ITIS Holdings PLC
29 November 2004
29 November 2004
ITIS HOLDINGS AGREES NEW CONTRACT WITH
PORSCHE CARS GREAT BRITAIN FOR RDS-TMC TRAFFIC SERVICE
ITIS Holdings plc (ITIS) today announces a new contract with Porsche Cars Great
Britain Ltd. to supply its RDS-TMC (Radio Data System - Traffic Message Channel)
service as standard across all models fitted with factory-installed satellite
navigation. The Porsche Cars model range, which will feature RDS-TMC, includes
the 911, Boxster, and Cayenne.
ITIS traffic information combines journalistic and Floating Vehicle Data (FVD),
which is then broadcast using national bandwidth via Classic FM, which is
licenced exclusively by the Radio Authority to ITIS until 2012.
Stuart Marks, Chief Executive, ITIS Holdings commented: 'I am delighted that
Porsche Cars Great Britain have become the latest manufacturer to standardise
our RDS-TMC service. We now have contracts with fourteen manufacturers for
RDS-TMC and we expect our customer base to continue to grow rapidly.'
Contact:
Stuart Marks, Chief Executive, ITIS Holdings plc - 0161 929 5788
Ginny Pulbrook, Citigate Dewe Rogerson - 0207 282 2945
Note to Editors
• ITIS Holdings plc, listed on AIM, is the UK's leading provider of
traffic information and vehicle security services. ITIS has invested in the
development of a unique system for the collection and analysis of traffic
information; it combines journalistic information with ITIS historic and
real-time Floating Vehicle Data (FVD) to provide journey time forecasts and
real-time updates. ITIS now operates the largest commercial application of
FVD anywhere in the world, and delivers the content over a variety of
platforms including RDS-TMC (Alert C), digital radio and automated
telephone services (IVR) under the AA RoadWatch brand.
• TMC is a European-developed and standardised means of delivering
real-time traffic information. Transmitted data is decoded by a receiving
device such as a satellite navigation system and translated into text or
speech traffic alerts. By combining traffic information delivered via
RDS-TMC with the re-routing facilities offered by satellite navigation
systems drivers are finally afforded dynamic avoidance of traffic
congestion.
• Through its NavTrak business (www.navtrak.com), ITIS has developed a unique
and innovative stolen vehicle tracking service delivered via GPS/GSM
technology, which offers:
• Theft detection- even when owner's keys have been taken. (Automatic Driver
Recognition - ADR)
• Automatic GPS tracking of stolen vehicles (Stolen Vehicle Recovery)
• Theft alerts, GPS tracking and police liaison covering 20 European
countries (EUROWATCH)
• Instantaneous position reports to any mobile phone (AutoTrak)
• Mileage reports to show trips and cumulative distances travelled (Journey
Diary)
• The NavTrak family of telematics units are fitted to over 100,000 vehicles
both in UK, mainland Europe, America and Australia
• ITIS provide traffic data to all mobile phone providers. To receive
up-to-date traffic and travel information direct from your mobile 'phone
call 401100 from any network; 2222 from Vodafone; 2020 from T-mobile.
• ITIS provide traffic data to www.getmethere.co.uk, a comprehensive service
from Toyota providing information on route planning, traffic
information, traffic alerts and incidents, and weather forecasts.
For further information please visit www.itisholdings.com or www.navtrak.com
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange BOBDDPDB
*A Private Investor is a recipient of the information who meets all of the conditions set out below, the recipient:
Obtains access to the information in a personal capacity;
Is not required to be regulated or supervised by a body concerned with the regulation or supervision of investment or financial services;
Is not currently registered or qualified as a professional securities trader or investment adviser with any national or state exchange, regulatory authority, professional association or recognised professional body;
Does not currently act in any capacity as an investment adviser, whether or not they have at some time been qualified to do so;
Uses the information solely in relation to the management of their personal funds and not as a trader to the public or for the investment of corporate funds;
Does not distribute, republish or otherwise provide any information or derived works to any third party in any manner or use or process information or derived works for any commercial purposes.
Please note, this site uses cookies. Some of the cookies are essential for parts of the site to operate and have already been set. You may delete and block all cookies from this site, but if you do, parts of the site may not work. To find out more about the cookies used on Investegate and how you can manage them, see our Privacy and Cookie Policy
To continue using Investegate, please confirm that you are a private investor as well as agreeing to our Privacy and Cookie Policy & Terms.