BROWSING: TeleCommunications Systems Inc.

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MetroPCS Communications Inc. extended its contract with TeleCommunications Systems Inc. for the company to provide hosted E911 services to the flat-rate carrier. The contract between the two companies has been extended for three years; additional terms were not disclosed."The contract extension demonstrates MetroPCS' continued...

A Virginian jury ruled in favor of TeleCommunication Systems Inc. in the company's patent-infringement battle with Sybase Inc., awarding TCS a one-time payment of $12.1 million for past royalties. Sybase said it would appeal the verdict.The issue stems from TCS' patent No. 6,985,748, which...

TeleCommunications Systems Inc. has extended a pact to provide hosted E911 Mobile Positioning Center (MPC) services to Verizon Wireless.The Annapolis, Md.-based mobile data technology firm announced a new, five-year contract with the nation's second-largest wireless carrier. The news follows the announcement earlier this week...

TeleCommunication Systems Inc. said it filed a lawsuit against Mobile 356 Inc. and WiderThan Americas Inc. claiming the companies infringed on its patents.The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.TCS alleges the companies infringed its patents having...

ANNAPOLIS, Md.—TeleCommunication Systems Inc. said it filed a lawsuit against Mobile 356 Inc. and WiderThan Americas Inc. claiming the companies infringed on its patents. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.TCS alleges the companies infringed its...

ANNAPOLIS, Md.—TeleCommunication Systems Inc. said it extended its satellite coverage over several countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The company said its SwiftLink Global Satellite Service, launched last August, now covers North and South America, Africa, Europe, the Middle East and West Asia. TCS targets...

Alamosa Holdings Inc. subsidiary Southwest PCS said it sold 10 megahertz of spectrum covering portions of Oklahoma and Texas to Panhandle Telecommunications Systems Inc. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Panhandle will use the spectrum to build out a CDMA2000 1x network...

NEW YORK-Alamosa Holdings Inc. subsidiary Southwest PCS said it sold 10 MHz of spectrum covering portions of Oklahoma and Texas to Panhandle Telecommunications Systems Inc. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Panhandle will use the spectrum to build out a CDMA2000 1x...

Boston Communications Group Inc. suffered another legal setback when a federal judge ordered the company to stop providing the prepaid wireless services that account for 70 percent of its revenue. BCGI provides a platform carriers like Cingular Wireless L.L.C. use to deploy prepaid offerings....

ANNAPOLIS, Md.-Broadband phone service provider Vonage Holdings Corp. and TeleCommunication Systems Inc., a location and wireless data technology provider, have teamed to begin the process of enabling public-safety answering points to handle Voice over Internet Protocol enhanced 911 calls.Beginning this month, Vonage said it...

ANNAPOLIS, Md.-TeleCommunication Systems Inc., which provides location and wireless data technology, and Skyhook Wireless, which has developed a Wi-Fi location system, said they will cooperate to integrate Skyhook's system with TCS' Voice over Internet Protocol service."TCS delivers approximately one half of all the wireless...

ANNAPOLIS, Md.-TeleCommunication Systems Inc. pre-announced its expected financial results, warning they will be lower than projected, due mainly to lower-than-expected customer spending late in the quarter. TCS is a provider of wireless location and messaging software.The company said based on preliminary analysis it expects...

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. reported sluggish revenues and continuing net losses, which the company said was partly due to the recent sale of its wireless enterprise division. However, Aether hinted that additional sales or other major business moves may be on the horizon."In...

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. reported sluggish revenues and continuing net losses, which the company said was partly due to the recent sale of its wireless enterprise division. However, Aether hinted that additional sales or other major business moves may be on the horizon."In...

TeleCommunication Systems Inc. announced it bought the enterprise mobility division of Aether Systems Inc. for $19 million, a move TCS said will boost its data offerings and further serves to highlight the difficulties in the wireless enterprise market.The deal is a relative steal for...

ANNAPOLIS, Md.-TeleCommunication Systems Inc., which provides location and messaging software and E911 services for mobile operators, launched TCS Alerts, an intelligent push/pull messaging platform that enables wireless carriers to manage notifications.TCS Alerts is 2.5-generation and 3G ready and it works with any structured content...

ANNAPOLIS, Md.-TeleCommunication Systems Inc. and LocatioNet have partnered to launch Location JumpStart, an end-to-end location package for wireless carriers.According to the companies, Location JumpStart is designed to offer an easy-to-deploy, low-cost entry system to offer revenue-generating applications. Carriers will be able to offer selected...

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...