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It's not mandatory to install RDS-TMC via TTActivator, the regular Navcore should work out of the box as long as TomTom has an agreement/license with a traffic provider in your country and your device came pre-installed with the traffic license file (mctx.dat).

If you use TTActivator however, you will have more control over which provider will be selected by the traffic receiver if there is more than one available. For example, you may choose to disable the free traffic services. TTActivator can also support more countries/providers than what is normally allowed by TomTom because it combines service data from Garmin and iGO as well.

Most NAV3 devices come pre-installed with "tmc_lowend" which is a traffic license file (mctx.dat) from 2011. Here the comparison chart between that and TTActivator.

Country	Provider	Paid Service	TomTom Supported	TTActivator Supported
Australia	HERE Traffic	💲		✅
Australia	Intelematics (SUNA)	💲		✅
Belgium	Be-Mobile	💲		✅
Brazil	Be-Mobile	💲		✅
Brazil	HERE Traffic	💲		✅
Bulgaria	TrafficNav	💲		✅
Canada	HERE Traffic	💲		✅
Canada	Total Traffic & Weather Network	💲	✅	✅
Croatia	TrafficNav	💲		✅
Denmark	Vejdirektoratet			✅
Finland	MediaMobile (V-Traffic)	💲	✅	✅
France	MediaMobile (V-Traffic)	💲		✅
France	ViaMichelin	💲	✅	✅
Germany	ANTENNE 1			✅
Germany	ANTENNE B			✅
Germany	ANTENNE N			✅
Germany	BASt			✅
Germany	DLF			✅
Germany	FFH			✅
Germany	HERE Traffic	💲		✅
Germany	Hit 1			✅
Germany	HR			✅
Germany	MDR			✅
Germany	NDR			✅
Germany	RBB			✅
Germany	SR			✅
Germany	SWR			✅
Germany	TMC BDR			✅
Germany	TMC-BR			✅
Germany	TMCRB			✅
Germany	WDR			✅
Greece	TrafficNav	💲		✅
Hungary	TrafficNav	💲	✅	✅
Ireland	TrafficNav	💲		✅
Italy	Infoblu	💲	✅	✅
Luxembourg	Be-Mobile	💲		✅
Malaysia	Malaysia			✅
Mexico	HERE Traffic	💲		✅
Mexico	Total Traffic & Weather Network	💲	✅	✅
Netherlands	ANWB			✅
Netherlands	Be-Mobile	💲		✅
New Zealand	Geosmart	💲		✅
New Zealand	HERE Traffic	💲		✅
New Zealand	Intelematics (SUNA)	💲		✅
Norway	MediaMobile (V-Traffic)	💲		✅
Poland	CE-Traffic	💲		✅
Poland	MediaMobile (V-Traffic)	💲		✅
Portugal	Be-Mobile	💲		✅
Portugal	TrafficNav	💲		✅
Puerto Rico	Total Traffic & Weather Network	💲	✅	✅
Romania	Be-Mobile	💲		✅
Romania	TrafficNav	💲		✅
Russia	HERE Traffic	💲		✅
Slovenia	TrafficNav	💲		✅
South Africa	Altech Netstar	💲		✅
Spain	DGT-SCT			✅
Sweden	MediaMobile (V-Traffic)	💲		✅
Taiwan	Taiwan TMC			✅
Turkey	Be-Mobile	💲		✅
Turkey	HERE Traffic	💲		✅
Turkey	TrafficNav	💲		✅
United Kingdom	INRIX	💲	✅	✅
United Kingdom	TrafficMaster	💲		✅
United States	HERE Traffic	💲		✅
United States	Total Traffic & Weather Network	💲	✅	✅