At the end of the year 1.5 million people around the globe were actively using TomTom LIVE Services, including TomTom HD Traffic. Coming from 690,000 at the start of the year, TomTom continues to see growth in the use of its traffic information. Currently, over 90% of TomTom’s automotive systems and 20% of TomTom’s Portable [...]

TomTom has revealed some interesting experiences since “Break Free” has been launched 2 weeks ago! It appears that not only the clients are having fun, but so too the TomTom staff! TomTom had a launch party for the store sales guys, a press conference, training sessions and then and kicked off with the social media [...]

It’s official: traffic is hazardous to your health. According to independent research commissioned by TomTom, drivers, and men in particular, seem to suffer a significant and unhealthy increase in physiological stress when driving in traffic. Independent tests1 – which measured physiological stress markers in participants’ saliva – revealed that while women experienced an 8.7% increase [...]

Earlier today I received an accident report from our road safety emergency response partner ER24 about the accident in the above photo. A bakkie carrying 16 occupants rolled on the N1 south just before the Beyers Naude drive exit. When paramedics arrived at the scene, the bakkie was lying on its right hand side, and [...]

1 Obey the rules of the road and carry your driver’s license with you. 2 Plan the route to your holiday destination and allow yourself enough time to reach the destination 3 Make sure that your vehicle is in a roadworthy condition before departure. All lights and indicators, windscreens, windscreen wipers, brakes, steering, shock absorbers, [...]

Barcelona, Mobile World Congress, 16 February 2010  Tele Atlas the world leader in high quality digital maps and dynamic content, and TeleNav, Inc., one of the largest wireless navigation service providers in North America, have announced a renewed multi-year license agreement whereby TeleNav uses Tele Atlas maps and dynamic content to power a range of [...]

AMSTERDAM, Feb 09, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — TomTom (AEX:TOM2), the world’s leading provider of navigation solutions and digital maps, today announces that it is expanding into Morocco. TomTom is entering the market with two products: the mid-range TomTom XL (including maps from Morocco and Europe) and the entry-level TomTom Start (including maps from Morocco). The [...]

Despite tough economic times consumers will still go the extra yard to buy gifts for family and friends! We can expect that the focus this festive season might be less on expensive gifts and more on practical gifts to be used daily! Perhaps one of the best gifts to show that a person cares is [...]

QuickGPSfix can speed up the time it takes to fix your GPS position by downloading the latest satellite data via an Internet connection. Just connect your TomTom device to your computer and TomTom HOME automatically downloads ‘QuickGPSfix’ – a special GPS data file that helps your TomTom GO (920/720/520/910/710/510) and TomTom ONE (XL/3RD EDITION/2nd Edition) [...]

                  It is the sixth year of the Innibos Arts Festival (01 – 05 July 2009) in Nelspruit and another record attendance is expected. More people, more party goers … and that’s where TRAC assists! Trans African Concessions (TRAC), the toll concessionaire operating and managing the N4 [...]