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  • Telmap Upgrades Its Premium Voice Offering in Germany

    Mobile location-based services company Telmap has partnered with Sony Music, allowing users of the Telmap Mobile Location Companion in Germany to choose from a selection of voices that will guide their navigation sessions.

    Telmap voices from Sony Music launched in June around the excitement of the European Championships and are available to Vodafone Germany users through Vodafone’s Find&Go app. The launch offered two European Championship themed parody voices recorded by famous German comedian and radio personality Chris Böttcher. In July a new SpongeBob Squarepants voice was introduced and additional voices are in the pipeline. Users can download these voices for a one-time purchase of 4.99€ per voice with no restrictions on usage. Telmap is planning to offer Sony Music themed voices in other territories and through other carriers in the near future.
     
    “We are excited to collaborate with Sony Music in offering a selection of location-specific voices that will provide a fun factor to our users’ navigation experience. This added-value offering plays well into our efforts of delivering a truly local user experience by providing the voices of local celebrities and figureheads who are relevant to specific territories and thereby appealing to specific users.” – said Tsipi Joseph, Telmap's director of marketing.
     
    “With Telmap we have found the ideal partner for us and our navigation system voice program which is active in 27 territories. We plan to expand our product range further in the future and trust that we will realize more exciting projects with Telmap on our side,” said Daniel Federauer, business development manager for Sony Music Entertainment.
        

  • Telmap Launches Parking Space Locator on the Telmap Mobile Location Companion

    Telmap announced a partnership with Decell, a leading provider of traffic information including real-time road status and related transportation services. By collaborating with Decell, Telmap is now able to provide a unique navigation service to its users in Israel by providing them with real-time information on available parking spaces with regards to the users’ location.

    According to the announcement, this innovative service is currently available to subscribers using the Telmap Mobile Location Platform on all four leading Israeli cellular operators (Orange, Pelephone, Cellcom and Hot Mobile). Users can at any time get recommendations on parking lots with available vacancies relative to their current proximity. Currently this service is available in a selection of car parks in Tel Aviv and in the coming weeks it will be expanded to include cooperation in dozens of car parks across the country.

    “We are always seeking to provide added-value services to our users who are on-the-go and we classify finding a parking space as one of the recurring tasks that we all encounter while on-the-go. Our collaboration with Decell in Israel aims to provide a functional, innovative and substantially useful solution that empowers the Telmap user to find a parking spot on demand.” – Motti Kushnir, Chief Marketing Officer

    Telmap reports that Decell is Telmap’s premium traffic information and services provider in Israel for the past four years. Decell’s traffic services are designed to shorten drivers’ arrival time to their final destination as much as possible. Real-time data regarding the availability of parking lots holds a great value to drivers by saving time not only on the roads, but throughout their entire journey.

    “We are very proud to present another unique service in cooperation with Telmap. Relevant information regarding parking spaces at any given time is a natural completion to Decell’s rich real-time traffic data. As a premium traffic information provider, Decell constantly expands its offering and promotes the best experience for drivers.”- Jonathan Silverberg, CEO of Decell