Many visitors to the Arrive Alive website have enquired about GPS devices and where they can purchase these in South Africa.
We have approached the Arrive Alive website road safety Partner TomTom and were provided with detail on some of the TomTom sattelite navigation devices and where we might be able to buy them.
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– 02 September, 2010 –
TomTom, the world’s leading provider of location and navigation solutions, announces that a new update to the TomTom App for iPhone is coming soon. The new update demonstrates TomTom’s commitment to provide continued innovations and an enhanced navigation experience.
Now, TomTom users will [...]

TomTom and Sony revealed today a collaboration that will bring TomTom’s expertise in the field of navigation and services technology to Sony’s new Xplod AV Navigation Systems. This device comes fully connected* providing unprecedented live knowledge of the road ahead.
“We are delighted that Sony has selected TomTom as their navigation services supplier in Europe”, [...]

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 [...]

TomTom said Tuesday that the company has signed Localeze, a business-listings identity management company, to provide local business information as points of interest for future TomTom GPS devices.
Localeze will provide over 14 million points of interest to TomTom GPSes, beginning in 2011, of which nearly 600,000 have been verified and managed by local businesses themselves.
The [...]

Dutch navigation device maker TomTom said on Friday it will start to sell portable navigation devices (PNDs) in China and has closed a distribution deal with a local partner.
“It is not yet clear what we can expect from the Chinese market. It is not a large agreement,” said a TomTom spokesman, adding the company’s focus [...]

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Vehicle navigation system maker TomTom NV reported a 69 per cent rise in second quarter net profit Wednesday thanks largely to increased sales of maps and content to car manufacturers.
TomTom said its net profit for the quarter was €34 million (US$43.7 million), up from €20 million a year earlier while revenues [...]

AMSTERDAM, Jul 05, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — TomTom today announces the appointment of Charles Davies as Group Chief Technology Officer.
Charles will join the company from Nokia, where he was VP, Technology Adviser and then interim Head of Technology and Architecture in Nokia Devices R&D. Prior to the Nokia acquisition, Charles was Symbian’s CTO for six [...]

AMSTERDAM, Jun 30, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — TomTom, the world’s leading provider of location and navigation solutions, announces the availability of its latest digital map products, including Tele Atlas MultiNet(R) 2010.06.
With this release, the company’s navigable map products now cover more than 32 million kilometers (20 million miles) across 102 countries and territories globally. The [...]

The World Cup has shown South Africans how important traffic information on heavily congested roads near Sports Stadiums could be! But where do we find this important information that is ‘Real Time” and not the delayed reports from many radio stations?
TomTom, the world’s leading provider of navigation solutions and digital maps, has recently announced the [...]