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  1. [verwijderd] 4 maart 2013 11:14
    Nog een kleine update over de Telmap deal:

    "Oren Nissim, the CEO of Telmap explained to GPS Business News that “Today the map data quality of TomTom and NAVTEQ is completely equivalent. With our latest LBS developments such as M8 we required more flexibility in the map licensing terms and condition and TomTom offered us the best business model.“

    Until now Telmap had been essentially relying on NAVTEQ/Nokia map data. “Telmap will continue to support NAVTEQ in its system for its customers that request this map data,“ said Oren Nissim. "
  2. [verwijderd] 4 maart 2013 11:23
    Tele Atlas gekocht door TomTom voor 2,9 miljard euro
    Navteq gekocht door Nokia voor 6,23 miljard euro (8,1 miljard dollar)

    Dit waren uiteraard pre-crisis prijzen op de piek van de M&A markt.
  3. [verwijderd] 4 maart 2013 11:31
    quote:

    *Justin* schreef op 4 maart 2013 11:23:

    Tele Atlas gekocht door TomTom voor 2,9 miljard euro
    Navteq gekocht door Nokia voor 6,23 miljard euro (8,1 miljard dollar)

    Dit waren uiteraard pre-crisis prijzen op de piek van de M&A markt.
    M.a.w. de TA deal voor 2.9 miljard was zo slecht nog niet ??
  4. [verwijderd] 6 maart 2013 19:41
    Financial Times-van Matt Steinglass-1 uur geleden

    TomTom in Daimler live traffic data deal

    TomTom will supply Daimler with live streaming traffic data for built-in navigation systems in Mercedes-Benz cars, one of three automotive deals the Dutch company has announced at the Geneva motor show as it struggles to survive shrinking demand for personal navigation devices.

    As with contracts with Fiat and Toyota Europe that TomTom announced on Tuesday, no financial details were announced.

    But the moves are part of the company’s urgent effort to win automotive clients for its navigation data, as built-in dashboard devices, along with smartphones, steadily drive out its traditional navigation devices business.

    TomTom’s revenues fell 17 per cent last year to just over €1bn, and the company has cut its 2013 forecast to between €900-€950m.

    With the navigation devices market in the US and Europe expected to contract a further 15-20 per cent this year, TomTom, which once defined the sector, is in a race to restructure itself primarily as a licenser and developer of map and traffic data and software.

    “2013 should be the year where we start turning things around,” Harold Goddijn, chief executive, told the Financial Times.

    One of the company's highest-profile licensing efforts, providing map data for Apple's new Maps app, went sour last fall when frequent glitches forced Apple to apologise to customers.

    "We had some explanation to do to customers, but we pointed out that the data we brought to Apple were correct," Mr Goddijn says in an interview at TomTom’s headquarters on Amsterdam’s new hypermodern waterfront. The problems, TomTom says, lay in Apple's integration of data from different vendors.

    The shift to data and services has been much harder going for TomTom than its initial entry into personal navigation devices in 2004. Mr Goddijn recalls those days of feverish growth that saw revenue increase from €192m in 2004 to €1.7bn in 2007.

    “The adoption of that technology beat all expectations, it went faster than fax machines and mobile phones. It was one of those moments in history where you’re there with the right product at the right time,“ Mr Goddijn said.

    But then came the iPhone, and customers began shifting to free navigation apps, especially Google’s.

    TomTom’s strategy for survival relies on three elements: licensing its mapping data to others, winning automotive clients, and providing business navigation solutions for companies like express-delivery firms.

    “The most important piece is the licensing business. That’s where our strategic value is,” Mr Goddijn says.

    TomTom’s major competitors in licensing geographical data are Google and Navteq, which is owned by Nokia.

    With mobile information increasingly organised into the three “ecosystems” of Apple, Google and Microsoft, which provides Nokia’s operating system, Mr Goddijn says TomTom has an advantage as the only independent navigation licenser with a neutral business model and no interest in competing with potential clients.

    But to make that neutral position work, TomTom’s development teams must be able to easily integrate its data into products made by other providers, including competitors.

    In the Mercedes-Benz deal, for example, TomTom will provide only a subscription to its live traffic information, which it calls HD Traffic. The dashboard infotainment device itself, which Mercedes-Benz calls “Comand”, is built by US device maker Harman, and does not use TomTom’s maps.

    TomTom makes the dashboard navigation devices for Fiat and Renault, but is no longer focusing on developing hardware devices. In its recently announced deal with PSA, makers of Peugeot and Citroen, TomTom will supply maps and traffic data for devices built by Continental.

    The software and data parts of TomTom’s business have lower revenues than its traditional hardware businesses, but they have much higher profit margins, generally 70 to 80 per cent.

    The Toyota and Mercedes deals “are nice, but not too sizeable”, said Maurits Heldring of ABN Amro, who estimates the revenues from the deals at several million euros per year.

    As TomTom shifts to high-margin software rather than hardware, Mr Heldring said, “the revenue top-line might stabilise in three to four years’ time” while generating significantly higher earnings.

    The shift to acting as a vendor to larger clients carries risks, as with the blowback from Apple Maps last fall. Mr Goddijn says it is crucial for TomTom to stay in the background when it sells to other companies, "to be able to license that data to anyone irrespective of brand concerns."

    But the ultimate threat to the company comes from its competitors in the pure mapping and data realm. Google and Nokia, which owns Navteq, both have far deeper pockets and greater resources than TomTom with its 3500 employees can muster.

    To prepare for the competition, TomTom has eliminated its net debt over the past two years and is now cash positive. Mr Goddijn says its revenues are adequate to support needed investment in software development and the continued high costs of keeping maps up-to-date as it faces off against its bigger rivals.

    But it will not be easy.

    “Man, we should be able to get those products out faster,” Mr Goddijn said. “We invested a lot in 2012 to become faster, but we need to get faster.”

    www.ft.com/cms/s/0/016f1b0e-866a-11e2...
  5. bart1805 6 maart 2013 20:35
    Ai.
    the revenue top-line might stabilise in three to four years’ time
    Dat past toch niet echt in het straatje van veel posters hier.
  6. bart1805 6 maart 2013 21:10
    quote:

    majoor schreef op 6 maart 2013 21:07:

    Kon je niet verder lezen of besloeg je bril.
    Nee ik heb het helemaal gelezen. Zelfs zonder bril.

    But it will not be easy.
  7. VanillaSky 6 maart 2013 21:11
    quote:

    bart1805 schreef op 6 maart 2013 20:35:

    Ai.
    the revenue top-line might stabilise in three to four years’ time
    Dat past toch niet echt in het straatje van veel posters hier.
    Dat is de realiteit. Een gemengd verhaal als je het objectief bekijkt. TomTom maakt zeker stappen maar er zijn ook bedreigingen/minder positieve aspecten:

    But the ultimate threat to the company comes from its competitors in the pure mapping and data realm. Google and Nokia, which owns Navteq, both have far deeper pockets and greater resources than TomTom with its 3500 employees can muster.

    To prepare for the competition, TomTom has eliminated its net debt over the past two years and is now cash positive. Mr Goddijn says its revenues are adequate to support needed investment in software development and the continued high costs of keeping maps up-to-date as it faces off against its bigger rivals.

    But it will not be easy.


    “Man, we should be able to get those products out faster,” Mr Goddijn said. “We invested a lot in 2012 to become faster, but we need to get faster.
  8. [verwijderd] 6 maart 2013 21:17
    "The shift to acting as a vendor to larger clients carries risks, as with the blowback from Apple Maps last fall. Mr Goddijn says it is crucial for TomTom to stay in the background when it sells to other companies, "to be able to license that data to anyone irrespective of brand concerns."

    Dit is de reden waarom ze liever op de achtergrond blijven. Op zich wel logisch.
  9. VanillaSky 6 maart 2013 21:22
    Even nog een andere:

    “2013 should be the year where we start turning things around,” Harold Goddijn, chief executive, told the Financial Times.

    Dit geeft m.i. perfect aan dat 2013 het jaar is waarbij mogelijk de bodem ligt wanneer er geen tegenvallers zijn (nieuwe producten, autoverkopen etc.) Het 'should be' geeft aan dat het GEEN zekerheid is. Daarbij geeft deze voorzichtige uitspraak perfect aan dat het dus niet zo'n vaart zal lopen met de winst.

  10. bart1805 6 maart 2013 21:23
    quote:

    VanillaSky schreef op 6 maart 2013 21:11:

    [...]

    Dat is de realiteit. Een gemengd verhaal als je het objectief bekijkt. TomTom maakt zeker stappen maar er zijn ook bedreigingen/minder positieve aspecten:

    But the ultimate threat to the company comes from its competitors in the pure mapping and data realm. Google and Nokia, which owns Navteq, both have far deeper pockets and greater resources than TomTom with its 3500 employees can muster.

    To prepare for the competition, TomTom has eliminated its net debt over the past two years and is now cash positive. Mr Goddijn says its revenues are adequate to support needed investment in software development and the continued high costs of keeping maps up-to-date as it faces off against its bigger rivals.

    But it will not be easy.


    “Man, we should be able to get those products out faster,” Mr Goddijn said. “We invested a lot in 2012 to become faster, but we need to get faster.
    Het is een zeer realistisch verhaal. TomTom is een prima bedrijf, maar omzet blijft voorlopig nog gewoon onder druk staan, winst zal best wat toenemen. Maar vandaag rolden hier de mooie omzetprognoses en dividendvoorspellingen al weer over het forum. Blijft komisch.

    Ook wel aardig dat een dubbeltje dividend per aandeel voor de familie Goddijn, toch een extra bonus oplevert van een dikke 4,5 miljoen. Niet verkeerd om op die manier nog wat extra geld uit je bedrijf te halen.
  11. VanillaSky 6 maart 2013 21:27
    quote:

    bart1805 schreef op 6 maart 2013 21:23:

    [...]
    Het is een zeer realistisch verhaal. TomTom is een prima bedrijf, maar omzet blijft voorlopig nog gewoon onder druk staan, winst zal best wat toenemen. Maar vandaag rolden hier de mooie omzetprognoses en dividendvoorspellingen al weer over het forum. Blijft komisch.

    Ook wel aardig dat een dubbeltje dividend per aandeel voor de familie Goddijn, toch een extra bonus oplevert van een dikke 4,5 miljoen. Niet verkeerd om op die manier nog wat extra geld uit je bedrijf te halen.
    Inderdaad niks mis met tomtom alleen de verwachtingen van veel mensen liggen buiten wat ooit mogelijk is.
    Overigens vind ik het hele dividendverhaal nog veel te vroeg als je ziet hoe ze die vraag altijd direct afschieten zie ik het daar zeker in 2014 nog niet van komen. Denk dat men het investeringsbudget wat gaat opschroeven wanneer er wat meer ruimte is.
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