Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Supports Unprecedented Demand for SMS Text Messaging to Help Keep Americans Connected During Coronavirus Outbreak
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MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2020-- Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL), a world leader in secure and highly reliable location, public safety, navigation, and communication technologies, announced today their Comtech Location Technologies group, a division of Comtech’s Commercial Solutions segment, is supporting unprecedented demand for SMS text messaging to help keep Americans connected during the coronavirus outbreak. Fred Kornberg, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. stated, “As an essential company, our employees are literally working around the clock supporting the millions of Americans staying home, social distancing and communicating online with health care providers, essential professionals, family, and friends. Current conditions have resulted in Comtech’s Busy Hour Short Messages or BHSM, a measure of the number of messages during busy hour, increasing to over 400 million messages per hour during the months of March and April, which represents an increase of nearly twice the normal usage.” Mr. Kornberg added, “We are committed to doing everything necessary to combat the effects of this virus and its hardship on our nation’s citizens and have decided to provisionally waive overage fees for our partners whose end customers have exceeded their SMS usage due to the coronavirus pandemic. Sold around the world to mobile network operators, government agencies, and Fortune 100 enterprises, our platforms locate, map, track and message. Comtech Telecommunications Corp. designs, develops, produces and markets innovative products, systems and services for advanced communications solutions.