The center will employ 150 R and D team members and significantly enhance NAVTEQ's R and D capabilities which support Map and Content design and development activities for the global NAVTEQ product portfolio.

The center joins the roster of NAVTEQ's other global R and D centers located in the U.S., Germany, UK, Korea, Bosnia and Slovakia.

Efforts to expand the company's R and D presence in India began in January 2008, with the original center reaching its current capacity earlier this year. The new R and D GDC is close to the Mumbai International Airport as well as the NAVTEQ's Mumbai-based DMO production center.

"India is strategically important to NAVTEQ on several levels," stated Larry Kaplan, president and CEO, NAVTEQ.

"It represents a significant marketplace for our customers, which is reflected in our growing product portfolio for India, and at the same time we view our operations there in both R and D and production as critical to our global efforts to provide our customers with innovative, high quality location content."

"The deep technical talents in India, which will continue to be fostered by the academic institutions throughout the country, were a key consideration in our R and D expansion plans," explained Amreesh Modi, executive vice president and CTO, NAVTEQ.

"The Mumbai R and D GDC is set to play an important role in our end-to-end product development, impacting architecture, design, software implementation and ultimately delivery to our customers."

Share This Article With Planet Earth

del.icio.us	Digg	Reddit
YahooMyWeb	Google	Facebook

Related Links
NAVTEQ
GPS Applications, Technology and Suppliers

German giants Bayer, BASF team up on GM rice McDonald's to speed up China expansion Land disputes are worst problem in rural China: report China move on beef 'disappointing': US Senator Iridium Memories Making Wafers Faster By Making Features Smaller Taiwan scientists claim microchip 'breakthrough' Rice Physicists Discover Ultrasensitive Microwave Detector Air Force Flight Control Improvements Britain's axed Harrier jets take final flight U.K to halve fast-jets by 2020 NASA Research Park To Host World's Largest, Greenest Airship Renault-Nissan says electric car battery can be used at home Chevrolet Volt Propulsion System Named A 'Ward's 10 Best Engine' Ford To Build Gas-Powered, Electric, Hybrid And Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles In Michigan BYD And HACLA Launch Electric Vehicle Testing Program China, India PMs agree to double trade by 2015 US and China sign trade deals, Beijing seeks more Mercosur reinforces customs union plan China, Pakistan sign 20 bn dollar deals: minister Ancient Forest Emerges Mummified From The Arctic A Study Analyzes The Movement Of Tree Sap 'Mile-a-minute' weed threatens Nepal's jungles Cancun Offers Hope For Forests And Climate Unstable Antarctica: What's Driving Ice Loss Satellite Data Provide A New Way To Monitor Groundwater In Agricultural Regions Satellites Pinpoint Drivers Of Urban Heat Islands In The Northeast How Hard Are We Pushing The Land Romania in talks with Japan on trading carbon credits Carbon Capture And Storage Technologies Could Provide A New Green Industry For The UK Oceanic Carbon Fluxes: The Behavior Of Small Particles At Density Interfaces Mexico to offset UN talks' carbon impact