Premium Sponsor Info Page for NAVTEQ

On behalf of our Platinum Sponsor, NAVTEQ welcomes you to explore the 2010 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge. In this section, you will find out:

• About the 2010 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge
• The prize pool and sponsors
• Meet the finalists selected for North America
• Remaining regional dates for 2010 competition
• Winners for the EMEA region

About the 2010 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge: LBSChallenge.com

First launched in 2003, the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge is focused on driving the development and visibility of innovative location-based solutions (LBS) for wireless devices. The Global LBS Challenge has become the premier event in the wireless industry and a global symbol of LBS innovation and opportunity. From business applications to sports, travel and security, integrating the accuracy and richness of NAVTEQ digital map data facilitates the discovery of the next wave of LBS using dynamic positioning technology.

Winners are chosen by a panel of distinguished judges in each of five regions, including EMEA, North America, India, South America, and APAC. Since the launch of the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge, over 32% of the finalist companies have gone on to receive venture capital funding or launched commercially-distributed applications, many on major wireless carriers.

The prize pool and sponsors

Prize pool for 2010 hits a record $10 million USD with the support of our sponsors.

Our sponsors for the 2010 Global LBS Challenge come from critical parts of the value chain, offering location developers leading geospatial platform support, testing services, license management and mobile payment services.

Global

Bing, BlackBerry, deCarta, DeviceAnywhere, Digital Globe, Intel Moblin, Samsung and Tanla

Regional

AtlasCT, Alcatel-Lucent, and Telefonica

Global Award

Imagination Technologies and Mobile Distillery

Media

GPS Business News and The Code Project

Remaining regional dates for 2010 competition

• North America
  Semifinal Judging: February 24-25, 2010
  Final Judging & Awards Ceremony: March 30, 2010
• India
  Semifinal Judging: March 10-11, 2010
  Final Judging & Awards Ceremony: April 29, 2010
• South America
  Submissions Deadline: March 26, 2010
  Semifinal Judging: April 28-29, 2010
  Finals Judging: May 26, 2010
  Award Ceremony: May 27, 2010
• APAC
  Registration Deadline: March 5, 2010
  Submissions Deadline: April 9, 2010
  Semifinal Judging: May 12-13, 2010
  Final Judging & Awards Ceremony: June 14, 2010

Winners for the EMEA Region

• Grand Prize Winner: Mobilizy, Austrian — Wikitude Drive, which is a turn-by-turn navigation system based on NAVTEQ¨ maps that utilizes an augmented reality camera mode and text-to-speech instructions.
• First Runner-Up: Mobitee, France — Mobitee is a GPS golf assistant that allows you to find the nearest golf course, follow route guidance via NAVTEQ maps, know the distance to each green and calculate your score.
• Second Runner-Up: M2Mobi, The Netherlands — Nulaz is a social information source that allows you to see where people, places and events are located around you.

Join NAVTEQ Network For Developers

Join NN4D and connect with the professionals, technical resources and support, and take advantage of opportunities to market location-aware apps on the web, mobile phones and wireless devices. Members of NN4D can download NAVTEQ map data and APIs available for popular platforms, OS's and devices. In addition, members find new ways to enrich apps with location content, POI info, geocoding and routing info for quality. Membership is free. Join today.