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 [...]

We would like to quote an interesting article that appeared on Herald.ie on the impact that GPS technology might have on efforts to reduce traffic congestion in Dublin. This is in line with the TomTom traffic manifesto and the commitment to drive down time spent on the roads. “DUBLIN’S motorists could cut the amount of [...]

Six Spanish cities are among those with the fewest traffic jams in Europe, according to a recent survey. The investigation analysed average speeds over recent years on the database of the Dutch sat-nav firm, TomTom, in 59 cities of over half a million inhabitants. Brussels, Warsaw and Breslaw (Poland) are the top-three most-gridlocked European cities, [...]

~ Next-generation innovation meets enhanced usability, putting drivers in the fast lane ~ South Africa, Johannesburg 18 November 2010 – TomTom, the world’s leading provider of location and navigation solutions, today announces the availability of its high-end GO 1000 LIVE device, packed with hot new features, super-fast routing and an intelligent screen. “The brand new [...]

TomTom, the world’s leading provider of location and navigation solutions, and Telenor Connexion, today announce a partnership to bring TomTom’s new generation navigation device GO LIVE 1000 to the Nordic region. The device, to be sold in the Nordic market, uses Telenor Connexion’s global SIM technology for delivering real-time connectivity seamlessly across up to 33 [...]

TomTom has announced a “manifesto” for reducing traffic. CEO Harold Goddijn announced the move at an event in London yesterday, alongside version 4.0 of the HD Traffic – that will also come to head unit TomTom-based devices, too. Goddijn says that if 10 per cent of the TomTom userbase were to use HD traffic, it [...]