Alpine Sat-Nav teams up with Trafficmaster

Alpine Electronics has announced a partnership with the UK's leading provider of real-time traffic information, RAC Trafficmaster Telematics (RTT). RTT information is used to alert drivers to traffic delays and help automatically divert them around the problem.

The agreement with Trafficmaster will allow Alpine satellite navigation products to benefit from Trafficmaster's Radio Data System Traffic Message Channel (RDS TMC) service. This service, which will replace Alpine's existing TMC supplier for these products in the UK, is now available on all Alpine screen based full map satellite navigation systems, including the impressive NVE-N099P which claims currently the fastest processor on the market.

RTT offers real-time traffic speed flow data, which is collated from over 7,500 roadside sensors located across 95% of the UK's motorways and trunk roads. Combined with RAC incident based data, the traffic information is then disseminated via RDS within the commercial radio station broadcasts through agreements held with GCap Media and Chrysalis Radio.

Alpine's UK Sales & Marketing Director, Graham Johnson, explained "The agreement with RTT means that we can be confident that we will continue to provide advanced market-leading products."