NAVITEL^® – the leader in the Russian and Eastern European navigation market, and Prestigio – a leading European manufacturer of mobile devices, consumer electronics, and components, announce a strategic collaboration in the area of joint promotion and support of Navitel Navigator maps on Prestigio mobile devices.

"Thanks to our successful cooperation with NAVITEL^®, which began in 2008, Prestigio has been the leader in the Russian GPS navigation market since 2009, with a 28% volume share (GFK data, December 2012)," says Yuri Antoshkin, Executive Director of Prestigio.

"We are very pleased to cooperate with Prestigio given the quality of devices manufactured under this brand, rich experience in distribution, and continuous improvement of the offering to end customers," adds Danil Zharikov, Commercial Director of NAVITEL^®. "Therefore, when we were deciding which company to partner with to further develop NAVITEL^® products in the mobile device sector, establishing cooperation with Prestigio was a unique opportunity for us."

With the start of the collaboration, NAVITEL will offer users of navigation software inimitable, detailed, accurate, and up-to-date maps for OS Android with support for all NAVITEL^® online services, pre-installed on Prestigio tablet PCs and smartphones (with GPS support). Also, all users who already own Prestigio mobile devices with OS Android version 4.0 and higher can directly download the Navitel-Prestigio application.

As part of the joint promotion, users of Prestigio mobile devices who have installed the Navitel-Prestigio mobile application will have the unique opportunity to get a free 90-day trial version of the application without limitations on the number and size of installed maps. After the 90-day trial period, users can continue to use the application if they purchase a license for the desired maps directly through the application.

In Q1 2013, Prestigio will provide users with access to the Navitel-Prestigio application in the countries where it operates.

Currently, the following maps are available for the Navitel-Prestigio application: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Albania, Argentina, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Guatemala, Honduras, Greece, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Costa Rica, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mexico, Moldova, Nicaragua, New Caledonia, Panama, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey, Finland, Croatia, Montenegro, Czech Republic, Estonia.

During Q1 2013, NAVITEL^® plans to release detailed maps of Western Europe.

Main features of the Navitel-Prestigio mobile application:

• Navitel.Traffic – free information service about road traffic conditions.

• Route Planning – flexible route planning algorithm that allows the user to create routes according to personal preferences.

• SPEEDCAM – warning about dangerous road sections.

• Navitel.SMS – free service for sending SMS with your position coordinates.

• Navitel.Events – free online service allowing users to mark and view on the map other users' records about various events on the road.

• Dynamic POI – information about fuel prices at gas stations, current cinema programs, detailed information about restaurants and cafes, and many other useful details.

• Navitel.Friends – interactive service allowing you to track your friends' positions on the map, send messages, or plan a route directly to them.

"Prestigio's positioning is not primarily aimed at offering modern and stylish devices, but at developing solutions for these devices that make customers' lives interesting, convenient, and safe," says Yuri Antoshkin. "Therefore, we will continue to strive for the development of cooperation between NAVITEL^® and Prestigio."