AT&T Launches AT&T Navigator Global Edition

AT&T has announced the availability of its AT&T Navigator Global Edition, a GPS-based service to provide international navigation capabilities.

According to AT&T, its AT&T Navigator Global Edition can be used in 20 countries and its coverage area includes most countries in western Europe, North America and the US Caribbean as well as the six cities in China that will host Beijing Summer Olympics events.

The new international navigation service is available in conjunction with the domestic AT&T Navigator solution on the AT&T Tilt, BlackBerry 8800, BlackBerry 8820, BlackBerry Curve 8310, BlackBerry Pearl 8110, BlackJack II and MOTO Q 9h global smartphones.

AT&T Navigator Global Edition claims to provide customers with many of the same features as AT&T’s domestic GPS-based navigation service, AT&T Navigator. Customers can get spoken or text-based directions, in English, German, Italian or Spanish and are rerouted automatically if they miss a turn.

AT&T Navigator Global Edition also features a local ‘business finder’ service, which allows customers to find the locations of businesses by category or by specific name.

Jeff Bradley, senior vice president of mobility marketing and operations for AT&T’s wireless operation, said: “AT&T not only gives customers the ability to use their mobile phones in more countries than any other US carrier, they now can use our robust GPS-based navigation offering whether at home or abroad to easily get from point A to point B or to find and get directed to a local business or service.”