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TeleCommunication Systems offers location systems to Canadian wireless cos

ANNAPOLIS, MD - TeleCommunication Systems said Thursday that it is providing four of Canada's largest communications companies with location based services systems and services, a move that it says strengthens its North American market position.TCS said that by leveraging its location platform, the unnamed Canadian companies will also gain support for several applications including emergency services (E9-1-1), including support for circuit-switched voice and text-to-9-1-1 calls, and various IP multi-media subsystem-based VoIP originations, including VoLTE, voice over Wi-Fi, voice over wireline and next-generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) services.The versatility of the TCS system also enables the support of revenue-generating value-added services, enabling the companies...