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Tele Atlas renews TeleNav contract

Tele Atlas and TeleNav have announced a renewed multi-year license agreement whereby TeleNav uses Tele Atlas maps and dynamic content to power a range of wireless navigation applications and its connected personal navigation device.
February 2, 2012 Read time: 1 min
571 Tele Atlas and 573 TeleNav have announced a renewed multi-year license agreement whereby TeleNav uses Tele Atlas maps and dynamic content to power a range of wireless navigation applications and its connected personal navigation device. The agreement marks an extension of the companies’ current partnership, which began in 2006.

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