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Dec. 7, 2007

TeleNav Press Release:

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TeleNav Exposes Top Five Reasons American Drivers Are Running Behind Schedule in 2007

Bad traffic the most common, followed by poor driving directions

Sunnyvale, Calif. – December 7, 2007—With increased road congestion and the fast pace of today’s American lifestyle, arriving late is a growing problem that could be alleviated with the use of GPS navigation services, concludes TeleNav following a recent online consumer poll.

The nearly 430 poll respondents cited the following reasons most often when arriving late to their destination:

• Traffic (74%)
• Poor directions (8%)
• Road construction (8%)
• Unable to find a parking structure (6%)
• Needed gas (4%)

In addition, CareerBuilder.com recently disclosed that 16% of workers arrive late to work at least once a week, and 31% attributed their delayed arrivals to traffic.

Further results from TeleNav’s survey reveal that 35% of respondents would like to receive a GPS navigation service on their cell phone as a gift this holiday season. The Consumer Electronics Association also identified that 33% of future GPS buyers are interested in owning a cell phone that has GPS / navigation capabilities.

“With today’s advanced cell phone technology, arriving late should become less and less of an issue,” said HP Jin, TeleNav president, CEO and co-founder. “Services like GPS navigation can help in every day situations and reduce stress for people on-the-go.”

GPS applications on cell phones have the advantage of a wireless network connection that provides access to real-time information, including traffic alerts and rerouting, as well as up-to-date maps and directions. Mobile location-based services can also quickly access databases that provide listings for important places like gas stations and parking structures.

TeleNav offers TeleNav GPS Navigator™, a cell phone navigation service that provides voice and on-screen turn-by-turn directions. The most recent version includes new social-networking features such as location sharing as well as provides traffic alerts with one-click rerouting. To learn more about TeleNav GPS Navigator, as well as sign up for a free 30-day trial, please visit www.telenav.com.

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About TeleNav

TeleNav, Inc. is a leading provider of consumer location-based services (LBS), enterprise LBS and automotive LBS. TeleNav's solutions provide consumers, wireless service providers, enterprises and automakers with location-specific, real-time, personalized services such as GPS navigation, local search, mobile advertising, mobile commerce, location tracking and workflow automation. TeleNav's technology is available across more than 500 types of mobile phones, all major mobile phone operating systems and a broad range of wireless network protocols. TeleNav's service providers and partners include AT&T, Bell Mobility, Boost Mobile, China Mobile, Cincinnati Bell, Ford Motor Company, NII Holdings, Rogers, Sprint Nextel, Telcel, T-Mobile UK, T-Mobile USA, U.S. Cellular, Verizon Wireless and Vivo Brazil.

For more information on TeleNav, please visit www.telenav.com. Follow TeleNav on Twitter at www.twitter.com/telenav or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/telenav

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