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‘S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ –

With Latest Maps of Middle Eastern Countries, Company Takes Lead
in Delivering Digital Maps In More Countries Across Six Continents

Tele Atlas (FSE: TA6, EUNV: TA), a leading global provider of digital maps
and dynamic content for navigation and location based solutions, today
announced the availability of digital maps for Saudi Arabia and Egypt, bringing
the number of countries that Tele Atlas maps cover to 64 across six continents.
The total amount of road coverage in the company’s database now stands at 21.3
million kilometers or 13.2 million miles, the same number of miles as 528 trips
around the earth’s circumference at the equator.

Tele Atlas digital maps feature detailed street-level and complete
interconnecting road networks to allow application developers and device
manufacturers in the personal navigation, automotive,Internet and wireless
markets to guide users seamlessly across country borders. The announcement
follows Tele Atlas’ recent move to deliver digital maps covering Central and
Eastern Europe and South Africa, and is in response to increased demand from
global customers for highly detailed and accurate maps of all major countries
around the world.

“Our growing base of customers and partners, among them Nokia, TomTom and
Mio, want to deliver a comprehensive set of services to their wireless and
navigation system users, wherever they are,” said Tele Atlas Vice President of
Product Marketing Basak Ozer. “Tele Atlas now delivers what we believe to be
the most digital maps with the highest level of detail required to build and
deliver fully functional, high performance navigation and local search
solutions.”

About Tele Atlas
Tele Atlas delivers the digital maps and dynamic content that power some of
the world’s most essential navigation and location-based services. The
information is the foundation for a wide range of personal and in-car
navigation systems and mobile and Internet map applications that help users
find the people, places, products and services they need, wherever they are. We
also work with business partners who trust our digital map data to deliver
critical applications for emergency, business, fleet and infrastructure
services. Founded in 1984, the company provides maps covering 64 countries
around the world. Tele Atlas has approximately 2,300 full-time staff and
contract cartographers at offices in 20 countries and uses a sophisticated
network of professional drivers, mobile mapping vans and more than 50,000 data
resources to deliver highly accurate and up-to-date digital maps. Tele Atlas is
listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (TA6) and on Euronext Amsterdam (TA).
For more information, visit www.teleatlas.com

SOURCE: Tele Atlas

For further information, please contact:

Erin Delaney
Tele Atlas North America
617-570-6352
erin.delaney@teleatlas.com

Christine Needles
Porter Novelli (for Tele Atlas)
617-897-8287
christine.needles@porternovelli.com

Dirk Snauwaert
Tele Atlas EMEA
+32(0)475 69 30 97
dirk.snauwaert@teleatlas.com