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Huawei has Google Maps alternative in the form of TomTom: All you need to know

Huawei's Google Maps alternative is TomTom, as part of the two companies' deal. Read on to know more

Reported by: IANS New Delhi Published : Jan 20, 2020 16:09 IST, Updated : Jan 20, 2020 16:09 IST
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TomTom will be Huawei's Google Maps replacement

Amidst the Huawei-US tension, Chinese telecom and handset giant Huawei has now struck a partnership with Dutch location technology provider TomTom, Sending a message to the US that it can do without Google Maps. The app which will allow it to use the company's maps, traffic information and navigation software to develop its own mobile apps.

Fortunately for Huawei, TomTom isn't just a new player in that field, having specialised in navigation services and devices for more than two decades now.

The arrangement had been struck a while back, according to TomTom's Remco Meerstra, but hadn't been revealed until now. The company declined to share more details, Engadget reported on Monday.

This partnership is almost providential just as the Dutch location technology firm decided to shift its focus away from hardware and into licensing software and selling services.

And even better, it isn't affected by the US Entity List ban on Huawei, according to Slash Gear.

The US added Huawei to the Commerce Department's trade blacklist in 2019, making it difficult for the company to do business with its American suppliers.

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