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Andy Sjostrom
03-01-2002, 09:54 AM
<a href="http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.022502/220562315">http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.022502/220562315</a><br /><br />Telcontar announces Microsoft Windows CE for Automotive 3.5 features company's core library and tools. Telcontar is a provider of a software platform for location-based services. They have a server product called Drill Down Server enables services such as "driving directions, real-time traffic information, and maps. The company's services are also used by emergency response call centers as well as for fleet tracking and dispatch."<br /><br />More quotes from the press release: "At Microsoft, we continually strive to provide the automotive industry with the ideal platform for building safe, reliable and cost-effective in-car computing solutions," said Gonzalo Bustillos, director of business development and marketing for the Automotive Business Unit at Microsoft. "Telcontar's core library is a compelling value add to our customers."<br />"By incorporating Telcontar's core library into the new version of Windows CE for Automotive, Microsoft has ensured that its customers will receive the highest quality data available and can offer their own customers such services as driving directions, real-time traffic information, and maps," said Eric Carlson, president and CEO of Telcontar.

Marc Zimmermann
03-01-2002, 01:32 PM
At least this indicates that the Auto PC is not dead yet.