industry location based service founded 1999 by h.p. jin sal dhanani y.c. chao and bob rennard headquarters santa clara california products scout gps link and devices number of employees 583 website www.telenav.com telenav inc. nasdaq tnav is a wireless location based services company that provides services including global positioning system gps satellite navigation local search automotive navigation solutions mobile advertising enterprise mobility and workflow automation . the company s headquarters are located in santa clara california in the united states with additional offices in the u.s. germany japan romania china and brazil . contents 1 history 1.1 founding 1.2 1999 2004 1.3 2005 2009 1.4 2010 present 2 products 2.1 scout 2.2 scout.me 2.3 thinknear 2.4 scout for cars 2.5 scout for apps 2.6 telenav gps navigator 2.7 telenav shotgun 2.8 onmyway 2.9 telenav track 2.10 telenav asset tracker 2.11 telenav vehicle tracker 2.12 sipity 2.13 jungle 2.14 myties 3 references 4 further reading 5 external links history edit this section reads like a news release or is otherwise written in a promotional tone . please help by either rewriting this article from a neutral point of view or by moving this article to wikinews . when appropriate blatant advertising may be marked for speedy deletion with db spam . june 2016 founding edit telenav originally founded as televigation was first established in 1999 by hp jin yc chao sal dhanani and robert rennard to provide gps based navigation software on mobile devices . 1 1999 2004 edit in december 2000 telenav launched mypna my personal navigation assistant wap service to sprint . the product allowed users to retrieve directions between two addresses and search for local points of interest pois . 2 in 2002 telenav developed a real time mobile navigation product for nextel motorola java phones using a tethered gps receiver developed by globalsat . the following year navigator was created for the blackberry 7520 rim s first gps enabled device . 2005 2009 edit sprint navigation was introduced in 2005 . catering to sprint devices telenav created a line of mobiled based applications with 3d navigation capability available for wireless subscribers using particular sprint devices . 3 telenav track a product designed to help companies track their mobile resources including employees vehicles and assets was launched in 2006 . 4 in 2009 telenav announced their first android app 5 available in google play and blackberry app world . 6 also in june 2009 telenav unveiled its first app for ios at & t navigator 7 made available on the iphone 3g and iphone 3gs . in march 2011 telenav announced a stand alone application telenav gps navigation available for all ios users . 8 2010 present edit telenav completed its initial public offering 10 ipo in may 2010 and began trading on the nasdaq under the symbol tnav . 11 with the completion of its ipo telenav became the first mobile lbs company to enter into public trading . in 2010 ford announced it had also selected telenav to provide gps navigation software in its new myford touch driver connect technology . 9 during the summer telenav announced a partnership with u.s. cellular corporation 12 u.s.c.c. to bring mobile gps navigation service to wireless subscribers . in september 2011 telenav acquired the boston based company goby inc. a local and travel search company . at ces 2012 telenav announced new iphone app scout a gps and discovery app with integration with the web and automotive . also at ces ford announced scout as the navigation service for some vehicles . most recently telenav announced scout for apps in march a service for mobile web and app developers to include turn by turn voice guided gps navigation within their mobile app or website via html5 . in january 2014 telenav acquired skobbler a producer of navigation software for android and iphone based on openstreetmap for 23.8 million . 10 products edit telenav offers a number of location based products serving the mobile consumer and enterprise markets . scout edit announced in january 2012 11 scout was launched for iphones . the free mobile app features mapping and navigation support and allows users to access real time commute times current location search and weather . scout.me edit also announced in january 2012 12 it is an online searching tool for food drink and social activities around a user s location . thinknear edit in 2012 telenav announced it was paying 22.5 million to acquire thinknear a hyperlocal mobile ad startup that helps target consumers with very precise and contextual location based ads . scout for cars edit is a navigation system for cars . 13 it is only available for some ford vehicles . 14 scout for apps edit scout for apps is a html5 browser based voice guided turn by turn gps navigation service for mobile phones . 15 the free service for mobile web and app developer offers the ability to include turn by turn voice guided gps navigation within their mobile app or website . developers can integrate the service by adding one line of code . telenav gps navigator edit telenav gps navigator 16 is a mobile gps navigation application . telenav shotgun edit released in 2008 telenav shotgun 17 is an internet connected personal navigation device . in addition to 3d turn by turn navigation and voice assistance shotgun features include real time traffic mileage tracking local search of pois and automatic re routing . onmyway edit onmyway 18 is an application to help drivers provide updates on their arrival time to a destination . it is available on blackberry 19 iphone & android devices . 20 telenav track edit telenav track 21 is an enterprise mobility software that is designed to help organizations manage their mobile workforce and assets . telenav asset tracker edit telenav asset tracker 22 is a product which is designed to let users to monitor the real time location of assets such as packages cargo or equipment using a secure web based portal . telenav vehicle tracker edit telenav vehicle tracker 23 is designed to help companies track their fleet vehicles in real time using a web based portal . sipity edit is 24 a networking application designed to make finding and connecting with relevant people at events easier . currently available on the iphone users can seek other potential contacts at tradeshows or other industry events with similar positions or interests jungle edit designed for university students jungle 25 is a mobile marketplace application which allows users to buy sell and find items services and housing within their surrounding areas from their iphone or ipod touch . myties edit in november 2010 telenav launched its latest mobile application named myties . 26 myties is a mobile based social network . references edit venturebeatprofiles.com telenav company profile thefreelibrary.com telenav gps navigation systems feature speech interface . berry review . new telenav and us cellular partnership softpedia telenav announces gps navigator telenav android app telenav announces android app telenav blackberry app telenav announces blackberry app telenav at & t partnership telenav at & t announce at & t navigator telenav iphone app telenav launches iphone app telenav gps navigator telenav launches gps navigator in open navigation tie up telenav acquires skobbler for 23.8 million scout telenav announces scout scout announcement telenav announces scout scout announcement ford scout partnership ford scout partnership scout for apps announcement scout for apps announcement telenav gps navigator telenav gps navigator homepage telenav.com shotgun telenav shotgun homepage phonearena.com telenav s onmyway service now live on verizon sprint & t mobile blackberry handsets telenav blog introducing onmyway let your friends know you re on the way zdnet.com send your eta with telenav onmyway from your android or ios device telenavtrack.com telenav track homepage commercial carrier journal . at & t releases at & t asset tracker telenav blog . at & t and telenav launch telenav vehicle tracker sipity homepage . sipity.com telenav press release . telenav launches free location based classifieds iphone app for college students myties homepage . myties.com further reading edit toyota turns to telenav for navigation in vehicles . bloomberg.com . 31 july 2015 . telenav copies foursquare s swarm with new social app hopover . techcrunch . aol . 22 september 2014 . scout by telenav for iphone . pcmag . scout by telenav for android . pcmag . telenav buys skobbler for 24m to power an openstreetmap challenge to google maps . techcrunch . aol . 30 january 2014 . wayne cunningham 7 july 2014 . scout by telenav review cnet . cnet . cbs interactive . david meyer . telenav outs scout app not to be confused with its other scout app . telenav gps plus for iphone . pcmag . hands on with telenav scout in a 2012 ford edge . pcmag . joel evans . telenav s scout is my preferred ios maps alternative . zdnet . telenav introduces its first gps navigation device . pcworld . 9 november 2008 . proceedings of the second international airborne remote sensing conference . routledge handbook of internet politics . external links edit scout thinknear retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title telenav & oldid 734073915 categories ios softwareblackberry softwarecompanies listed on nasdaqandroid operating system softwarecompanies based in sunnyvale californiahidden categories articles with a promotional tone from june 2016all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata 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