Nokia maps course for location business, unveils here. Halbherr joined nokia after it acquired berlinbased mapping software firm gate5 back in 2006 a time when nokia was touting its own nokia 770. Industry, gps data and services, navigation software. Nokia acquires 3d map company, launches here location.
Hitting a wall in berlin over gps the new york times. Effective july 1, 2011, michael halbherr will become executive vice president of the new unit and spearhead nokias selfdescribed revised mission in mobile and locationbased services. Nokia gps data available for navteq traffic products in europe and north america. Nokia, groupon team up to promote deals on phone maps. Windows phone apollo set for mid2012 launch techradar. Nokia renews mission for mobile and location based. At the mobile world congress in barcelona this week, nokia announced that the beta version of nokia maps 2. Navteq and tele atlas produce digital maps and software for navigation systems in cars and portable navigation devices such as. Nokia has announced that here chief michael halbherr will be stepping. Nokia launches here auto for vehicles iot evolution world.
According to him, the windows phone apollo is a very different game compared. Nokia appoints new executive vicepresident companies. Michael heads the location and commerce business in nokia, overseeing nokias location and navigation activities, including navteq, the lead. Navteq styled as navteq was an american chicagobased provider of geographic. Speaking to engadget at the nokia world expo in london, michael halbherr, executive vp for location and commerce, said the new software will be a. Ceo of nokias maps business here leaves to pursue other. Nokia evp of location and commerce michael halbherr told gigaom that the finnish handset maker is eyeballing the car as the next repository of its technology and applications and has plans to launch some form of. Nokia, through navteq, started this push with automotive manufacturers like bmw, honda, ford and volkswagen that use nokias data in navigation systems.
The unit was subsequently sold to a consortium of german auto makers in 2016. Nokia to offer free navigation, tomtom shares dive. Nokia pokes at apple maps errors to seek navigation sales. Nokias michael halbherr to head combined navteq and. Michael halbherr, executive vp for location and commerce at the finnish company, told engadget that the next major iteration of windows phone was going to. Nokia unveils a map service that lives in the cloud.
Halbherr explains that in order to map and model the inside of buildings, nokia will rely on gps, inside cellular base stations installed by the wireless carriers, and inside wifi hotspots. But unlike other embedded navigation systems, here auto isnt walled off, vandeklashorst said. It provides data used in a wide range of applications, including automotive navigation systems for many car makers, accounting for around 85% of market share. Update 1nokia highlights mapping with here launch reuters. Nokia to take mapping service online nokia on monday said it would add to its ovi web portal at the end of the summer a mapping service that synchronizes with the companys smartphones. This includes 3d maps to realtime traffic, points of interest, streetlevel imaging and local business search. Nokia is merging navteq with its other location operations, with the aim of kickstarting new services. Michael halbherr, vice president of context based services at. While here still makes an operating loss and is breakeven in nonifrs figures, at least that is better than in years past. Nokia evp of location and commerce michael halbherr told gigaom that. Michael halbherr is the new executive vicepresident who will lead nokias revised mission in mobile and locationbased services. Nokia announced a mapping application for the iphone and other devices on tuesday and rebranded its location services under the here umbrella as it sought to exploit a.
Navteq s underlying map database is based on firsthand observation of geographic features rather than relying on official government maps. As apple faces consumer scorn over errors by the iphones navigation software, finnish rival nokia is seeking to seize the opportunity by touting t. The indash software contains all of the key features of its windows phone 8 app, from 3d maps to realtime traffic, points of interest, streetlevel imaging and local business search. Nokia adds groupons hyperlocal deals to smartphone maps. Michael halbherr has extensive experience in the technology industry, serving as an investor, active board member and advisor for young, aspiring companies in many different areas including digital mapping, mobility technology, mobile operating systems, and industrial applications. Update 2struggling nokia revamps ops, reels in navteq. The indash software contains features that you can find on the windows phone 8 app. Nokia acquired navteq corp in 2008 and earthmine inc. Location will be the defining element of mobile, said michael halbherr, the berlinbased vice president of nokias location and commerce unit that includes navteq. Microsoft windows phone apollo update to land mid2012. With a new mapping service, called here, nokia hopes to get smartphone users hooked on its mapping technology. Michael halbherr, who now runs the business, is convinced that nokias future is inextricably tied to maps, navigation and services linked to where the user happens to be. Nokia has years of experience integrating hardware, software and.
Nokia is promoting groupon inc offers on the maps on its lumia smartphones as it tries to stand out in a crowded field vying for the attention of u. Michael halbherr, executive vp for location and commerce at the finnish company, said that the next major iteration of windows phone was going to be a very different game to mango. Ceo of gate5, a berlinbased mobile phone software startup, which nokia acquired in 2006. Michael halbherr, who now runs the business, is convinced that nokias. Michael halbherr steps down as ceo of here, nokias location. It is, of course, a watershed for the industry, said michael halbherr, vice. When you think of nokia, you probably dont think about maps.
Michael halbherr, the head of nokias locationbased activities, said he remained comfortable with nokias yearold goal for seeing up to 50 percent of its phones equipped with global positioning. Nokia appoints michael halbherr as executive vice president to spearhead nokias revised mission in mobile and locationbased services, with effect from july 1, 2011. Nokia to add to models with navigation software the new. Nokia evp of location and commerce michael halbherr told gigaom that the finnish handset maker is eyeballing the car as the next repository of its technology and applications and has plans to launch. Why nokia is calling here here, the curious rebranding.
Nokia targets pedestrians with navteq acquisition cnet. An interesting article on reuters looks at nokia and their latest announcements coming out of nokia connections. The company was acquired by nokia in 20072008, and fully merged into nokia in 2011 to form part of the here business unit. Nokia maps is enhancing its pedestrian navigation, adding multimedia city guides, satellite images, and sporting a redesigned user interface.
Nokia, the finnish cellphone maker, has been trying to reverse its decline in the smartphone market by adopting microsoft software, but has had little success against rivals apple and samsung. Navteq styled as navteq was an american chicagobased provider of geographic information system gis data and a major provider of base electronic navigable maps. Michael halbherr, head of nokias mapping division, steps down. Vandeklashorst mentioned that this system will be the same app. The voice of nokia executive vice president for location and commerce, michael halbherr, matches up to the rumor. They knew that building the software ecosystem around nokia hardware. Biography of michael halbherr, member of the board of directors.
Halbherr joined nokia after it acquired berlinbased mapping software firm gate5 back in 2006 a time when nokia was touting its own nokia 770 internet tablet as the perfect gps navigation. Nokia announces resignation of here chief michael halbherr. But nokia has thought seriously about maps for a long time. In 2011, nokia announced navteq would be fully merged into nokia, its ceo larry kaplan assisting through year end and leaving the company. This has massive consequences for pure software companies. Navteq traffic announces integration of nokia gps data. Aiming to make better use of its location assets, nokia on tuesday introduced a cloudbased service called here nokia ceo stephen elop has said that location will be one of five key businesses for nokia going forward, alongside smartphones, basic phones, patents and cellular infrastructure nokia powers maps for rand mcnally, garmin, bing, yahoo maps and others, and its.
Nokia has announced that it plans to integrate its navteq business with its social location maps services and operations. Tweet share post rumors of a nokias nok tablet has got the tech world buzzing, but nokias plans to expand beyond the handset are much more ambitious than producing a mere slate. Nokia to take mapping service online informationweek. Nokia revamps navteq location services unit silicon uk. Nokia, reeling in navteq or dragging them down with them. Michael halbherr, executive vice president for location and commerce, has. No sooner is a new software or product released, does the attention turn to whats up next, or what the future holds for us. Michael halbherr, the chief of nokias mapping business, is leaving the. Nokia unveils a map service that lives in the cloud mit. Michael halbherr, vp of nokias locationbased services, also told informationweek that the company would launch at the end of may version 2. It will also continue with navteq s traditional activities of building platform. Michael halbherr, the head of nokias locationbased activities, said he remained comfortable with nokias yearold goal for seeing up to 50 percent of.
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