tuesday, February 7th, 2017, 7:00
'TomTom maps worth much more'
Mapmaker TomTom has a much more profitable route ahead then announced his administration. Shareholders with more value thanks to the new platform for location-based services and GPS technology for automotive vehicles.
"Highly accurate maps are essential for the so-called highly automated driving, such as AutoPilot Tesla. TomTom is working on contracts, but the valuation is nowhere made visible by the board, "said Jelle Brinkhuis, shareholder and Chairman of the Shareholders Foundation.
Signals are there. TomTom, which works with Nvidia and Microsoft, recently rewarded with an industry award for its new software. Bosch uses its highly accurate maps.
straggler
Wednesday, the group presents its latest quarterly and annual results. The group with a market value of € 1.9 billion remained so far at the fair behind Nvidia and rival Mobileye. TomTom said in a response to inform the market continuously on progress with its platform.
TomTom began years ago with the development of technology for self-driving car. Of these, it is now reaping all the rewards, Brinkhuis claims. Interviews with designers and insiders strengthen him in it.
,, Almost all car manufacturers see the need for the high technology of TomTom and many test this with the intention to use the serial, "he says. While the financial market from contracts with carmakers while TomTom does not define as price-sensitive information such contracts.
faster services
Of twelve analysts only have two a sell TomTom staan.Dat took this year's start-up Auto Nomos from Germany and gave up this technique of smart cameras in hands.
Brussels TomTom recently presented 'connected driver services. Here discussed the different levels of the so-called automated driving and related necessary technique, in which TomTom maps are more sophisticated and more data will make the difference, Brinkhuis believes behalf of the shareholders.
The faster platform with satellite connections running TomTom's called Localization Based Services (LBS) with GPS services far better than those of competitors, namely the shareholders of designers.
Data via smartphone
The apps that measure, for example rotate worldwide this parking behavior and pay. However, TomTom could make a difference with real-time services, which data transmitted and processed via a smartphone. Volkswagen, which co-owns the Lord, would be due to the high quality, remain bound by TomTom in the field of LBS.
Volvo and Subaru chose rather to TomTom for its precise maps while GPS competitors Lord and Google were also in the market.
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