V-trafic TMC Service in France

Creation date: 24 February 2005

Traffic information provider Mediamobile has launched a new website promoting its TMC service in France.  The service, V-trafic (http://www.v-trafic.com/) now offers traffic information over the internet and via mobile telephone or GPRS-equipped PDA in addition to via TMC-enabled satellite navigation systems.

The service, provided since 2000, is available to new customers of vehicle / navigation system brands including BMW, Renault, Subaru, Volvo, Alpine, Clarion, Kenwood, Pioneer and VDO Dayton - more detailed availability and compatibility information is available on the V-trafic website.

The service is broadcast on FM station France Inter nationwide.  It covers the majority of the autoroute network, and also Paris and Ile-de-France in detail - in all, over 80% of daily traffic.  Data is provided by a variety of sources such as the Police, city road departments and autoroute management companies, using automatic loop detectors, cameras, floating car data from taxis and reports from patrol vehicles.