NEW YORK-LocatioNet announced a partnership with wireless location and messaging software developer TeleCommunication Systems (TCS).Through the partnership, LocatioNet customers can use the TCS Xypoint Location Platform solution to locate wireless subscribers. In addition, TCS' Timothy Lorello explained, "partnering with LocatioNet will enable TCS' carrier...
BEDMINISTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. said Friday it has signed a five-year contract with TeleCommunication System Inc. to provide wireless enhanced 911 Phase I and Phase II network services, using TCS' Xypoint platform, to 50 percent of Verizon Wireless' cell sites nationwide.The agreement consolidates existing...
ANNAPOLIS—TeleCommunication Systems Inc. that by revising a September 2001 contract, Cingular Wireless will make it a preferred vendor for Phase I and II wireless E911 services including Mobile Positioning Center (MPC), Gateway Mobile Location Center (GMLC) and management services. Under their revised contract, TCS...
ANNAPOLIS, Md.—TeleCommunication Systems Inc. announced Cingular Wireless selected TCS as one of its vendors to supply E911 Phase I and Phase II solutions.TCS also said it signed a letter of intent with Verizon Wireless to provide Phase I and Phase II services.Under the agreement...
ANNAPOLIS, Md.—TeleCommunications Systems Inc. said it successfully completed compatibility testing with Grayson Wireless' Geometrix wireless location system. The testing assures wireless carriers that the two systems can operate together to provide an E911 Phase II solution.Geometrix provides the technology to locate a 911 caller,...
The looming October deadline for carriers to comply with the Federal Communication Commission's Phase II E911 requirements has implications beyond safety. Companies like Annapolis, Md.-based TeleCommunication Systems Inc. hope it will open up the market for its privacy technologies and set in motion many...
ANNAPOLIS, Md.-TeleCommunications Systems said it joined the Location Interoperability Forum.Through its Xypoint unit, TCS will work with the LIF to develop global interoperability standards among mobile positioning systems, and advance initiatives to protect privacy and security of consumer location data, TCS said.
TeleCommunication Systems Inc. said it received the necessary shareholder and regulatory approvals to complete its acquisition of privately held Xypoint Corp.Under terms of the agreement, Xypoint shareholders received 4.2 million shares of TCS class A common stock.Shortly following the announcement, shares of TCS increased...
The race is on to develop carrier-class software infrastructure for the next generation of wireless data applications, and last week's merger announcement between TeleCommunication Systems Inc. and Xypoint Corp. adds a new contestant to the field.The agreement calls for TCS to acquire Xypoint in...
PETAH TIKVA, Israel-InnoWave ECI Wireless Systems Ltd. said it will supply fixed wireless access systems to Global Village Telecom in Brazil through a supply agreement valued at up to $165 million. In addition, ECI Telecom Ltd., InnoWave's parent company, is investing $35 million in...
TeleCommunications Systems Inc. launched a free wireless portal service called Data4Me, aimed directly at end users with the goal of increasing awareness of wireless e-mail services across multiple networks.The portal allows users to send and receive messages to and from others on the same...
ANNAPOLIS, Md.-TeleCommunications Systems Inc. introduced an enhancement to its Mobile Originated Short Message Service solution that allows mobile phone users to send short text messages to Internet Protocol-based applications and devices, said the company.TCS also announced the addition of zone-based rating capabilities to its...
