Level 3 Communications has agreed to help feed satellite-based Internet for O3b Networks‘ satellite service for emerging markets. The Broomfield, Colo.-based company will provide a North American satellite gateway that will allow O3b to connect to its U.S., Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico clients, Level 3 said Tuesday. According to Chris Schram, EVP of operations […] More

Level 3 Communications has added new voice features and other offerings to the company’s partner program for value-added resellers of the Microsoft Lync enterprise communications platform. Level 3’s Solution Provider Partner Program has more than 20 Microsoft partners which include VARs, managed service providers, hardware and software suppliers and technology consultants, Level 3 said July […] More

Level 3 Communications will help Medical Billing and Management Services LLC update its communications network to help deliver services for patients and customers. MBMS wants to establish an integrated system that helps six offices in Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania send billing information to around 450 radiologists in the country, Level 3 said April 30. […] More

Serco Group Plc has awarded communications firm Level 3 a five-year contract to provide Serco data, voice and video services through a single vendor. Level 3 will also provide Serco with converged Internet Protocol network services, according to a Level 3 release. Serco selected Level 3 for its differentiated service offerings, said Garry Fingland, chief […] More

Cal Shintani is senior vice president and chief growth officer at Oceus Networks, where he was appointed earlier this year to oversee business development, capture, proposals and sales. The 30-year military and industry veteran also is responsible for the company’s mergers and acquisitions activity. He recently caught up with ExecutiveBiz to discuss the role of […] More

AT&T Government Solutions has been granted a series of task orders worth up to $48 million to provide satellite-based voice, video and Internet services to military service personnel who are deployed overseas. The task orders will allow AT&T and its partners to use network management, professional services, and satellite communication capabilities to design, deploy and […] More

This week, L-3 was awarded a $157 million modification to a contract for the procurement division of the U.S. Special Operations Command Headquarters. ATK will provide Lockheed Martin a thermal sensor for a project with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ISIS Airship. BAE Systems has won a deal with the Canadian Department of National […] More

Ideal Innovations, Inc. has appointed R.J. Kolton to senior vice president of strategy and corporate development. In this role, Kolton will report to the chief executive officer and will be responsible for planning and implementing corporate growth strategies. Kolton is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who served for more than 22 years. Before joining […] More

This week saw a handful of moves across the government contracting community.  Todd Gautier was picked by L-3 to fill a newly created leadership role with the firm, while Ashley Vandersall Burke was named to head media communications at DynCorp. TASC will look to Larry Strang to head up cybersecurity, while Booz Allen’s Natalie Givans […] More

Obama has nominated a CMS Administrator, Dr. Donald Berwick. NASA continues to track the volcano eruption in Iceland that has snarled international air travel. Wind turbines are a threat to national security, says a NORAD General. A computer virus shut down border crossings. USAF CENTCOM is looking to L-3 to secure its networks. Fake antivirus […] More

The House of Representative’s top defense appropriator Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) said on Wednesday that he would rather not see U.S. companies partner with European defense conglomerate EADS to compete for the Air Force’s new refueling tanker.  “If they ask me, I am surely going to tell them what I think about it. I would […] More