Hyundai Motor, Tele Atlas sign alliance deal on digital maps

SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's top automaker, said
Thursday it had signed an agreement with Tele Atlas, a Dutch digital map-making
unit of TomTom NV, to collaborate on digital maps for car navigation systems.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Under the agreement, the Dutch company's digital map will mark locations of
Hyundai worldwide, allowing Hyundai's consumers to find the nearest Hyundai
office or service center on their in-car navigation systems and mobile phones,
the South Korean company said in a statement.
Tele Atlas has maps of roads in 146 countries with more than 400 million users,
Hyundai said.
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