AND (AND.AS) JOINS HERE OPEN LOCATION PLATFORM

OLP ecosystem will support content development and delivery

Capelle aan den Ijssel, Netherlands – 20 December 2019: AND has today joined the HERE Open Location Platform (OLP), a key step in the company’s mission to develop and expand its portfolio of location-aware content and offer a broad range of delivery options.

HERE OLP is a one-stop ecosystem where location-centric products and services can be created leveraging the exclusive tools and data offered by the OLP Workspace; and also licensed via the OLP Marketplace. “Access to specialised global platforms to distribute existing and newly developed content is essential to AND. Joining the prominent HERE OLP was a natural progression for us, offering an open, neutral and scalable Marketplace which simplifies the sourcing and licensing of data,” explained AND CEO, Thierry Jaccoud.

“The OLP Workspace adds a unique dimension which supports our developers with excellent tools and premium location-aware content,” continued Jaccoud. “Overall, we will be able to enrich and pool our data with that from HERE or other third parties to develop attractive and innovative products.”

“We’d like to welcome AND to the HERE platform and look forward to seeing how they will leverage both HERE Workspace and HERE Marketplace to expand their portfolio with our location intelligence,” said Sanjiv Ghate, HERE VP of Data Monetization and Marketplace. “AND will be the latest to highlight the end-to-end capabilities of HERE platform to enable the entire product life-cycle of next-gen location-data centric services.”

As part of HERE OLP, AND will be able to expose its content to many potential customers, develop new and exciting products faster, and increase its global reach.

For more information contact:

Caroline Bombart
Head of Marketing
Tel +31 10 885 1207
caroline.bombart@and.com