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Financial Express Kolkata
|February 09, 2026
HOW HERE TECH IS POWERING INDIA’S MOBILITY
WHILE MOST INDIAN commuters reach for their smartphones to navigate daily traffic, the most critical data guiding their journey often comes from a company they’ve never heard of.
HERE Technologies, a global titan in the mapping and location industry, may not be a household name in the B2C space, but has quietly become the ‘brain’ behind the scenes of India’s rapidly evolving automotive landscape.
In a recent conversation, Deon Newman, senior vice-president and GM for Asia Pacific at HERE Technologies, told FE that while the company’s consumer visibility may seem limited, its operational footprint in India is huge.
India: Brain of global mapping
This story is from the February 09, 2026 edition of Financial Express Kolkata.
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