ITIS Announces New Contract
ITIS Holdings PLC
06 June 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday 6th June 2005
ITIS APPOINTED AS UK TRAFFIC DATA PROVIDER TO TOMTOM
ITIS Holdings plc ('ITIS') is pleased to announce a new contract with Dutch
based Eurotraffic to deliver real time traffic information to customers of the
TomTom personal navigation products. Under the terms of the contract, ITIS
receives a share of the annual subscription paid by the customer for the traffic
service.
TomTom has selected its data suppliers through Eurotraffic who appointed ITIS as
the UK partner to deliver fast, reliable and comprehensive traffic information.
The new traffic service, as part of TomTom PLUS, will inform TomTom users about
road incidents and congestion. The service is completely integrated with TomTom
navigation products offering users a comprehensive overview of the traffic
situation before a journey starts and the option of re-calculating routes to
minimize traffic delays as they occur.
Eurotraffic is responsible for integrating and delivering the ITIS data as part
of a seamless pan European service to TomTom PLUS users.
Bard de Vries of Eurotraffic said, 'Eurotraffic chose ITIS Floating Vehicle Data
for the Tom Tom service as they wanted to offer UK customers the best possible
traffic content'
Stuart Marks, Chief Executive of ITIS Holdings Plc said, ' This new service
compliments the existing range of voice and data products that ITIS already
offers in the navigation market and confirms our leadership in this area.
TomTom has been a hugely successful entrant into this fast growing area and we
are pleased to be working with them.'
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Contacts:
Stuart Marks, Chief Executive, ITIS Holdings plc - 0161 929 5788
Ginny Pulbrook, Citigate Dewe Rogerson - 0207 638 9571
Note to editors:
ITIS Holdings plc, listed on Aim, is the UK's leading provider of traffic
information and vehicle security services.
ITIS has invested in the development of a unique system for the collection and
analysis of traffic information; it combines information from the AA traffic
control centres with ITIS Historic and real-time Floating Vehicle Data (FVD) to
provide Journey time forecasts and real-time updates. ITIS now operates the
largest commercial application of FVD anywhere in the world, and delivers the
content over a variety of platforms including RDS-TMC (Alert C), digital radio
and automated telephone services (IVR) under the AA Roadwatch brand.
Through its NavTrak business (www.navtrak.com), ITIS has developed a unique and
innovative stolen vehicle tracking service delivered via GPS/GSM technology,
which offers theft alerts, vehicle tracking and police liaison throughout
Europe.
• Detection of theft - even when owner's keys have been taken.
(Automatic Driver Recognition - ADR)
• Automatic GPS tracking of stolen vehicles (Stolen Vehicle Recovery)
• Theft alerts, GPS tracking and police liaison covering 20 European
countries (EUROWATCH)
• Instantaneous position report to any mobile phone (AutoTrak)
• Mileage reports to show trips and cumulative distances travelled
(Journey Diary)
For further information on the Company please visit our website at
www.itisholdings.com or www.navtrak.com
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