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TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.: TeleCommunication Systems Launches SwiftLink(R) SABR Product Line, Expanding Its Rapidly Deplo


Published on 2009-07-08 04:12:12, Last Modified on 2009-07-08 04:12:21 - Market Wire
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ANNAPOLIS, MD--(Marketwire - July 8, 2009) - TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: [ TSYS ]), a leading provider of mission-critical wireless communications, today announced the immediate availability of its SwiftLink® SABR -- Satellite Access Baseband Remote -- product line of rapidly deployable communications solutions. SwiftLink SABR incorporates multi-band (Ku, Ka, X and C), multi-aperture (1.2M, 2.0M and 2.4M) VSAT antennas along with multiple standards-based, L-band modem options and a choice of four baseband configurations.

Secure and reliable communications are vital to small, agile and mobile units in many fields of operations such as military deployments, first responder situations and business continuity circumstances. SwiftLink SABR has been specifically designed to meet demanding needs for access to both, classified and clear channels for voice, video, and data via a compact, portable, easily-assembled remote system. SABR provides rapid communications capability, using an everything-over-IP architecture when deployed at any remote location.

The robust and reliable SABR product line is also among the lightest and most flexible communications packages available to the military, government and commercial customers today. The modular VSAT terminal is highly transportable with a pack-in-the-box pedestal design that incorporates few moving parts for a quick-and-easy setup and tear-down capability. Users can start out with a VSAT terminal in any band, and with pre-assembled, frequency-specific feed boom assemblies quickly perform in-the-field changes to other desired operating bands. The accompanying Non-secure Internet Protocol Router (NIPR) and Secret Internet Protocol Router (SIPR) baseband units come in four different form factors -- a three-classifications rack-and-stack, a two-classifications embedded, a two-classifications micro and a three-classifications micro. The SABR family is designed for plug-and-play operations among these various terminals, modems and baseband units. More importantly, SABR requires no special training or special tools to get started.

"With our SABR offering, we are raising the bar on flexible and rapidly deployable communications," said Michael Bristol, senior vice president of government solutions for TCS. "With multiple choices in terminals, modems and baseband packages -- customers can quickly build their desired custom solution at the network's edge by choosing from an array of SABR components and rapidly become operational."

The TCS Government Solutions Group began as a systems integrator in 1987. Today, TCS provides engineering, management, and professional services to the public sector and is a leading provider of fixed and deployable communication solutions for government customers and mobile operators requiring high reliability and security, including the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, Unified Combatant Commands, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Secret Service, and various U.S. intelligence agencies.

For more information on TCS SABR solutions, visit: [ www.telecomsys.com/government ]

About TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.

TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: [ TSYS ]) engineers and delivers highly reliable wireless communications technology. TCS is a leader in wireless text messaging and location-based technology, including E9-1-1 services and commercial applications like navigation that use the precise location of a wireless device, and secure satellite-based communications systems and services. Customers include leading wireless and VoIP carriers around the world, cable MSOs, automotive telematics vendors, and agencies of the U.S. Departments of Defense, State, and Homeland Security. TCS is one of six primary vendors on a $5 billion Army Worldwide Satellite Systems Contract vehicle. For more information, visit [ www.telecomsys.com ].

Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements as defined within Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 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. Risks include without limitation those detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including the report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.

Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise the information in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or circumstances, or otherwise.

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