ANNAPOLIS, MD--(Marketwire - 10/15/09) - TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ:TSYS - News), a leading provider of mission-critical wireless communications technology, will present at the fourth annual Imperial Capital Homeland Security Investor Conference. The conference will be held at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C. on October 20-21, 2009.
The Homeland Security Investor Conference will showcase more than 35 public and private companies in six important sectors in the homeland security industry, including critical infrastructure protection, emergency preparedness and response, border protection, CBRN, cyber security and government services. More than 300 business leaders, government representatives and investors are expected to attend to explore new business and investment opportunities in the Homeland Security market.
TCS management is scheduled to present on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 1:40 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Management will discuss the company's increasing role as a trusted partner to many top tier wireless communications carriers and government customers, and supplying comprehensive messaging and location solutions to meet their mission-critical needs.
The company's government systems and services sales were up 78% in the second quarter of 2009 to $34 million, representing more than half of its revenues and reflecting the company's successful pursuit of secure satellite-based and terrestrial wireless communication opportunities in the government sector, including homeland security.
The Homeland Security Investor Conference is an invitation only event. For further information about the conference, go to www.hsic2009.com.
About Imperial Capital, LLC
Imperial Capital, founded in 1997, is a full-service investment banking
firm with offices in Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. The firm
currently employs over 160 professionals and offers a wide range of
proprietary products and services to institutional investors, middle market
companies, and private equity firms. Imperial Capital provides
institutional clients research and sales and trading of high yield and
distressed debt securities, bank debt, convertible bonds, preferred stocks,
and equities. The firm provides middle market companies and financial
sponsors with capital markets, M&A, capital structure, restructuring, and
recapitalization advisory services. Imperial Capital is a member of FINRA
(www.finra.org) and SIPC (www.sipc.org). For further information about
Imperial Capital, please visit: www.imperialcapital.com.
About TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ:TSYS - News) 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.
Company Contacts:
Tom Brandt
Senior Vice President and CFO
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.
Tel 410-280-1001
tbrandt@telecomsys.com
Scott Liolios or Matt Glover
Investor Relations
Liolios Group
Tel 949-574-3860
info@liolios.com
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