Trimble Acquires Terasat Japan, Takes Over Its VRS Network
The deal converts a long-running Trimble technology customer into an owned asset, giving Trimble direct control of Japan's VRS correction infrastructure and the GSI reference point data it runs on.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
Trimble announced on September 4 that it acquired Terasat Japan, a major provider of VRS GNSS correction services in Japan. Terasat's network has run on Trimble technology for years, and Trimble now owns and operates it. The deal expands Trimble's real-time centimeter-level positioning base for surveying, construction, automotive, and agriculture. Purchase terms were not disclosed. Terasat Japan draws on the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan's network of more than 1,300 electronic reference points.
Terasat Japan's network has run on Trimble's Pivot system for years, which is why CEO Mauro Fujii called the transition highly compatible on the technical side. Trimble's Jacek Pietruczanis framed the purchase as a shortcut: buying an established Japanese operator avoids the work of building a network from scratch. The service delivers horizontal accuracy of about 2 cm and vertical accuracy of about 3 cm, using the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan's network of more than 1,300 electronic reference points. Trimble already operates VRS networks in North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, and Japan now joins that list.
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