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TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. Works with Vodafone Global Platform and Internet Services To Provide Mobile Messaging Services
URL(s): www.telecomsys.com
ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 18, 2001--
Vodafone Global Platform and Internet Service's New Mobile Internet Portal Utilizes TCS Software in New Zealand
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (Nasdaq:TSYS), a key architect of wireless messaging software, announced today
that it is providing Mobile Internet software for the Vodafone Global Platform and Internet Services Group (VGP) in New
Zealand (LSE:VOD) (NYSE:VOD).
Using TeleCommunication Systems' software, Vodafone New Zealand customers are now able to easily access and
download Internet information using either an Internet information portal or a customizable digital retrieval agent to pull Internet
or scheduled push information to their mobile phones.
TCS's technology enables Vodafone New Zealand subscribers to pull information from a wide variety of Internet content
sources to their mobile phones via TCS's Wireless Internet Gateway and QueryNet(R) software. The two products bridge
popular Internet messaging and wireless short message service (SMS) technologies to provide easily accessible mobile Internet
services.
v SMS is a widely used packet data technology ideally suited for messaging. The Wireless Internet Gateway uses SMS to
connect wireless devices to Internet Protocol (IP) services such as e-mail, content services, and other IP-based applications and
services. QueryNet(R) is a cross-platform application that allows subscribers to provision their own digital information agents via
an intuitive web interface. The agents are subscriber-defined services that access information from either the Internet or a
carrier's data portal and deliver the information to a mobile device or an e-mail account.
"We are very pleased the VGP has chosen TCS to work with on its drive to become the premier provider of mobile
messaging," said Maurice B. Tose, President and CEO, TeleCommunication Systems. "Our suite of advanced mobile data
products allows leading carriers like Vodafone to quickly and easily launch a set of highly innovative messaging services."
About TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.
TCS is evolving wireless technology. As the key architect of wireless messaging and location technology, TCS is delivering
essential software, services and solutions to carriers that enable people to better manage their mobile lifestyle. TCS occupies a
privileged position within the core of the wireless carrier network enabling it to develop technology that ensures the security,
reliability and privacy of people's wireless messages.
Today, TCS is the preferred technology provider to carriers worldwide including Vodafone, Verizon Wireless, Telefonica and
Qwest. Through its solutions group, TCS develops advanced applications that will continue to evolve the face of wireless
messaging. Visit the web site at www.telecomsys.com
About Vodafone Group Plc
Vodafone Group Plc is the world's largest wireless communications firm, headquartered in the United Kingdom. "Vodafone"
has mobile operations in 30 countries on five continents, with more than 83.4 million proportionate mobile customers.
www.vodafone.com
About The Vodafone Global Platform and Internet Services Group
The Vodafone Global Platform and Internet Services Group (VGP) is a division within the Vodafone Group Plc. The VGP
offers innovative wireless Internet services to Vodafone's mobile affiliates around the world under the mobile Internet portal
brand, "Vizzavi." www.vizzavi.com
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