TeleNav Press Release

Holiday Blues Hit Hard During the Travel Season

Nov 15, 2005

Consumers identify top five holiday annoyances

Long airport delays and getting lost on road trips topped the list of consumers' holiday season annoyances, according to an online poll conducted by TeleNav.

In a survey of 432 consumers, TeleNav identified the top five reasons the holidays aren't always so jolly. In order from highest to lowest, respondents cited the following frustrations as ranking top on their list:

1. Long airport delays
2. Getting lost while driving in unfamiliar areas
3. Overeating, leading to weight gain
4. Visiting in-laws and annoying relatives
5. Cold, winter weather

Many women also listed 'football overkill' as their top pet peeve during the holiday season with football games aired all day on Thanksgiving and Christmas.

"The holidays are a stressful time for everyone, especially as more people crowd the freeways and airports," said Sal Dhanani, senior director of marketing at TeleNav. "TeleNav is trying to eliminate at least one holiday annoyance by providing affordable GPS technology to avoid getting lost or prevent arguments over directions when driving to visit relatives and friends."

TeleNav, which is similar to the in-car GPS navigation systems found in luxury vehicles, but offered at a fraction of the price, just $9.99 per month. TeleNav displays maps, graphical driving cues, speed and direction, and provides audible turn-by-turn directions to help drivers get to their desired locations. For more information on how to subscribe to TeleNav go to www.telenav.com or call 88 TELENAV 4.

Media Contacts

Mary Beth Lowell
Communications Manager
425-531-0122 phone
media@telenav.com

About TeleNav Inc.

TeleNav, Inc., a privately-held company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, was the first to launch a cell phone GPS system in the United States. Deployed by 14 carriers in 29 countries, TeleNav is a global leader in wireless location-based services (LBS). Currently, the company’s solutions are available in four continents, including North and South America, Asia and Europe.

TeleNav’s solutions include GPS navigation, Mobile Resource Management (MRM), social networking and local search. The company’s flagship service, TeleNav GPS Navigator™, offers functionalities comparable to in-car systems and standalone navigation devices, such as automatically-updated maps and business locations, full-color 3D moving maps, traffic alerts with one-click rerouting, location-sharing, business reviews, speech recognition, Wi-Fi hotspot finder, gas price finder and more. TeleNav also delivers its award-winning navigation service on the TeleNav Shotgun™, a standalone GPS personal navigation device (PND) tailored specifically for business travelers. TeleNav’s enterprise application, TeleNav Track™, incorporates GPS-enabled tracking, time sheets, wireless forms and navigation. TeleNav Track is a widely adopted service with over 9,000 customer organizations using it today.

TeleNav services are available on more than 500 wireless devices and run on most major mobile platforms currently available. TeleNav’s partners include Alltel, AT&T, Bell Mobility, Boost Mobile, China Mobile, deCarta, Ford Motor Company, Hewlett-Packard, HTC, INRIX, LG, Motorola, NAVTEQ, NII Holdings, Nokia, Palm, Qualcomm, Research In Motion (RIM), Rogers, Samsung, Sanyo, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile Austria, T-Mobile UK, T-Mobile USA, Telcel, Tele Atlas, Verizon Wireless and Vivo Brazil.

For more information on TeleNav, please visit www.telenav.com.

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