ANNAPOLIS – TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. sent word that its Short Message Service Center (SMSC) application running on platforms in wireless carriers’ networks is set to process close to 700 billion text messages by the end of 2009.  The biggest spike in usage will be the hour around the changeover into next year, which the company expects to be three times the level of last year.
Separately, TCS announced that it secured an $8 million contract with the U.S. Marine Corps for the company’s wireless point-to-point link systems and services.  These provide deployed Marines with secure point-to-point and point-to-multipoint transmission of voice, video and data communications over terrestrial microwave radio links.