Telecom Lead America: Locaid, a Location-as-a-Service
company (LaaS) and TeleCommunication Systems, a provider of mobile communication
technology have entered into a partnership.
Under the partnership, TCS’ portfolio of mobile
location-based products and services (LBS) will incorporate Locaid’s
Location-as-a-Service capabilities. This partnership provides wireless
operators with access to rapidly deployable location technology for additional
financial yield from their location infrastructure.
“TCS is known for providing carriers with new
revenue opportunities and delivering them in a rapidly deployable, hosted and
turn-key way. This agreement is testimony to the importance of
Location-as-a-Service among the biggest players in mobile, and it is an
historic first step between our two companies,” said Rip Gerber, president and
CEO of Locaid.
The TCS – Locaid partnership brings a turn-key LBS
solution that includes location network capabilities via TCS’ Xypoint Mobile
Positioning Center (MPC) or Xypoint Gateway Mobile Location Center (GMLC)
platforms and cross-carrier, multi-source, location aggregation enablement.
“One of our key goals is to help our carrier
customers to monetize this asset by making it available on demand to third
parties across a wide-variety of verticals. After an extensive study of the
mobile location market and providers, we selected Locaid for their commitment
to privacy and impressive portfolio of content providers, enterprises,
application developers and merchants who will compensate operators for access
to location,” said Lynne Seitz, vice president of location products, TCS.
Through this partnership, Locaid’s aggregation solution
integrates with TCS’ market-leading network location platforms and enables
wireless operators to rapidly enhance their monetization of a location
technology investment.
Furthermore, TCS facilities enable hybrids of in-network,
hosted or managed services location platforms and cloud-based location
aggregation enablement.
TeleCommunication Systems receives $12.1 million in orders from
U.S. Army
Last year, TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) received a
combined total of $12.1 million in funding from the U.S. Army for equipment,
field services support and maintenance of Secret Internet Protocol Router and
Non-secure Internet Protocol Router Access Point (SNAP) Very Small Aperture
Terminal (VSAT) satellite systems.
