TeleCommunication Systems, Inc., today announced that the company’s CEO, Maurice B. Tose, has been reappointed to serve on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) until 2013.

The CSRIC is responsible for providing recommendations to the FCC regarding best practices and actions the Commission can take to ensure the security, reliability and interoperability of communication systems.

Tose was appointed to the Council in 2009 and will continue to share his mission-critical wireless communications expertise with a diverse group of representatives from public safety organizations, government agencies, communications industries, and organizations representing Internet users, utility companies and other public interests.

“I’m again honored to be appointed to this council of leaders in public safety and communications,” Tose said in a statement.

Tose founded TCS in 1987 and serves as Chairman of the Board as well as President and CEO. TCS pioneered the methods by which Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) in the U.S. are able to receive a wireless or Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) subscriber’s location during calls for emergency assistance. TCS’ award-winning wireless and VoIP E9-1-1, together with the company’s Next Generation 9-1-1 solutions, serve over 140 million wireless and IP-enabled devices.

Prior to founding TCS, he was the Director of Department of Defense Programs for Techmatics, Inc.

Tose graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Operations Analysis and has an Honorary Doctor of Sciences from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Following his graduation, he served on active duty in the U.S. Navy and retired from the U.S. Navy Reserves as a Commander after 30 years of combined active and reserve service. Mr. Tose serves as a member of the Maryland Governor’s International Advisory Council and is a member of CTIA — The Wireless Association’s 2011 board of directors.

IP telephony is the best way to reduce communications expenses and enhance productivity among businesses, according to SynergyPlus, a provider of VoIP phones for business systems.

One of the greatest costs of traditional business telephone systems is lack of flexibility to handle organizational growth, the company said, adding that limitations to adding equipment for additional staff or adding new features can throttle companies.

SynergyPlus estimates that businesses that communicate across international borders can save immense sums of money with the help of business VoIP phones.

Switching to IP telephony removes maintenance and management requirements for expensive bulky telephony hardware, the company said.

Another advantage of business VoIP  is that it helps organizations comply with the Data Protection Act. Business VoIP can help maintain data security at a time when identity theft of all kinds is on the rise, according to SynergyPlus.

You might not have thought of it, but yes, you still need fax. It’s accepted as legally binding in a way e-mails aren’t, and it’s still part of an overall unified communications plan for a business. And the ability to add designated fax lines for less than ten bucks a month, or to sign up for the company’s fully featured virtual fax service for paperless faxing for the same price, well, it’s hard to beat that.

ITP VoIP has a new Internet phone fax extension offering that includes both traditional and digital faxing plans.

The company’s dedicated fax line package includes “a free dedicated phone number that clients can customize to nearly any local area code in the U.S.,” according to a company statement. The statement adds that its VoIP customers “will also get 250 pages of free faxing each month and online account management.”

The company also offers the ability to send faxes from any computer or mobile device with an internet connection, andto receive faxes at up to three separate email accounts per customer.