MELVILLE, N.Y. –
October 9, 2018– Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq: CMTL)
announced today, that during its first quarter of fiscal 2019, its
Safety & Security Technologies group, which is part of Comtech’s
Commercial Solutions segment, was awarded a multi-year contract
extension totaling $1.2 million to provide FCC mandated enhanced 911
(“E911”) services to New-Cell, Inc. dba Cellcom. As part of this
contract extension, Comtech will also provide emergency call routing
services for Cellcom’s Voice Over Long Term Evolutions (VoLTE) and Voice
over WiFi (VoWiFi) networks.
For more than ten years, Comtech has continuously provided Cellcom with
a number of public safety solutions, including E911 location and call
routing for Cellcom’s CDMA network, as well as Text to 9-1-1 service.
“We are honored that this carrier has extended our relationship and
selected us to perform this critical work for its end customers in
Northeastern & Central Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula,” said
Fred Kornberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Comtech
Telecommunications Corp. “This extension is a testament to the quality
and high reliability of our market-leading solutions, and we are proud
of our 20-year history of providing 99.999% E911 routing service
availability to our wireless and VoIP carriers.”
Comtech’s highly reliable technologies enable the successful handling of
over five million 9-1-1 calls and texts each month. For more information
regarding Comtech’s 9-1-1 products and services, visit www.comtech911.com.
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. designs, develops, produces, and
markets innovative products, systems and services for advanced
communications solutions. The Company sells products to a diverse
customer base in the global commercial and government communications
markets.
Certain information in this press release contains statements that are
forward-looking in nature and involve certain significant risks and
uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from such
forward-looking information. The Company’s Securities and Exchange
Commission filings identify many such risks and uncertainties. Any
forward-looking information in this press release is qualified in its
entirety by the risks and uncertainties described in such Securities and
Exchange Commission filings.
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