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  • Bob Held: TCS Pushes IP Monetization With 11 US Patents in Q3 2014 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bob Held: TCS Pushes IP Monetization With 11 US Patents in Q3 2014

    TeleCommunication Systems has received 11 domestic patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in the third quarter of 2014 for the company’s location-based services and communications and messaging technology. Bob Held, TCS vice president of intellectual asset management, said Tuesday the patents are part of a monetization campaign on the company’s intellectual property. USPTO issued patents for TCS technology in prepaid short […] More

  • Jay Whitehurst: TCS Designs Telemedicine Tool for Mobile, Web Health Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jay Whitehurst: TCS Designs Telemedicine Tool for Mobile, Web Health Services

    TeleCommunication Systems has developed a new video telemedicine platform for healthcare providers and workers in a North Carolina-based independent emergency medicine group to remotely consult with more than 300,000 patients per year. TCS said Monday that the Wake Emergency Physicians, PA group will be the first healthcare organization to implement TCS’ VirtuMedix platform and the company will demonstrate the technology […] More

  • Drew Morin: TCS-LR Kimball Team to Offer Gov't Agencies Net Security Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Drew Morin: TCS-LR Kimball Team to Offer Gov’t Agencies Net Security Services

    TeleCommunication Systems has partnered with CDI Engineering Solutions‘ infrastructure services business unit L.R. Kimball to offer cybersecurity services for government customer networks at the state and local levels. The team will work to review and assess policies and procedures, network security and security awareness training functions for public sector agencies, TCS said Monday. Drew Morin, TCS’ senior vice president and chief […] More

  • Northrop to Unveil New SATCOM Terminals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Unveil New SATCOM Terminals

    Northrop Grumman will introduce new protected terminals for satellite communications that the company built to help the U.S. military protect warfighters. The company will unveil three variants of the terminals at the MILCOM 2014 conference between Oct. 6 and 8 at the Baltimore Convention Center, Northrop Grumman said Monday. Northrop is scheduled to demonstrate the terminals in 2015 and the systems are intended to go […] More

  • TCS to Integrate Location Toolkit into AT&T Connected Car Platform; Jay Whitehurst Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TCS to Integrate Location Toolkit into AT&T Connected Car Platform; Jay Whitehurst Comments

    TeleCommunication Systems said it plans to lend its navigation and automotive telematics experience to Dallas-based AT&T’s connected car initiative. Under the agreement, the company will release its TCS Location ToolKit to third-party developers, automakers and mobile operators through the AT&T Drive Studio facility, the company said Sept. 9. The TCS platform offers an integrated in-car […] More

  • TCS Founder Maurice Tose Joins CTIA Board for 4th Term; Meredith Atwell Baker Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TCS Founder Maurice Tose Joins CTIA Board for 4th Term; Meredith Atwell Baker Comments

      Maurice B. Tose, CEO, president and board chairman of TeleCommunication Systems, is set to serve a fourth term on the CTIA-The Wireless Association board following reelection last week. The company said Sept. 10 the executive starts his new appointment in January 2015. “I am excited and honored to again serve as an involved member of the […] More

  • TCS Becomes O3b Networks Satellite Service Partner; Michael Bristol Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TCS Becomes O3b Networks Satellite Service Partner; Michael Bristol Comments

    TeleCommunication Systems Inc. has teamed up with O3b Networks to provide O3b’s satellite network services to TCS’ government and commercial clients through contract vehicles. “D” D’Ambrosio, O3b Networks executive vice president of government solutions, said Monday TCS will deploy communications services to remote areas with “O3b’s fiber speed and satellite reach.” O3b’s medium Earth-orbit constellation […] More

  • TCS, NextNav Partner for Indoor Emergency Locator System Demo; Kent Hellebust Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TCS, NextNav Partner for Indoor Emergency Locator System Demo; Kent Hellebust Comments

    TeleCommunication Systems and NextNav have partnered to demonstrate an indoor positioning technology they believe help emergency responders locate 911 mobile phone callers who are inside a building. NextNav will exhibit its Metropolitan Beacon System in conjunction with TCS’ 911 technology at this week’s Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials conference in New Orleans, TCS said Friday. The […] More

  • Planet Labs to Use TCS Antennas for Earth-Imaging Satellites; Michael Bristol Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Planet Labs to Use TCS Antennas for Earth-Imaging Satellites; Michael Bristol Comments

    TeleCommunication Systems will supply Planet Labs with the X/Y Tracking Antenna Systems to help track the Flock-1 Earth-imaging satellite constellation. TCS said Wednesday that features of the tracking antennas for the low-Earth orbit satellites include uplink satellite command and imaging data reception. “Capturing these high-resolution views of the earth at significant volume is a major milestone in the space industry,” […] More

  • Iusacell Deploys TCS-Built Global Locator App; Jay Whitehurst Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iusacell Deploys TCS-Built Global Locator App; Jay Whitehurst Comments

    Iusacell has rolled out a TeleCommunication Systems-built locator application to customers across Mexico. TCS designed the TCS Family Locator to help customers view the locations of their family members and friends on a map via assisted-GPS and wireless local area network connectivity, the company said Monday. In Mexico, the application is branded as Ubicacel Familiar. Jay Whitehurst, […] More

  • TCS Helps Launch Cyber Training Courses; Drew Morin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TCS Helps Launch Cyber Training Courses; Drew Morin Comments

    TeleCommunication Systems has partnered with the International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants to introduce its cyber training courses to help meet the demand for cybersecurity training services. The Center for Advanced Security Training program works to match the security professionals’ cyber skills to performance-based capabilities through laboratory exercises, TCS said Friday. “There is a growing demand […] More

  • TCS Receives US Patents for Messaging, Emergency Comm Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TCS Receives US Patents for Messaging, Emergency Comm Systems

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded 13 patents to TeleCommunication Systems for a range of public safety, messaging and location-based services during the first quarter of 2014. TCS holds 355 patents globally, has more than 300 pending patent applications and applied for 17 patents in the U.S. this year, the company said Wednesday. USPTO granted […] More