Trimble Wins GPS Survey Equipment Contract in Germany

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Trimble [Nasdaq: TRMB] has received a contract from T-Com, Deutsche Telekom‘s fixed-network division, for Global Positioning System (GPS) survey equipment and software. The equipment will be used to collect position data of T-Com’s telecommunications network infrastructure assets across Germany. Financial details of the contract were not disclosed.

Under the contract, T-Com will purchase 150 Trimble 5800 GPS RTK surveying systems over the next three years. In addition, 150 Map500 software licenses will be purchased for integrating the GPS survey data into T-Com’s Geographic Information System. The integration of position with asset information will assist in managing the company’ physical network infrastructure, which is widely dispersed across the country.