Meet Traffic.com
Traffic.com, also known as NAVTEQ Traffic, Traffic Pulse and Mobility Technologies, is provider of traffic information via a number of media, including the Internet, cell phones, radio, satellite radio and television in the United States.
The company is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, just outside Philadelphia near the Wawa at 202 & 29. Its main competitors in the information service and broadcast industries are Westwood One and Clear Channel Communications (the latter of which was a former client of Westwood). The company was founded in 1998 as Argus Information Systems.
On November 6, 2006, NAVTEQ announced it had agreed to purchase Traffic.com, officially closing the deal on Wednesday, March 7, 2007.
Nokia acquired Navteq for 8.1 billion dollars on July 10, 2008.