[August 21, 2008] TeleCommunication Systems Inc receives USD3.3m contract from US Marine Corps for Wireless Link Network solution Tweet (Corporate IT Update Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) TeleCommunication Systems Inc (NasdaqGM:TSYS), a company that develops and applies wireless data communications technology, revealed on 20 August that the US Marine Corps has awarded a USD3.3m contract to support and maintain its Wireless Point-to-Point Link (WPPL) Network solution. Systems for the US Marine Corps to support the Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom will be delivered by the company over the next two to three months and it expects to secure more WPPL orders of over USD40m against its 2007 World-Wide Satellite Systems contract with the US Marine Corps with a potential total value of USD70m including option years, through 2011, over the next weeks. The TCS WPPL Network Package provides marines deployed in remote areas with point-to-point and point-to-multipoint, line-of-sight and non-line-of-sight transmission of voice, video and data communications and critical last-mile communications allowing soldiers to extend their Local Area Network to deployed locations by providing services over terrestrial microwave radio links. ((Distributed by M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) Copyright ? 2008 M2 Communications Ltd. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]