INRIX Announces Historical Traffic Speeds for Europe


KIRKLAND, Washington, July 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Crowd-sourced Data Improves Accuracy of Routing and Travel Times
on over 420,000 Kilometers of Roadways across 6 Countries

INRIX(R), the leading provider of traffic and navigation services, today
announced the availability of INRIX Historical Traffic Speeds for Europe.
Designed for use in routing and travel time applications for mobile and
vehicle-based navigation systems, INRIX Historical Traffic Speeds encompasses
accurate speed information for over 420,000 kilometers across roadway
networks in Germany, France, the U.K., Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxemburg.
Expanded coverage for additional countries and roads across Western Europe
will be available soon.

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"During the past several years, INRIX has aggressively built out
pan-European traffic coverage through significant product development and
strategic partnerships in key countries," said Bryan Mistele, INRIX president
and CEO. "With our dominant market position secure in North America, we are
now able to deliver on traffic and navigation services throughout Europe,
meeting the needs of our customers for international solutions."

INRIX delivers the broadest and most accurate real-time traffic
information through its distinctive crowd-sourced traffic information network
and data fusion technologies. INRIX intelligently blends billions of
real-time data points from over one million GPS-enabled commercial and
consumer devices and traditional road sensor information.

"The scale of our crowd-sourced network of speed data from GPS-enabled
commercial and consumer vehicles and devices, as well as our partnerships
across Europe, is driving the availability of new INRIX traffic services such
as our historical traffic speeds product," said Hans-Hendrik Puvogel, general
manager of INRIX Europe. "We are excited about collaborating with automotive
OEMs and mobile navigation providers to provide innovative services for their
next generation traffic and navigation solutions."

INRIX customers have licensed INRIX Historical Traffic Speeds for Europe
and North America for integration with a wide variety of current and
soon-to-be-released applications including vehicle navigation systems, fleet
and logistics planning solutions, and portable navigation devices. INRIX
Historical Traffic Speeds for North America encompasses average speeds on
nearly one million miles of roadways across major freeways, highways, urban
and rural arterials and side streets in the U.S. and Canada.

About INRIX

INRIX(R) is the leading provider of accurate traffic and navigation
services, with over 80 customers and industry partners including the Ford
Motor Company, TomTom, MapQuest, Microsoft, TeleNav, I-95 Corridor Coalition,
Tele Atlas, deCarta, ITIS Holdings, TCS, Telmap, ANWB and ARC Europe. INRIX's
strategic partnership with Clear Channel Radio and Total Traffic Network
extends the delivery of the highest quality data and broadest coverage
available for personal navigation, mapping, telematics and other
location-based service applications in the car, online and on mobile devices.

INRIX Traffic Services leverage sophisticated statistical analysis
techniques, originally developed by Microsoft Research, to aggregate and
enhance traffic-related information from hundreds of public and private
sources, including traditional road sensors and the company's unique network
of over one million GPS-enabled vehicles and cellular probes. INRIX delivers
real-time and historical traffic information today for 8 countries across
North America and Europe. To experience the traffic technology revolution
behind the next generation of navigation and location-based service
applications, visit www.INRIX.com or follow us on Twitter at
Twitter.com/INRIX

INRIX is a registered trademark of INRIX, Inc. in the United States and
other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein
may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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