Screenwerk (Free subscription) | yesterday
In the past couple days over at Local Mobile Search: Text Messaging: Conflicting Data on Usage Will Blackberry Steal the iPhone’s Thunder? Will Google Dominate the Mobile Web? Loopt Begins Marketing Push Google Talk Now on iPhone Nokia Formally Approved for Navteq Acquisition Google Introduces Voice Search for Blackberry Survey: SMS Most Important, Internet Not Far Behind More Lessons to Learn from...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Navteq has 1,000 analysts who drive around in vehicles outfitted with computers, microphones and high-resolution video cameras, gathering...
Car & Auto (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
On Wednesday, Finland mobile phone giant, Nokia , received green light from Europe ’s competition authority to acquire Navteq , a US-based digital map producer. The deal is worth $12.1 billion. Two months ago, Tom Tom , the largest car navigation device producer, took over Tele Atlas , another digital map database provider. The took over cost Tom Tom €2.9bn. Chicago Tribune reports: The case is the...
about-electronics.eu (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Guardian: Nokia got clearance from the European Commission on Wednesday to buy U.S.-based digital map supplier Navteq and said it would close the deal by next week. The transaction would give Nokia... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Portable navigation devices, or GPS-based satellite navigation systems, have become one of the hottest consumer electronic gadgets for drivers - as shown by the...
Cell Phone Reviews (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Espoo, Finland - Nokia announced today that it has received unconditional approval from the European Commission for its planned acquisition of NAVTEQ. Nokia has now received all approvals for the purchase, and expects to close the deal within the next 5 business days. “We welcome this news. NAVTEQ will play a key role in our Internet [...]
All Points Blog (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
GPS Business News reports that Bloomberg reports that the company is looking for an injection of capital or a takeover. I guess having both the Tele Atlas and NAVTEQ acquisitions go through did play out for the smaller data company.
Erkan's field diary (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Can the EU thaw frozen conflicts? By Centre for European Reform by Tomas Valasek The Czech government floated proposals in May that would see the EU take a more active role in solving frozen conflicts in eastern Europe. The Czechs...
the INQUIRER (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Tony Dennis the Inquirer , Thursday 3 July 2008. 10:04:00 GPS provides another Google Vs Nokia scrap AHEAD OF its own deadline [8th August], the EU has given the green light to Nokia's acquisition of GPS and maps expert, Navteq. Since Navteq is a US based company, the tie-up was previously approved by US authorities last December....
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
The €8.1bn ($12.1bn) acquisition of Navteq, the US-based digital map provider, by Finland's Nokia was cleared by Europe's competition authorities yesterday,...
SlashPhone (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Nokia announced today that it has received unconditional approval from the European Commission for its planned acquisition of NAVTEQ. Nokia has now received all approvals for the purchase, and expects to close the deal within the next 5 business days. “We welcome this news. NAVTEQ will play a key role in our Internet services strategy with [...]
Hindu (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Nokia, the world’s largest mobile phone maker, received clearance from the European Commission on Wednesday to buy the U.S.-based digital map supplier Navteq. The $8.1 billion transaction would give Nokia a stronghold in the navigation ...
Wireless and Mobile News (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
NAVTEQ, l provider of digital map data for location-based solutions and vehicle navigation, announced today that Nokia has received unconditional approval from the European Commission for its planned acquisition of NAVTEQ. With this, Nokia now has received all approvals for...
PC World (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
The European Commission is giving the Nokia-Navteq deal the green light.
BetaNews (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Nokia has gotten the final okay from the European Commission on its plans to buy digital map maker Navteq, following a detail investigation around the impact of the $8.1 billion deal, particularly on competing mobile phone makers.
