The news is spreading fast. The TomTom/TeleAtlas deal is moving ahead.
Reuters is reporting that "TomTom, the world's biggest maker of car navigation devices, won unconditional permission from the European Commission on Wednesday to buy its main map supplier, Tele Atlas, for 2.9 billion euros ($4.5 billion)."
EUBusiness reports the EU scrutiny determined that "the deal would not significantly reduce competition in the SatNav sector".
The next obvious question is how this impacts the NAVTEQ/Nokia deal...