T-Mobile Germany signs strategic partnership with NAVIGON

Beginning in the second half of 2009,a large number of GPS-enabled T-Mobile (Germany) devices will be offered with NAVIGON’s navigation software MobileNavigator 7,announced the German navigation provider in a press release today.

It is a major announcement for NAVIGON which had so far a limited success in selling its software to handset manufacturer. T-Mobile is the leading German wireless operator with more than 39 million customers. MobileNavigator’s licenses will be sold in the T-Mobile shops,online and from the phones themselves.

So far T-Mobile was promoting its off-board system,NaviGate which will continue to be offered by the wireless operator. “Today the focus of this partnership is on onboard navigation”,said a NAVIGON spokesperson to GPS Business News. “Nevertheless,our cooperation could be extended to off-board in the future”.

Among the Smartphone platforms,NAVIGON’s MobileNavigator is going to be available for the iPhone,which T-Mobile sells in exclusivity in Germany.