TomTom buys Tele Atlas for $2.77 billion
Posted on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:48:20 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr | Topic: Technology News
GPS device maker TomTom agrees to buy digital maps company Tele Atlas for about $2.77 billion.
Tele Atlas is the world's 2nd largest digital maps producer.
By gaining direct control over a maps company, TomTom is supposed to deliver real-time update to its devices.
Tele Atlas is supposed to still sell to other GPS companies and operate as a seperate unit.
More details on Bloomberg.
We could see more deals like that though. To own a maps company could become a necessary competitive advantage for GPS device makers. There are not that many to go around. Navteq is the number one maps maker, so maybe they are next.
Posted on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:48:20 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
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