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Garmin GPS Devices and Competition
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All Points Blog links to an AP article which analyse Garmin GPS devices and their competition worlwide. From the article: "Research firm Strategy Analytics estimates that the number of GPS devices sold worldwide — including personal navigation units and applications built into cell phones and hand-held computers — will grow from 18 million last year to 88 million in 2010. [...] Looking ahead, Garmin officials see the next big challenge isn’t new competitors but breaking more into the European market, where it has a little more than 10 percent share."
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"A bidding war has started," said Jesper Kruger, who helps manage about $64 billion at ATP in Copenhagen. "TomTom needs this asset, so they will have to increase their offer by at least 20 percent."
Watching competitors TomTom and Garmin fight this out will be interesting. It could get even more interesting if others jump into to this bidding war as well. Navteq and Tele Atlas were really the only viable world players for that kind of data and with Navteq getting bought by Nokia, TeleAtlas is a unique opportunity. Update: 10/31 17:17 GMT by S : Here's the associated press release from Garmin.
"A bidding war has started," said Jesper Kruger, who helps manage about $64 billion at ATP in Copenhagen. "TomTom needs this asset, so they will have to increase their offer by at least 20 percent."
Watching competitors TomTom and Garmin fight this out will be interesting. It could get even more interesting if others jump into to this bidding war as well. Navteq and Tele Atlas were really the only viable world players for that kind of data and with Navteq getting bought by Nokia, TeleAtlas is a unique opportunity. Update: 10/31 17:17 GMT by S : Here's the associated press release from Garmin.
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The Map Room links to a short Engaget story and APB to an article on the withdrawal.
All Points Blog provides a few additional links on the settlement of Garmin with TomTom regarding intellectual property cases.
The agreement's introduction: "NAVTEQ (NYSE: NVT), a leading global provider of digital maps for vehicle navigation and location-based solutions and Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN), today announced the completion of a long-term agreement that provides Garmin access to NAVTEQ map data through 2015 with an option to continue through 2019." See also related stories below.
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Trading Markets. Update: 10/01 20:03 GMT by S : APB discuss the impact of the deal on Garmin. Slashdot discuss the acquisition. Expect more analysis from various medias in the coming days.
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