TomTom has combined its sub-Saharan Africa and Benelux operations and hopes to increase local market share to 50% in the next two years.
TomTom regional manager of sub-Saharan Africa Joost Jetten has been named VP of sales for Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg) and sub-Saharan Africa.
Jetten says the position has been newly created and another country [...]

HAMILTON — The state’s highest court yesterday upheld the revocation of a Hamilton man’s probation in a 2004 domestic assault, a revocation based in part on GPS computer records showing that he had entered areas near his wife’s home.
The Supreme Judicial Court ruling in the case against John Thissell makes clear that probation officers and [...]

A 24-year-old British man was fined an effective R8 000 or one year in jail by a special World Cup FIFA court in Bloemfontein on Thursday after a car crash on the N1 in which a man died.
The Bloemfontein District Court fined James Haywood R24 000, or three years imprisonment, of which R16 000 or [...]

22 April 2010
Based on its recent analysis of the automotive navigation market, Frost & Sullivan recognises TomTom N.V. (TomTom) with the “2010 European Automotive Navigation Company of The Year Award.” Despite tough market conditions, TomTom has managed to perform consistently and is the market leader within Europe for portable navigation devices (PNDs). The company enjoys [...]

Mar 29, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — 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 [...]

~ Let Victor Matfield tell you ‘you’ve reached your destination’ or allow a convincing Morné Steyn to navigate you to the nearest golf course ~
South Africa, Johannesburg, 19 March 2010 – TomTom has launched a limited edition TomTom Start with the famous South African rugby team Blue Bulls from Pretoria.
The world’s leading provider of navigation [...]

Can GPS navigation devices help sport spectators to arrive alive at sports stadiums in foreign countries? I have come across an interesting story on SPORTStechy about the Winter Olympics and how the mapping software of TomTom is assisting thousands of spectators. I would like to qioute from this story:
“For those of us who live in [...]

TomTom has released a specially designed gift for Valentine’s Day. The ‘I’d Be Lost Without You’ navigation package includes a pure white TomTom Start, Flaming Red StartSkin™, carry bag and pre-loaded Points of Interest (POIs).
The TomTom Start is easy to use and has all the quality features you’d expect from TomTom, making it the ideal [...]

AMSTERDAM, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Dutch navigation device maker TomTom (TOM2.AS), facing threats from Google (GOOG.O) and Nokia’s (NOK1V.HE), said it expects to keep high margins on its devices and software, according to an interview published on Tuesday.
TomTom Chief Executive Harold Goddijn, speaking to Dutch daily Telegraaf, said that the device maker was well positioned [...]

There has been much discussion about the safety of football spectators coming to the World Cup hosted in South Africa. There have been ridiculous claims made about the need for safety vests and bodyguards etc. None of these were required for the 2009 Confederations Cup, the Lions Rugby Tour or the IPL20 in South Africa [...]