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To: David who wrote (2058)	12/31/1997 11:43:00 AM
From: Alan Gallaspy	Respond to of 3506

Here is a news article regarding sometimes Trimble customer American Mobile Satellite beefing up their two-way wireless data network. biz.yahoo.com Brief exerpt: RESTON, Va., and SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Dec. 31 /PRNewswire/ -_ American Mobile Satellite Corporation (Nasdaq:SKYC - news) and Motorola, Inc., (Motorola) (NYSE: MOT - news) today announced a definitive agreement whereby American Mobile will acquire Motorola's ARDIS data messaging business, which owns and operates the nation's first and largest two-way wireless data communications network. When the acquisition is complete, American Mobile will become one of the country's largest roviders of mobile data services to the transportation and field services industries, as well as others that rely heavily on mobile communications. The article goes on with both SKYC and MOT guys saying that the sky is the limit regarding this area, and that it is on the verge of taking off. They did not say much about GPS other than that is part of SKYC's product. Do we know if Trimble has sold much to American Mobile lately?