TomTom Announces Portix as its New Specialist Mobile Distributor

Portix announces today that it has signed a deal to act as a key distributor for TomTom, the leading navigation solution provider. Portix will focus on distributing TomTom NAVIGATOR 6, a recently launched GPS mobile solution for smartphones and PDAs, in the telephony sector, which includes mobile resellers & operators

Basingstoke, UK (PRWEB) November 15, 2006 -- Portix announces today that it has signed a deal to act as a key distributor for TomTom, the leading navigation solution provider. Portix will focus on TomTom NAVIGATOR 6, a recently launched GPS mobile solution for smartphones and PDAs.

Portix will focus its distribution in the telephony sector including mobile resellers and operators.

TomTom already offers real-time traffic information for all roads and was looking for a new partner with the experience of working and growing all aspects of mobility in to the existing and potentially new market areas.

Steve Muttram, Managing Director of Portix comments, "TomTom can add great value to our current offering of Windows Mobile-related products across our existing base of retail, telephony and corporate reseller partners. Our strong product range is enhanced through the addition of TomTom NAVIGATOR 6."

Andrzej Kasprzyk, VP Sales & Marketing, TomTom UK adds, "We are constantly working to increase our market share in the areas we operate. The deal with Portix will be a great help in increasing our market share in the telephony market."

About Portix

Originally founded in 1992, Portix has been the pioneering distributor of "value Added" mobile computing solutions to the UK reseller community for over 14 years. The company was established to meet the increasing demand for high quality devices & peripheral products in the mobile computing sector, which it still does today. Originally focussed on the notebook arena, Portix is now also at the very heart of the fast developing "converged mobile device arena" (Smartphone's and connected PDAs) helping Resellers profit from the growth of this exciting product category.

As part of the Mobile & Wireless Group (www.mwg.com), the 7th fastest growing private company in the UK (source - Sunday Times Fast Track 100, 2005), Portix has seen significant expansion and structured growth over the last 2 years. Now with the operations in the USA, Ireland & France, Portix is truly an international distribution business that is best placed to assist and develop resellers' mobile portfolios.

Website: www.portix.com

About TomTom

TomTom NV is a leading provider of personal navigation products and services. TomTom's products are developed with an emphasis on innovation, quality, ease of use and value. TomTom's products include all-in-one navigation devices, which enable customers to navigate right out of the box; these are the award-winning TomTom GO family, the TomTom ONE range and the TomTom RIDER. TomTom PLUS, is the location-based content and services offering for TomTom's navigation products easily available through TomTom HOME. TomTom also provides navigation software products which integrate with third party devices; the TomTom NAVIGATOR software for PDA's and smartphones. TomTom WORK combines industry leading communication and smart navigation technology with leading edge tracking and tracing expertise. TomTom's products are sold through a network of leading retailers in 20 countries and online. TomTom was founded in 1991 in Amsterdam and has offices in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. TomTom is listed at Euronext, Amsterdam Stock Exchange in The Netherlands. For more information, go to www.tomtom.com.

Press Contact:

Portix

Ian Harrison

MWG Ltd

+44 (0) 161 609 1102

Dan Leach on behalf of TomTom

Hill and Knowlton

t: +44 (0)20 7413 3726

# # #