Now, you can count yourself how much are Nokia Siemens Networks, NAVTEQ, and feature-phone division worth.
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In addition, apart from phones, Nokia has other business units like NSN, Navteq and patent portfolio.
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Jones, chief technologist of Google Earth, Maps and Local, says the company never considered buying Navteq.
"If I were big enough I would have bought Navteq, " jokes TeleNav chief executive H.
Nokia also announced it is hiring more employees to work in Chicago (where NAVTEQ is).
Therefore, apart from NAVTEQ and NSN, Nokia is no doubt going big with PureView imaging technology.
By the way, NAVTEQ just reported it is making navigators into 4 out of 5 cars (80%).
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His firm has long-term contracts with both Navteq and Tele Atlas, but he's keeping his eyes open.
Five years ago, Nokia acquired Navteq, a Chicago firm that specializes in excellent mapping products.
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Already Navteq data has spawned applications for finding parking spots, friends in the area and homes for sale.
Seven out of ten of the in-dash car navigation systems in Western Europe and the U.S. use Navteq.
All in all, even in this case, Nokia share price would be at least over 2.50 euro, excluded NAVTEQ.
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Antitrust regulators are unlikely to block either the Navteq or Tele Atlas deal.
From Google maps on a phone, Navteq maybe makes 50 cents per lookup.
Right now, Navteq already has big clients such as Yahoo, Facebook, Amazon, Mozila, Oracle and almost countless car companies.
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More than half the GPS-equipped mobile devices sold in Western Europe and North America have Navteq maps embedded in them.
Smaller players are hoping for a larger third player to come in and recreate what Navteq and Tele Atlas have built.
Version 1.8 also includes safety camera alerts as an In App Purchase, an at-a-glance traffic gage and a new NAVTEQ map.
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Nokia uses Navteq data to power the maps in its new phones equipped with GPS chips, including the N95 and 6110 Navigator.
In the wake of the Navteq deal, Garmin could see some bumps.
Navteq just reported it is building navigators into 4 out of 5 cars (80%), with the new cars with navigator built in.
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Nokia has a great mapping heritage, especially from the Navteq acquisition onwards.
Apple is way behind here and Nokia has some of the best location software and databases in the industry from its 2007 Navteq deal.
Companies such as Google, RIM, Microsoft, Amazon and Samsung all depend in some way on Navteq maps, giving Apple new leverage over those other companies.
Apart from that, one of the reasons why I chose NOK, is because Nokia has other business units like Navteq, NSN and intellectual property rights.
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We've acquired a lot of companies, navigation, gaming... we acquired Navteq.
Navteq was and is pretty state of the art navigation technology.
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Nokia plans to continue licensing the map data to all of Navteq's customers but wants control of the data to begin developing location services and targeted advertising.
By providing directions even in areas without a cell or wireless signal, and the latest NAVTEQ maps saved on the phone, the app always has you covered.
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The popular map and driving directions services of GYM have been a windfall for Navteq, which owns the longitude and latitude data, and deCarta, which crunches the data.
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