TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS), offering high availability and secure mobile communication technology, has been awarded an order valued at approximately $7 million to provide managed bandwidth services and terminal maintenance support for fixed satellite terminal sites supporting U.S. government personnel in forward operating areas throughout Southwest Asia including Afghanistan and Iraq. The order is initially funded at $2.2 million for the first year, and will be funded up to a total of $7 million if the options for two additional one-year renewal periods are fully exercised.

The fully operational network provides voice, video and data services in remote areas that lack terrestrial communication services. Previously, TCS has built networks around the world to support government organizations in the Middle East, Africa and in South America, as well as the largest private Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) network in the Asia Pacific region for one of the largest U.S. banking organizations.