TeleCommunication Systems' Text-to-911 Technology on Track to Support 100 Million U.S. Population by Mid-2016 TCS Now Deployed in more than 700 PSAPs across 38 States/Territories Nationwide
Summary
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Feb. 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS), a world leader in secure and highly reliable wireless communication technology, today announced that it now supports more than 700 public safety answering points (PSAPs) with production service in 38 U.S. states or territories, serving a population of over 70 million U.S. citizens. TCS continues to lead the nations text-to-911 service deployments with more than 180 additional PSAPs now in process to implement text-to-911, which will increase the population of wireless subscribers served to nearly 100 million by mid-2016. TCS EMedia™ solution aggregates all text-to-911 traffic from multiple wireless carriers and TCC vendors, allowing Public Safety Authorities to interact with a single entity for text-to-911. Our principal customers are wireless network operators, defense and public safety government agencies, and Fortune 150 enterprises requiring high reliability and security. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and are based upon TCS current expectations and assumptions that if incorrect would cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated.