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TeleNav Ranked Third in Deloitte's Wireless Fast 50.


Also a Finalist in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Program for Silicon Valley

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- TeleNav, Inc., the first company to launch a GPS service for cell phones in the U.S., has been ranked third in Deloitte's Wireless Fast 50 Program, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing wireless companies by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , one of the nation's leading professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products.  organizations. TeleNav has also been named a finalist in Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for Silicon Valley, a ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in the region. Rankings are based on the percentage fiscal year revenue growth over five years from 2002-2006.

TeleNav's President, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  and Co-Founder HP Jin credits the company's focus on innovation and the growth of GPS-enabled cell phones with the company's 16,666 percent revenue growth from 2002-2006. "We pride ourselves on being at the forefront of the location-based services See mobile positioning.  industry, and have an exciting track record in market innovation," said Jin. "We were the first company to bring a GPS service to mobile phones in the U.S., and are currently the only company to offer a mobile application that includes 3D GPS navigation See GPS. , social networking See social networking site.

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, one-click traffic rerouting, cheapest gas prices and local search, all in one. We are also providing GPS services to thousands of companies through our enterprise LBS (Location-Based Services) See mobile positioning.  application which includes mobile tracking, dispatching and navigation."

"The wireless industry is on the cusp of great changes as new technologies such as WiMax and 3G upend the market, and yet we are only scratching the surface of what is possible," said Phil Asmundson, vice chairman, US Technology, Media & Entertainment and Telecommunications, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP. "Our first-ever Deloitte Wireless Fast 50 awards underscore the potential for both innovation and business performance in this evolving sector. These companies have achieved sustained growth while navigating constant change, and are beacons of a promising future for the wireless industry."

To qualify for the Wireless Fast 50, companies must have had operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 2002 and $5,000,000 in 2006. They must own proprietary wireless technology or proprietary wireless intellectual property that contributes to a significant portion of their operating revenues, or devote a significant proportion of revenues to the research and development of wireless technology. Using other companies' wireless technology or intellectual property in a unique way does not qualify.

Companies from the Wireless Fast 50 program are automatically entered in Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 program, which ranks North America's top 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies. For more information on Deloitte's Wireless Fast 50 or Technology Fast 500 programs, visit www.fast500.com.

About TeleNav Inc.

TeleNav, Inc., a privately-held company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California Sunnyvale ([sʌniveil]) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 131,760. , was the first to launch a cell phone GPS system in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Deployed by 13 carriers in 20 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 MRM Marketing Resource Management
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), asset GPS tracking (AVL (Automatic Vehicle Location) See mobile positioning. ) and local search. The company's flagship product, TeleNav GPS Navigator[TM], is comparable to in-car systems found in luxury vehicles, offering a superior experience with functionality, such as automatically-updated maps and business locations, full color 3D moving maps, traffic alerts and one-click rerouting, location-sharing, business reviews, speech recognition, Wi-Fi hotspot finder, lowest-price fuel finder and more. TeleNav's enterprise application, TeleNav Track, incorporates GPS-enabled tracking, time sheets, wireless forms and navigation. TeleNav Track is currently the most popular service of its kind, with over 8,000 customer organizations.

TeleNav is available on more than 200 wireless devices and runs on all mobile platforms currently available. TeleNav's partners include Sprint Nextel, AT&T, T-Mobile USA, Alltel, Boost Mobile, Qwest, SouthernLINC Wireless, Rogers, Bell Mobility, T-Mobile Austria, China Mobile, Vivo Brazil, Research In Motion (RIM), Motorola, Samsung, Sanyo, LG, Palm, HTC HTC HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) Component
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, Hewlett Packard, Nokia, NAVTEQ, Tele Atlas, deCarta, INRIX, Qualcomm and SiRF Technology Holdings.

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

About Deloitte

Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Deloitte & Touche (also referred to as Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, and branded as Deloitte.) is the second largest professional services firm in the world, and one of the Big Four auditors, along with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young and KPMG. , a Swiss Verein, its member firms and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates. As a Swiss Verein (association), neither Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu nor any of its member firms has any liability for each other's acts or omissions. Each of the member firms is a separate and independent legal entity operating under the names "Deloitte", "Deloitte & Touche", "Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu" or other related names. Services are provided by the member firms or their subsidiaries or affiliates and not by the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Verein.

Deloitte & Touche USA LLP is the US member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. In the US, services are provided by the subsidiaries of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP (Deloitte & Touche LLP, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services advisory services

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