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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
TCS Receives 5-Year Contract Extension for Hosted E9-1-1 Services From Verizon Wireless
ANNAPOLIS, MD and BASKING RIDGE, NJ -- May 10, 2007 -- TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS), a leading provider of mission-critical wireless data solutions, and Verizon Wireless today announced a five-year contract extension to the Hosted E9-1-1 Mobile Positioning Center (MPC) services agreement.
"TCS has worked very hard to be the only TL 9000 certified facility providing wireless or VoIP E9-1-1 location services in the world," said Maurice B. Tosé, Chairman, President and CEO of TCS. "We are pleased to continue our longstanding relationship with Verizon Wireless to provide E9-1-1 services."
ABOUT VERIZON WIRELESS
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable wireless voice and data network, serving 60.7 million customers. The largest US wireless company and largest wireless data provider, based on revenues, Verizon Wireless is headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 66,000 employees nationwide. The company is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) and (LSE: VOD). Find more information on the Web at www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.
ABOUT TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) produces wireless data communications technology solutions that require proven high levels of reliability. TCS provides wireless and VoIP E9-1-1 network-based services, secure deployable communication systems and engineered satellite-based services, and commercial location applications, like traffic and navigation, using the precise location of a wireless device. Customers include leading wireless and VoIP carriers around the world, and agencies of the U.S. Departments of Defense, State, and Homeland Security.
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