Networks In Motion Continues International Expansion - NAVBuilder Now Available to Carriers in Europe & South America

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Networks In Motion (NIM), the award-winning wireless navigation, hyper-local search and location-based services (LBS) company with the largest mobile phone navigation subscriber base in North America, today announced it now supports 10 additional languages and 38 countries, including new countries in European and South American markets. The most aggressive international expansion in the company's history is part of an aggressive effort to increase the global availability of high quality turn-by-turn navigation through carrier and OEM partnerships, as well as via Gokivo, the company's award-winning smartphone application available in the Apple, BlackBerry app stores.

These new capabilities in the NAVBuilder global reference platform will provide NIM's partners around the world with the ability to create their own branded navigation applications. In addition to the core turn-by-turn navigation service, popular features such as NIM's expansive local search options and robust traffic indicators, are part of the platform, and provides for a comprehensive and useful solution for people looking to get to a destination and discover places to go and things to do around them.

"Consumers can feel at home while traveling the world with NIM's expanded map coverage and language support," said Doug Antone, president and CEO of Networks In Motion. "With our local business information and navigation tools, deciding where to go for dinner and navigating to it is just as easy in Italy as it is at home. We're pleased to offer carriers and consumers around the world with an application that helps them discover new things while in an unfamiliar area, with the comfort of a built in guide to take them there."

NIM supports all major mobile operating systems with customizable versions of the AtlasBook® reference client, and a broad choice of map and data providers in the NAVBuilder platform. NIM has certified the platform in the following 38 countries: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States and Vatican. In addition, NIM has made the product available in 10 different languages: English (US and UK), Spanish (Spain and Mexico), French (France and Canada), Italian, German, Swedish and Brazilian Portuguese.

NAVBuilder and the AtlasBook reference clients are now available to all of NIM's partners, and are currently being used to power leading carrier branded apps. NAVBuilder also powers NIM's Gokivo GPS Navigator, which is available internationally via BlackBerry App World and on the iPhone.

More information about the products offered by Networks In Motion is available at http://www.networksinmotion.com

About Networks In Motion:

Networks In Motion is an award-winning wireless navigation and hyper-local search company, powering some of the most innovative location based mobile products in the marketplace. Networks In Motion powers cutting edge location based services and search for leading mobile partners around the world including Verizon Wireless, AAA, AT&T, Cricket, Ericsson, MetroPCS, Sprint, TELUS, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular, Virgin Mobile, and YellowPages.com. NIM's NAVBuilder platform is the most widely used mobile phone navigation service in North America. Founded in 2000, the company is headquartered in Orange County, Calif., with additional offices throughout the EU, in China and Silicon Valley. More information is available at http://www.networksinmotion.com .

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