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NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge CHAMPION
T +1 Solutions Crowned as the 2009 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge CHAMPION
The 2009 Global LBS Challenge ended with a culminating awards ceremony held in Stevenage (London), UK in conjunction with the ESNC (European Navigation Satellite Competition) the North America LBS Challenge Grand Prize Winner, T + 1 Solutions, competed against the two other regional grand prize winners skobbler, from EMEA and Navitime from Japan in the first overall Global LBS Challenge competition. T + 1 solutions presented its’ application TaxiPal (formerly Taxi4me) to a panel of 18 judges and advanced the winner.
“T+1 Solutions is extremely happy to win the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge CHAMPION title and our victory proves the huge potential there is in the field of location-based services. It has helped T+1 Solutions to develop from a true one-man startup last year to a bigger team and a market-ready product this year. Our TaxiPal service, soon to launch in all EU countries, will be the first multi-language taxi ordering and brokering service, running on all popular device platforms, with a global coverage that will change how taxis are ordered anywhere in the world,” says Raoul Järvis, Founder and CEO of T+1 Solutions. “We are very thankful to NAVTEQ, the true world leader in premium-quality digital map data and content, for organizing such contests for developers and opening up the potential of LBS to a wider audience.”
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