vision of bringing award-winning GPS mobile phone navigation to customers around the globe."
TeleNav GPS Navigator provides voice and onscreen turn-by-turn directions, comparable to in-car navigation systems and personal navigation devices (PNDs). Telcel customers can use TeleNav GPS Navigator in any vehicle or while walking, and voice directions are available in Spanish or English. While en route, users receive real-time guidance, including street names, and will automatically be re-routed if a turn is missed. The service also includes access to business listings so customers can look up addresses and get directions directly from their phone. Maps and business listings are updated automatically and at no additional charge.
Telcel, the leading wireless services provider in México, will provide its customers with this new handy solution provided by TeleNav. This new application serves as an all-in-one solution for work and personal needs. TeleNav GPS Navigator provides Telcel customers with a service that is relevant, feature-rich and high-quality.
Features of TeleNav GPS Navigator for Telcel customers include:
-- Voice and on-screen turn-by-turn driving directions -- Customers enter
in destinations and TeleNav GPS Navigator computes the routes. While
driving, users receive real-time guidance, including street names, and will
automatically be re-routed if a turn is missed. Directions are available in
Spanish and English.
-- Business Finder -- Customers can look up thousands of businesses and
services, including banks, restaurants and hotels, and easily navigate to
them with the click of a button.
-- Spot Marker -- Users can mark waypoints to help find their way back to
a location or to record points of interest.
-- Pedestrian Mode -- TeleNav GPS Navigator can also be used while
walking, to help guide customers through crowded downtown streets or back
to a parked car.
-- Automatic map updates -- Customers never have to worry about updating
new map information or having to pay for updates which are provided by
TeleNav at no additional charge.
-- My Favorites -- Customers can save addresses for easy access and
directions later.
Telcel is currently offering a free 30-day trial of TeleNav GPS Navigator. An ongoing subscription can be purchased for 299 pesos for three months of unlimited use or 499 pesos for six months of unlimited use. For more information, customers can visit www.telenav.com.
About TeleNav, Inc.
TeleNav, Inc., a privately-held company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, was the first to launch a cell phone GPS system in the United States. Deployed by 15 carriers in 21 countries, TeleNav is a global leader in wireless location-based services (LBS). Currently, the company's solutions are available in four continents, including North and South America, Asia and Europe.
TeleNav's solutions include GPS navigation, Mobile Resource Management (MRM), social networking and local search. The company's flagship product, TeleNav GPS Navigator™, is comparable to in-car systems found in luxury vehicles, offering a superior experience with functionality, such as automatically-updated maps and business locations, full color 3D moving maps, traffic alerts and one-click rerouting, location-sharing, business reviews, speech recognition, Wi-Fi hotspot finder, lowest-price fuel finder and more. TeleNav's enterprise application, TeleNav Track, incorporates GPS-enabled tracking, time sheets, wireless forms and navigation. TeleNav Track is a widely adopted service with over 9,000 customer organizations using it today.
TeleNav products are available on more than 450 wireless devices and run on all major mobile platforms currently available. TeleNav's partners include Sprint Nextel, AT&T, T-Mobile USA, Alltel, Boost Mobile, Qwest, SouthernLINC Wireless, Rogers, Bell Mobility, T-Mobile UK, T-Mobile Austria, China Mobile, Vivo Brazil, Telcel, NII Holdings, Research In Motion (RIM), Motorola, Samsung, Sanyo, LG, Palm, HTC, Hewlett Packard, Nokia, NAVTEQ, Tele Atlas, deCarta, INRIX, Qualcomm and SiRF Technology Holdings.
For more information on TeleNav, please visit www.telenav.com.
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Contacts: Mary Beth Lowell TeleNav Inc. 425.531.0122 Email Contact