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SpatialNews.com Press Release
Orange Launches Webraska Navigation 6 With New Pay-per-use Pricing
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Paris, France - February 22, 2006
Webraska, a leading provider of mobile GPS navigation solutions and high-end geospatial software platforms for wireless carriers and major service providers worldwide, is pleased to announce that Orange has renewed its confidence in Webraska by selecting Webraska’s new Webraska Navigation 6 software for the upcoming version of its Orange Navigation solution.
Available from March 2, the new offer from Orange will include new features such as:
Smart Traffic Update to automatically monitor traffic conditions and be alerted every 5mn to 20mn along with suggestion for alternative routes;
Pedestrian navigation;
Traffic optimised routing and real time traffic alert display informing the user about upcoming congestions, road works, accidents or closed road segments, thanks to the optional Smart Traffic Update® function;
Advanced point of interest search by criteria and the opportunity to automatically generate a phone call to a selected point of interest.
Orange Navigation includes Webraska’s renowned crystal clear voice instructions and easy to read colour maps clearly showing all street names and all details of the most complex intersections to guide drivers safely and on time to their destination. Other popular features such speed trap alerts, with their location automatically refreshed, and automatic map updates, are part of the standard version.
The new offer will be compatible with new devices including SPV C600, SPV M3000 and Nokia N70, and will include a new SIRF III GPS receiver.
Pricing will be either a pay as you go of 1.50 € per route, or a subscription of 10 €/month. The GPS receiver will be available from France Telecom points of sale and on the Orange website www.orange.fr at the price of €129.
Planning ahead, Orange’s development roadmap includes A-GPS integration allowing to shorten the localisation process and a new SIM card concept, SIM+, a SIM card with widened memory space allowing downloading automatically the navigation application in the device when inserting the SIM card.
Orange Navigation is hosted and powered by Webraska, and uses NAVTEQ’s digital maps and traffic information from V-Trafic.
It offers GPS assisted car navigation on mobile devices running Symbian Series 60, Symbian UIQ, Windows Mobile for Smartphones and Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, and is available all over Europe.
About Webraska
Webraska is one of the leading providers of mobile GPS navigation solutions and high-end geospatial software platforms for wireless carriers and major Internet service providers worldwide.
Webraska's customers include Orange, Vodafone, Sensis/Telstra, Toyota, Nextel, Intelematics, Raywood, Punch Telematix and Groeneveld.
For more information visit: www.webraska.com
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