Comments on: Nokia Buys Navteq For $8 Billion, Bets Big On Location-Based Services

By: Nokia Goes All The Way: Windows Now ‘Primary Platform’: Tech News and Analysis «

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:39:29 +0000

[...] devices, and deployment of Microsoft’s AdCenter for on-phone advertising – Nokia’s Ovi Maps (previously NavTeq)will become the core service behind Microsoft’s mapping products – The integration of the two [...]

By: Yahoo-Nokia Alliance Is Too Late for Mobile Market

Yahoo-Nokia Alliance Is Too Late for Mobile Market — Tue, 25 May 2010 12:46:24 +0000

[...] the navigation expertise offered by Nokia both in Ovi Maps and in Nokia’s Navteq assets, which Nokia purchased in 2007 for $8 billion. And given Nokia’s focus on emerging markets, this alliance brings the Yahoo brand to new [...]

By: Location-Based Social Networks – Already a crowded landscape

Location-Based Social Networks – Already a crowded landscape — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:48:01 +0000

[...] mobile carriers; Nokia, AT&T, Verizon. (In the last 24 months, Nokia acquired Cellity, Dopplr, NAVTEQ and [...]

By: With New Ovi Maps, Nokia Seeks Location Heaven – GigaOM

With New Ovi Maps, Nokia Seeks Location Heaven – GigaOM — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:30:38 +0000

[...] is going to become obvious that companies with mapping assets are at an advantage.” Nokia bought gate5 and Navteq as part of its efforts to get a toehold in mapping and location-based services. If gate5 gave [...]

By: European Txtr Ready To Fight Amazon’s Kindle – GigaOM

European Txtr Ready To Fight Amazon’s Kindle – GigaOM — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:55:52 +0000

[...] and gave me the details. He is one of the cofounders of gate5, a German navigation/mapping service that was acquired by Nokia in 2006. While Maire went to work for the Finnish phone giant, his co-founders started txtr, and Maire only [...]

By: For Nokia’s Ovi, the World (Minus the U.S.) Is Enough – GigaOM

For Nokia’s Ovi, the World (Minus the U.S.) Is Enough – GigaOM — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:03:50 +0000

[...] is going to become obvious that companies with mapping assets are at an advantage.” Nokia bought gate5 and Navteq as part of its efforts to get a toehold in mapping and location-based [...]

By: PolicyMap » So Why Did Apple Buy a Mapping Company?

PolicyMap » So Why Did Apple Buy a Mapping Company? — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:56:51 +0000

[...] There are many reasons. For starters, it’s increasingly obvious that maps and geo-location are becoming crucial components of any modern operating system. Nokia was the first one to realize this and snapped up companies such as gate5 and Navteq. [...]

By: So Why Did Apple Buy a Mapping Company?

So Why Did Apple Buy a Mapping Company? — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:57:51 +0000

[...] There are many reasons. For starters, it is becoming obvious that maps and geo-location are becoming crucial components of any modern operating system. Nokia was the first one to realize this and snapped up companies such as gate5 and Navteq. [...]

By: Nokia, Ovi services, and User Experience « Matt MacQueen

Nokia, Ovi services, and User Experience « Matt MacQueen — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:13:25 +0000

[...] Nokia” strategy a few years earlier. And they have a lot of money to try it. They bought NAVTEQ for location based service integration. They were taking control of their own destiny in the [...]

By: LBS: A Dream Continually Deferred - GigaOM

LBS: A Dream Continually Deferred - GigaOM — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:45:42 +0000

[...] the cooperation piece that fails, but the article points to several companies such as Nokia, uLocate’s Where application and SkyHook Wireless that are attempting to bridge that gap by [...]

By: Loopt Deal Means Lower Costs for Location Data - GigaOM

Loopt Deal Means Lower Costs for Location Data - GigaOM — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:15:05 +0000

[...] to figure out exactly where a mobile device is at any time. Location is becoming increasingly relevant on the mobile phone after years of unfulfilled promises. But location can add costs for developers trying to apply it [...]

By: Will Context Aware Be Enough for Nokia? - GigaOM

Will Context Aware Be Enough for Nokia? - GigaOM — Tue, 27 May 2008 03:30:35 +0000

[...] Malik, Monday, May 26, 2008 at 8:30 PM PT Comments (0) Nokia has placed some big bets on location-based technologies, including buying a handful of companies and making a $8.1 billion [...]

By: Complete List of 2007 Web / Technology Acquisitions » The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp

Wed, 21 May 2008 16:23:37 +0000

[...] and provides advanced map data platform to the navigation industry. Press Release | GigaOm| Mashable | [...]

By: phone battery

phone battery — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:56:11 +0000

I think gps in the telephone it is unnecessary

By: Are You Ready for Location-Based Advertising? - GigaOM

Are You Ready for Location-Based Advertising? - GigaOM — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:19:13 +0000

[...] went unnoticed yesterday. NAVTEQ, the Chicago-based digital map provider that’s in the process of being acquired by Nokia (NOK), has made an equity investment in Greenbelt, Md.-based startup Acuity Mobile, which specializes in [...]

By: Marketing Memos -- Mobile Mambo

Marketing Memos -- Mobile Mambo — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:28:35 +0000

[...] recall that Nokia recently bought Navteq, one of the top makers of GPS software and mapping databases. Nokia will generate income from [...]