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is the latest in a series of deals for the Dutch company, which
also signed agreements this year to provide maps to Volkswagen
and to renew a deal to supply maps for Apple's built-in iPhone
navigation app.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
TomTom's shares were up 6.5 percent at 10.96 euros in Amsterdam.
The deal follows the sale in August of TomTom's larger
competitor in the digital mapmaking market, Nokia's HERE. A
consortium of German carmakers bought HERE for 2.9 billion euros
($3.1 billion).
Uber [UBER.UL], which had initially bid for HERE, instead
purchased Microsoft's imagery acquisition and map data
processing operations in June, prompting speculation it was
developing its own map-making capacity.
"We look forward to working with TomTom, a leader in the mapping
and navigation space," said Matt Wyndowe, Head of Product
Partnerships at Uber, in a statement.
(Reporting by Toby Sterling; Editing by Mark Potter and David
Evans)
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