Telmap’s solution also includes unique pedestrian navigation, guiding users through pedestrian-only areas such as parks, squares, passages, and stairs, tracking user’s progress as they walk. The Telmap – BlueSky Positioning cooperation allows smart and mid-range phone users to access real-time location information without the need to invest in location-aware hardware.

Velipekka Kuoppala, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at BlueSky Positioning, added, “The collaboration with market leader Telmap strengthens the confidence in our A-GPS technology for SIM cards, and proves that GPS is not only suitable for high-end phones, but can be made available to all consumer segments with both basic and enhanced phones. Most importantly, this SIM centric solution gives value chain control to mobile operators and opens up wider opportunities for their marketing teams to create location based services.”

Telmap delivers an advanced mobile navigation experience and its technology in mobile for, among others, Vodafone, Orange FT Group, Carphone Warehouse, O2, AOL MapQuest, ATT and Sprint.

Exclusive to Vodafone, the new BlackBerry Storm was launched last week and included Find & Go – its search, mapping and navigation application that is powered by Telmap – which was designed specifically for the Storm’s advanced touch user interface.