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They give those willing to do the research a bad feeling about Tom Tom.]]>Jul 23rd 2007 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tomtom-offers-2-5-billion-for-map-maker-tele-atlas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tomtom-offers-2-5-billion-for-map-maker-tele-atlas/Jul 23rd 2007 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tomtom-offers-2-5-billion-for-map-maker-tele-atlas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tomtom-offers-2-5-billion-for-map-maker-tele-atlas/Jul 23rd 2007 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tomtom-offers-2-5-billion-for-map-maker-tele-atlas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tomtom-offers-2-5-billion-for-map-maker-tele-atlas/Jul 23rd 2007 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tomtom-offers-2-5-billion-for-map-maker-tele-atlas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tomtom-offers-2-5-billion-for-map-maker-tele-atlas/Jul 23rd 2007 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tomtom-offers-2-5-billion-for-map-maker-tele-atlas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tomtom-offers-2-5-billion-for-map-maker-tele-atlas/Jul 23rd 2007 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tomtom-offers-2-5-billion-for-map-maker-tele-atlas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tomtom-offers-2-5-billion-for-map-maker-tele-atlas/
Check European locations to check. ]]>Jul 23rd 2007 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tomtom-offers-2-5-billion-for-map-maker-tele-atlas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tomtom-offers-2-5-billion-for-map-maker-tele-atlas/Jul 23rd 2007 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tomtom-offers-2-5-billion-for-map-maker-tele-atlas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tomtom-offers-2-5-billion-for-map-maker-tele-atlas/Jul 23rd 2007 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tomtom-offers-2-5-billion-for-map-maker-tele-atlas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tomtom-offers-2-5-billion-for-map-maker-tele-atlas/Jul 23rd 2007 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tomtom-offers-2-5-billion-for-map-maker-tele-atlas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tomtom-offers-2-5-billion-for-map-maker-tele-atlas/Jul 23rd 2007 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tomtom-offers-2-5-billion-for-map-maker-tele-atlas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tomtom-offers-2-5-billion-for-map-maker-tele-atlas/
Navteq would be foolish to let itself be bought by another PND company. They could become the only independent map provider in the market, as it's currently pretty much a duopoly with Tele Atlas and Navteq.]]>Jul 24th 2007 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tomtom-offers-2-5-billion-for-map-maker-tele-atlas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tomtom-offers-2-5-billion-for-map-maker-tele-atlas/http://www.thegpsinsider.com/2007/07/24/tomtom-deal-spells-the-end-for-orange-tele-atlas-vans/]]>Jul 24th 2007 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tomtom-offers-2-5-billion-for-map-maker-tele-atlas/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tomtom-offers-2-5-billion-for-map-maker-tele-atlas/http://www.gisuser.com/content/view/12237/.

Given the 3-yr. return TA's investors got on their $210M investment, and that this could be just the opening bid for TA they end up winning either way. For TomTom, they are buying an asset that's commoditizing with the likelihood that they will drive away all of the non-GIS revenue currently being provided by TomTom competitors like Mio. If anti-trust regulators were to approve this (50-50 chance), NAVTEQ is the biggest winner with huge pricing power. I think another suitor could emerge with broader reach such as Google/Nokia/Microsoft to push a connected solution across all LBS/navigation verticals. ]]>Jul 25th 2007 1:54PM