Trafficmaster sign up Honda for RDS-TMC service

[swing]

From http://www.trafficmaster.co.uk/shownews.cfm?num=351 I see that Trafficmaster have formally entered the RDS-TMC arena and signed up Honda for their TMC service. I guess this means the service is either live, or due for completion very soon, and might well result in some of the remaining car manufacturers (Peugeot, Citroen etc.) who have TMC equipment in their cars to sign up with TM and provide the same service they provide across Europe.

[Petekk]

You are quite correct, TM has launched a RDS TMC (as used by Honda) (http://www.trafficmaster.co.uk/page.cfm?key=RDS_TMC) - this will provide another option for SatNav companies to use. In addtion to the roadside sensor network, TM is adding Dynamic vehicle probes (i.e as used by iTIS this year) so the TM data should theorectically benefit from the "best of both worlds"

I am however cautious of the costs of this TMC data if not included in the package (as iTIS is moving to an annual fee). For instance TM curently charge around £110 per year for the TM data on their own system. There is no reason to think that the PDA/Nav version should be any less.

In comparison TomTom charge 60 Euro (just over £40) plus your data costs, so in quite competative in comparison

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