Amsterdam, 08 February 2012 – TomTom has made a landmark move into the insurance market by providing the technology behind a new insurance product, which bases premiums on driving behaviour. TomTom has teamed up with insurance broker Motaquote for the launch of Fair Pay Insurance – a product that rewards ‘good’ drivers with lower premiums. [...]

TomTom passed another milestone by providing its award-winning fleet management system to 15,000 customers actively managing over 175,000 vehicles. This represents a 30% growth rate year on year in the number of fleet vehicles managed using TomTom’s WEBFLEET(R) fleet management system. As a result of TomTom’s organic growth strategy, WEBFLEET remains the largest single-platform, legacy-free [...]

TomTom continues to expand and consolidate its Asian regional buisiness, and has now taken full control of its Thailand joint venture, increasing its stake from 80 percent to 100 percent. The acquisition in Thailand of its minority shareholder marks the third in a row this quarter for TomTom. Earlier TomTom acquired 100 percent ownership of [...]

SOUTH AFRICA; Johannesburg, 06 October 2011 – TomTom today launches the TomTom GO LIVE Top Gear edition, bringing fans a combination of a Stig mode, Jeremy Clarkson’s directions and unique Top Gear selected points of interest including race track and raceway locations related to the series. Featuring TomTom’s congestion-busting HD Traffic technology, the new satnav [...]

Satellite navigation specialist TomTom has announced the launch of the International Traffic Foundation, a programme designed to encourage collaboration in the field of traffic management. Run by TomTom itself, the not-for-profit group aims to bring together key stakeholders from academia, industry and government with a single goal: the reduction of traffic congestion. As a result, [...]

NEW DELHI: TomTom, one of the world’s leading providers of navigation solutions to car drivers, announced that it was entering Indian market. The company would start selling three navigation devices — Via 100, Via 120, and Via 125 – from next month. TomTom, which had spent last several years building maps of Indian streets, said [...]

Hertz has partnered with TomTom, a leading provider of in-car location and navigation products, to offer vehicle rental customers across Europe the latest edition of the Hertz NeverLost satnav system. NeverLost 4 is based on the TomTom Via 120 EU with its unique dynamic routing; providing customers the fastest route to their destination based on [...]

The Dutch firm TomTom already has an app on iPhone but said the new version, to be released in Autumn this year, would also be optimised for iPads. At the IFA trade show in Berlin TomTom unveiled a new version of its iOS navigation software that offers an optimized user interface for the iPad. “Now [...]

~ Drivers can now safely tweet their ETA and search live travel reviews using new, driver-friendly versions of Expedia, TripAdvisor and Yelp ~ Johannesburg, 29 August 2011 – Today, TomTom is introducing new, driver-friendly versions of popular social networking and online travel services. New Search & Go LIVE Services – which include Expedia, TripAdvisor and [...]

TomTom NV, the Dutch maker of navigation devices for automobiles, will start selling the devices in India by the end of this year which will help offset slowing sales in the US and Europe. “We expect the Indian market to be significant in the coming years,” said Jocelyn Vigreux, general manager and senior vice president [...]