Contract
17 November 2003 - 7:03PM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:1247S
ITIS Holdings PLC
17 November 2003
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday 17th November, 2003
ITIS ANNOUNCE TRAFFIC SERVICE CONTRACT WITH ORANGE UK
ITIS Holdings plc ("ITIS") today announces an agreement with Orange to deliver
real time traffic information on Orange World.
Orange customers will be the first to access the new AA Roadwatch service and
receive constantly updated traffic flow information displayed in colour . Users
can scroll up and down affected segments of any UK motorway and see a colour
coded scale that shows traffic conditions such as stationary, queuing, slow or
heavy traffic. This "at a glance" service is supplemented by live incident data
from AA Roadwatch, advising users of the cause of a specific problem as well as
additional ITIS data displaying traffic speed and delay extent.
The service will support a wide range of popular handsets including models from
Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and Sagem. Users will pay 50p allowing unlimited
access for up to 60 minutes.
Stuart Marks, Chief Executive of ITIS Holdings plc said,
"We are delighted that Orange customers will now be able to access the very
latest traffic information sourced from ITIS's unique Floating Vehicle Data
(FVD) together with AA Roadwatch journalistic content. As mobile phone and
handset technology becomes increasingly sophisticated we are able to present our
content in more relevant and detailed ways. Our application for Orange is a
great example of this."
Gavin Shurmer, Partnership Development Manger Orange UK continued
"The ITIS service is an exciting and highly relevant addition to our traffic
portfolio on Orange World. More and more of our customers are depending on
access to live information for their journey planning. It is presented in an
extremely well conceived and user friendly manner, I've no doubt that our
customers will find this service intuitive to use and helpful in their journey
planning"
Note to editors:
ITIS Holdings plc, listed on Aim, is the UK's leading provider of traffic
information and vehicle security services.
ITIS has invested in the development of a unique system for the collection and
analysis of traffic information; it combines information from the AA traffic
control centres with ITIS Historic and real-time Floating Vehicle Data (FVD) to
provide Journey time forecasts and real-time updates. ITIS now operates the
largest commercial application of FVD anywhere in the world, and delivers the
content over a variety of platforms including RDS-TMC (Alert C), digital radio
and automated telephone services (IVR) under the AA RoadWatch brand.
Through its NavTrak business (www.navtrak.com), ITIS has developed a unique and
innovative stolen vehicle tracking service delivered via GPS/GSM technology,
which offers theft alerts, vehicle tracking and police liaison throughout
Europe.
* Detection of theft - even when owner's keys have been taken. (Automatic
Driver Recognition - ADR)
* Automatic GPS tracking of stolen vehicles (Stolen Vehicle Recovery)
* Theft alerts, GPS tracking and police liaison covering 20 European
countries (EUROWATCH)
* Instantaneous position report to any mobile phone (AutoTrak)
* Mileage reports to show trips and cumulative distances travelled
(Journey Diary)
For further information on the Company please visit our website at
www.itisholdings.com or www.navtrak.com
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