TCS Wins $8.3 Million Department of Defense Professional Services

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TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS), a leadingprovider of mission-critical wireless communications, todayannounced that it has received an $8.3 million contract to providea major Department of Defense (DoD) Command with communicationsprofessional services. The delivery of these professional serviceswill be over the four quarters ending in July 2009.
TCS will provide Information Technology support/Command, Control,Communications and Computer Information Management (C4IM), VisualInformation and Video Teleconferencing Professional Services, via55 personnel including Desktop Support Engineers, SystemsEngineers, VTC Facilitators, Computer Intelligence Specialists andGraphic Artists.
"TCS has a strong past-performance record in deliveringprofessional services to the Federal government and this is yetanother example of a major DoD Command putting their confidence inour capabilities," said Michael Bristol, Senior Vice President ofTCS' Government Solutions Group. "The Federal government continuesto purchase and implement advanced communications technologies, andwe are proud to deliver the professional services required for asuccessful ongoing support and maintenance program."
TCS' Government Solutions Group began with the company's foundingin 1987 as a government systems integrator. Today, TCS providesprofessional services to public sector clients in the federal,state, and local government and higher education markets andcontinues to maintain a sterling record of successful performancein engineering, management, and integration. The company is also aleading provider of fixed and deployable communication solutionsfor government customers and mobile operators requiring highreliability and security, including the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force,U.S. Navy, Unified Combatant Commands, U.S. Department of State(DoS), U.S. Secret Service (USSS), and various U.S. intelligenceagencies.
For more information on TCS' professional services, visit: http://www.telecomsys.com/government/prof_services.cfm
About TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS) produceswireless data communications technology solutions that requireproven high levels of reliability. TCS provides wireless and VoIPE9-1-1 network-based services, secure deployable communicationsystems, engineered satellite-based services, and commerciallocation applications, like traffic and navigation, using theprecise location of a wireless device. Customers include leadingwireless, cable MSOs, and VoIP carriers around the world, andagencies of the U.S. Departments of Defense, State, and HomelandSecurity. For more information, visit www.telecomsys.com .
Except for the historical information contained herein, this newsrelease contains forward-looking statements as defined withinSection 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Thesestatements are subject to risks and uncertainties and are basedupon TCS' current expectations and assumptions that if incorrectwould cause actual results to differ materially from thoseanticipated. Risks include without limitation the possibility thatthe delivery order will not be fully funded, the possibility thatequipment will not be delivered on time, the prospect that thisorder may be the foundation for additional large project wins, thepossibility that large-scale production requirements could impairour ability to deliver, the impression that all CENTCOM VSATterminals will be purchased under this delivery order, and thosedetailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, includingthe report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 andForm 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008.
Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place unduereliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only asof the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to updateor revise the information in this press release, whether as aresult of new information, future events or circumstances, orotherwise.
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