*Justin* schreef op 26 februari 2015 10:03:
MESSAGE FROM THE CEODear stakeholder,
I am pleased to report that 2014 was a good year for TomTom. We made good progress with our investments in our core technologies across the group, achieving important milestones and positioning TomTom back for growth. We made further inroads in establishing a multi-product consumer business with our GPS sport watches, we announced new deals with automotive customers and we saw accelerated growth in our fleet management business.
Improvements to our organisational structure and R&D set-up over recent years have created a stronger basis for the future of TomTom. As well as being able to look forward to the benefits of a more efficient organisational structure, we will continue to build on a growth and performance-oriented culture that embraces teamwork, strong employee engagement, and the drive for excellence.
2014 marked a year in which we achieved significant milestones with our technologies. We made substantial progress with the first version of our unique transactional map-making platform that will provide incremental map updates, enabling near real-time maps. With this technological innovation, TomTom is well positioned to address the need for accurate and up-to-date maps, for navigation applications and driver assistance applications, including Highly Automated Driving.
We invested to maintain our leadership position in traffic, increasing our global coverage and enhancing our traffic services.
Over 40 countries around the world now have access to TomTom's historic and real-time traffic information. TomTom also became the first company to use real-time weather information to calculate routes and arrival times. By knowing the exact traffic situation across the entire road network, including weather conditions, we give drivers more insight about the road ahead, making journeys faster and more predictable.
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