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Just in time for the World Cup, gpsbusinessnews is reporting that Tomtom has launched HD Traffic in South Africa.
This is their first "HD Traffic" launch where they are not using Vodafone. They are not using cellprobes at all. Instead they're using feedback from a leading stolen vehicle recovery vendor.
Seems like they're willing to be creative to launch new HD traffic models. And potentially blurring the line with branding of the service.
I don't know the market penetration of their vendor, but my opinion is that if GPS probes are in 10% of cars, and cars include vehicles that don't have a traffic service (so some still get into jams). Then when added to IQroutes, it should produce the reliability/accuracy people expect of cellprobe-based HD traffic.
This is their first "HD Traffic" launch where they are not using Vodafone. They are not using cellprobes at all. Instead they're using feedback from a leading stolen vehicle recovery vendor.
Seems like they're willing to be creative to launch new HD traffic models. And potentially blurring the line with branding of the service.
I don't know the market penetration of their vendor, but my opinion is that if GPS probes are in 10% of cars, and cars include vehicles that don't have a traffic service (so some still get into jams). Then when added to IQroutes, it should produce the reliability/accuracy people expect of cellprobe-based HD traffic.
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