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Telefonica Collaboration.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n ITIS Holdings PLC\n11 February 2008\n\n\n\n\n\n Real time traffic information trial in Barcelona with Telefonica Espana\n\n\n\nITIS Holdings plc, ('ITIS' or 'the Company') is pleased to announce that through\na collaboration with Telefonica, the largest mobile network in Spain and one of\nthe largest mobile groups in the world, real time traffic information has been\nsuccessfully launched in a test area of Barcelona using the company's Cellular\nFloating Vehicle Data system (CFVD(TM)).\n\nA total of 663 km of Barcelona's roads are covered by the CFVD(TM) system, which\nprovides high quality speed and flow data using operational information from the\nTelefonica network. The data is being presented for the first time at the 3GSM\nMobile World Congress in Barcelona by ITIS. Garmin, a world leader and\nmanufacturer of personal navigation devices, will also be demonstrating this\nCFVDgenerated speed and flow data on some of their devices at the event.\n\nStuart Marks, CEO, ITIS Holdings plc: 'We are delighted to be working with\nTelefonica on this exciting project. Our CFVDtechnology has once again\nproven that ITIS can generate high quality traffic information from a cellular\nnetwork. Following the recent and successful national rollout of CFVDin\nBelgium, we are confident that we will be able to move quickly to a national\nservice in Spain.'\n\nFrancisco Puertas, LBS Manager, Telefonica Espana: 'Working with ITIS on this\nimportant project has enabled us to demonstrate how information from our own\nnetwork can support a high quality traffic services. ITIS has already proven\nthe scalability of its CFVD technology over the Telefonica's mobile network'\n\n\n Ends\n\n\n\nNotes to editors:\n\nITIS Holdings plc, listed on AIM, (ITH.L) is the UK's leading provider of\ntraffic incident and travel information. ITIS has invested in the development\nof a unique system for the collection and analysis of traffic information, it\ncombines journalistic information with ITIS' historic and real-time Floating\nVehicle Data (FVD (TM)) to provide journey time forecasts and real-time updates.\nITIS now operates the largest commercial application of FVD anywhere in the\nworld, and delivers the content over a variety of platforms including RDS-TMC\n(Alert C), digital radio and automated telephone services (IVR) under the\nKeepmoving brand. ITIS has ...