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TeleNav Shotgun: TeleNav’s 1st Internet-Connected GPS Personal Navigation Device

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

It’s been a busy year for us and we’re definitely not slowing down.

In fact, today we made quite a big announcement - we’ve officially launched our first GPS personal navigation device (PND) - the TeleNav Shotgun. It’s a 2-way Internet-connected GPS device for business travelers.

Introducing the TeleNav Shotgun!

If you’ve used TeleNav GPS Navigator, you already know the benefits of having a wireless connection. It means you get access to updated maps and business listings - you don’t have to worry about downloading anything. You also get real-time information including traffic-alerts/rerouting and daily gas price listings.

With TeleNav Shotgun, you get all of this plus a large 4.3″ touch screen. Plus, we’re throwing in three free months of TeleNav Connected Service with the purchase of the device. It’s different than any other PND on the market and we’re really excited to start offering it today. Take it for a spin and let us know what you think.

By the way, still wondering why we called it the Shotgun?

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TeleNav Helps The Cable … er Satellite … Guy

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Author - Mary Beth Lowell - Communications Manager

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Wouldn’t it be nice if your cable guy was actually on time or provided you with an exact service time rather than a 4-8 hour window?

TeleNav is helping to make this happen. Satellites Unlimited, the 3rd largest DISH Network provider, is using TeleNav Track on 240 AT&T phones.

All of those service techs use TeleNav Track for GPS navigation and the company estimates each service rep is able to save 30-60 min out of their day because of it. This results in more efficient customer care.

It also means that Satellites Unlimited has been able to save money on gas because drivers can be more efficiently routed to customers. If you’re a business owner, you can immediately see the benefit in optimized routing.

Satellites Unlimited hopes to expand its use of TeleNav Track to the rest of its 240 employees within in the next year or two.

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Author - Sal Dhanani - Co-Founder and Sr. Director of Marketing

Tags: dish network, GPS, satellites unlimited, telenav, telenav track, the cable guy
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Businesses Using GPS to Decrease Operational Budgets Despite Rising Fuel and Shipping Costs

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

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Aberdeen released an interesting study yesterday on fleet operations and the rising costs of fuel and shipping charges.

According to their report (sponsored by TeleNav) 50% of the logistics professionals surveyed are focused - right now - on improving routing and scheduling of their fleets in order to offset rising operational costs.

Almost 100% of them said they will be reviewing and improving fleet operations in the next 12-24 months.

Those companies which Aberdeen entitles "Best-in-Class" (have implemented technology to improve their operations) have been able to reduce safety incidents by 5% and decrease overall freight spend by 1%, despite overall rising costs in the industry.

Route optimization, dispatching, scheduling and fleet tracking are all available through TeleNav Track on GPS-enabled cell phones. TeleNav is working with Aberdeen to help educate companies on how to implement this technology and save on costs. We’re hosting a Webinar with Aberdeen on this topic on Tuesday, Oct. 21 at 10am PT. You can find more information and register here.

As a side note, we also announced yesterday another new device that supports TeleNav Track. It is the Intermec CN3 (pictured here). Click here to get more information on this announcement.

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Tags: aberdeen group, best in class, fleet tracking, fuel costs, GPS, intermec, intermec cn3, rising costs, shipping costs, telenav track
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TeleNav Launches With Telcel, Largest Wireless Carrier in Latin America

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Author - Mary Beth Lowell - Communications Manager

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Today we launched TeleNav GPS Navigator with Telcel, the largest carrier in Latin America. Customers in Mexico can now use the service on BlackBerry 8800’s and BlackBerry Curve’s (with more devices to launch later).

This is the third carrier in Latin America now offering TeleNav GPS Navigator. Vivo Brazil and NII (Nextel Mexico and Nextel Brazil) also offer the service.

Actually, our service is currently available in 21 countries - it’s quite amazing to see the international expansion of GPS navigation on cell phones. Maybe it’s the next data application to become a global phenomena like email or text messaging.

And it’s going to become more and more common for these services to be available as you travel from country to country - as is the case now with AT&T Navigator, powered by TeleNav.

If you could pick a country in which you’d want GPS navigation on your phone when you travel, which one would you pick?

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Author - Sal Dhanani - Co-Founder and Sr. Director of Marketing

Tags: AT&T Navigator, nextel brazil, nextel mexico, nii, telcel, telenav gps navigator, vivo brazil
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Is Anyone Keeping an Eye on the Company Car? Apparently Not…

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Car_for_homepage2 We issued the results of a survey this week which showed that 94% of business supervisors who manage corporate vehicles do not know where those vehicles are during work hours.

That’s right … 94%.

When running the survey, we had no idea what to expect but we certainly did not predict that such an astounding majority do not have an eye on their company cars.

You can take your guess at why this is the case - maybe managers are just overworked and don’t have time to monitor vehicles more closely; maybe it’s due to a lack of capable technology; or it could just be the case that many don’t see the need to monitor their fleets. My guess? Probably a combination of these.

Regardless, those 6% who are actively overseeing their vehicles will have a major leg-up on the competition when it comes to:

Safety of the vehicle
Fuel management
Increased productivity
Cost reduction
Customer service

(check out the press release for more information on why)

What amazes us is why SO many managers aren’t tracking their vehicles when it’s so easy to do it now with GPS.

What do you think? Why are so many managers apathetic when it comes to their mobile assets?

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Tags: company car, company fleets, company vehicle, GPS, survey, telenav, telenav track
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Ambulances Using GPS to Improve Response Times

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Author—Alex Ognjanac - VP of Sales

While average response time for ambulance services varies from city to city, wouldn’t you feel better knowing your local ambulance/emergency response team was using every technology possible to get to you faster when you call 911?

Today we shared news on an ambulance company based in NY that is using GPS-enabled TeleNav Track to do just that - improve ambulance response times and streamline dispatch operations.

The company, called TransCare, is the largest ambulance provider in the northeast region (covering metro NY, the Pennsylvania region and Maryland) and has more than 200 ambulances in operation. Prior to using TeleNav Track, TransCare was using two-way pagers and radio systems to determine where each of their drivers were. This was time-consuming, ineffective and not as accurate.

Now, using TeleNav Track, TransCare can see where their ambulances are 24×7 by logging into a password-protected web site and viewing a map. Ambulances can be quickly and effectively dispatched to emergency situations according to their current location.

In addition, we worked with TransCare to integrate TeleNav Track into its existing dispatching communications system, so that investing in new dispatching technology and training was unnecessary. This is just another example of our TeleNav Track can be customized for each customer.

As you can imagine, knowing where its ambulances are at any given time is critical to TransCare’s success and to the healthcare of its patients. This is not the first ambulance service to use TeleNav Track to improve response times - click here for another case study.

It’s good to know that GPS cannot only help us save time in our daily lives, but can also help save lives … daily.

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CR England Increases Revenue and Improves Customer Satisfaction with TeleNav Track

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Author - Mary Beth Lowell - Communications Manager

Cr_england_logo We’ve posted examples like this in the past of how organizations are improving business processes through GPS-enabled TeleNav Track on mobile phones but today’s announcement with trucking company CR England may be one of the best case studies yet.

CR England delivers goods for DHL, Wal-Mart, and other large retailers in the U.S. and Mexico - you may have seen their trucks on the road.

Using TeleNav Track on 80 AT&T BlackBerry smartphones, the company can monitor drivers’ locations and travel activity to provide more accurate information to clients. This has allowed CR England to increase customer satisfaction to 99% and attract $1.8 million in new annual revenues.

In addition, the company has enhanced other aspects of its business using TeleNav Track including clearer customer communication, a boost in staff morale, and an increased focus on innovate and creative ways to improve services.

Need more examples of how TeleNav Track is helping businesses large and small? Stay tuned …

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Tags: cr england, dhl, telenav, telenav track, wal-mart
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GPS Helps Businesses Go Green

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Author—Sal Dhanani - Co-Founder and Sr. Director of Marketing

Going_green We released results of a survey today that showed that 50% of business managers would implement a GPS solution for their company if they knew it would help the company reduce carbon emissions and become more "green."

Our announcement also higlighted a recent Aberdeen Group study which showed that companies who use services like TeleNav Track have seen a 19.2 percent reduction in miles traveled since using the service. This results in less fuel consumption, which represents nearly 98 percent of the carbon dioxide emitted into the environment.

While you may have your own opinion on what it takes to become green as a consumer or as a business, it’s hard to debate the fact that any reduction in carbon emissions helps our environment. Besides that, many companies are now discovering the business benefits (translation: cost savings) of going green.

If companies can use GPS services like TeleNav Track and TeleNav GPS Navigator to help them improve efficiencies and save money, they really should be considering these solutions.

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