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Sep. 24, 2008

TeleNav is offering companies additional reasons to use its TeleNav Track GPS-enabled mobile resource management services, and along with added new features.

New to the service are Team Timecard(tm), overtime controls, signature and image capture and a hot key alert to help managers improve worker time and attendance compliance, limit unnecessary overtime costs and increase overall efficiency.

Keith Halasy, TeleNav's senior marketing manager says “we think about it in terms of a combination of functions and taken together, these become a really powerful productivity tool. We combine GPS navigation and tracking and make it visible to managers on a Internet-based map.”

Included in the timecard component is the ability for a business to set various parameters, so employees aren’t clocking in before their designated time or forget to clock out when they’re supposed to.

It also allows for different billings rates, as some workers may charge a different rate based on their tasks.

The distress alerts are designed to increase employee safety by allowing workers to discreetly send an SOS notification via e-mail, SMS or a voice call. With signature capture, mobile employees can capture a customer’s signature directly on their mobile device or with a USB-connected external touchpad.

TeleNav's new Track version 4.1 is available immediately on select AT&T and Sprint wireless handsets.

Overall, TeleNav’s corporate customers range from small enterprises to Fortune 500 firms. Businesses can tap into various levels so they can make use of features and functions that best fit their needs.

TeleNav also introduced TES (TeleNav Enterprise Server), which resembles the Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry model. It enables customers a flexible method for integrating TeleNav Track with third-party applications such as customer relationship management (CRM), payroll, accounting and dispatch systems.

As for competitors such as Google getting into the navigation space, TeleNav keeps an eye on its rivals but currently enjoys a very commanding lead in its space.

Halasy added “we’re very focused on maintaining our leadership in this area.”

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Source: TeleNav Inc.