Tele Atlas

Tele Atlas NV
Company typeWholly owned subsidiary
IndustryGeographic information systems
Founded1984
Headquarters's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (corporate)
Ghent, Belgium (operational)
ProductsDigital mapping data
Revenue308.0 million (2007)[1]
Increase €25.0 million (2007)[1]
Increase €24.4 million (2007)[1]
Number of employees
1,889 (2007)[1][2][3]
ParentTomTom
Websitetomtom.com

Tele Atlas is a Netherlands-based company founded in 1984 which delivers digital maps and other dynamic content for navigation and location-based services, including personal and in-car navigation systems, and provides data used in a wide range of mobile and Internet map applications. Since 30 July 2008, the company has been a wholly owned subsidiary of automotive navigation system manufacturer TomTom.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d "Unaudited pro forma combined income statement for the year ended 31 December 2007" (PDF). Tele Atlas. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
  2. ^ According to TomTom (see this company press release, it spent €16 million in restructuring charges as a result of the Tele Atlas acquisition.
  3. ^ TomTom announced cuts of "around 100 jobs" in January 2009, according to this article from pocket-lint.com
  4. ^ "TomTom holds 99.29 pct stake of Tele Atlas; Tele Atlas listing to end July 30". Forbes. Thomson Financial News. 27 June 2008. Archived from the original on 3 June 2011.