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Ford and ATX Agree to Continue Long-Standing Relationship in Telematics

7 December 2000

Ford Motor Company and ATX Technologies Agree to Continue Long-Standing Relationship in Telematics

             Multi-year agreement provides ATX's third-generation
                        emergency, navigation services

    DALLAS and DEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 6 ATX Technologies, Inc.,
and Ford Motor Company , two pioneers in the development of
telematics, announced today that ATX will continue to provide location-based
emergency and navigation telematics services to Ford Motor Company.  The new
agreement will begin with the 2001 model year.
    ATX currently provides such telematics-based services as automatic
collision notification, emergency "MayDay" response, routing assistance, and
location-based roadside assistance under the Lincoln RESCU brand as an option
on the Lincoln LS and Continental models and under the Jaguar Assist brand as
an option on the Jaguar S-Type.
    "In 1995, we joined Ford Motor Company to launch not only a product but an
industry," noted Steve Millstein, ATX President and Chief Executive Officer.
"We are gratified that Ford shares our vision for security services and can
provide the experience and expertise to deliver world-class services."