(Business Wire) TomTom NV announces it
has acquired ilocal, a business listings company based in Amersfoort,
the Netherlands.
local owns a database of categorized and geo referenced business listings in the Netherlands and Belgium
and has technologies in place to maintain the quality and freshness of
this database. This technology will complement TomTom’s existing
in-house and third party sourced Points of Interest datasets which in
turn will enrich the quality of our navigation content. ilocal employs 70 people. No further commercial details of the acquisition are being disclosed.
TomTom NV is the world’s leading
provider of navigation solutions and digital maps. TomTom NV has over
3,300 employees working in four business units – TomTom, Tele Atlas,
AUTO and WORK.
TomTom’s products are developed with an emphasis on innovation,
quality, ease of use, safety and value. TomTom’s products include
all-in-one navigation devices which enable customers to navigate right
out of the box; these are the award-winning TomTom GO family, the
TomTom XL and TomTom ONE ranges and the TomTom RIDER. Additionally,
independent research proves that TomTom products have a significant
positive effect on driving and road safety.
