AT&T has entered into an agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs to offer free video conferencing services to veterans to help them connect with their health care providers through smartphones, computers or tablets.
Read More »AT&T Secures $92M FBI FirstNet Usage Expansion Contract; Ed Parkinson, Stacy Schwartz Quoted
The FBI has awarded AT&T a $92 million mobility contract to provide additional FirstNet capabilities that support the bureau's operations. “We are pleased to see the Department of Justice (DOJ) expand its use of the network platform to connect more agencies within the law enforcement community,” said Ed Parkinson, CEO of the FirstNet Authority.
Read More »Accenture Nominates Beth Mooney to Join Board of Directors; Julie Sweet Quoted
Accenture has nominated Beth Mooney, former KeyCorp CEO, for election to the board of directors at the company’s annual general meeting of shareholders on Feb. 3, 2021. “Beth brings exceptionally deep knowledge of the financial services industry from her 40-year career in banking, as well as a valuable perspective from her service on the boards of other large, global public companies,” said Julie Sweet, Accenture’s CEO.
Read More »AT&T Secures $311M NOAA Task Order to Modernize Network; Chris Smith Quoted
AT&T has been awarded a ten-year, $311 million task order from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to deliver modern networking capabilities and advanced technologies. "This task order award is testimony to our capability to deliver robust and reliable services at scale and manage them end-to-end to help government agencies like NOAA improve mission fulfillment," said Chris Smith, vice president of civilian and shared services at AT&T Public Sector and FirstNet.
Read More »AT&T-Cisco Partnership to Offer Managed Connectivity Service
AT&T and Cisco will collaborate to help enterprise customers increase visibility into internet of things devices across a network as part of an extended partnership between the two companies.
Read More »Anne Morgan Named Federal Sales Director at Data Security Firm Code42
Anne Morgan, former senior federal account manager at Proofpoint, has joined data protection technology provider Code42 as director of federal sales.
Read More »AT&T to Provide 5G Capabilities to USAF Bases; Anne Chow, Col. Justin Collins Quoted
AT&T has announced that it will provide 5G and Networking-as-a-Service capabilities to support military personnel in the U.S. Air Force bases, including Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado; Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska; and Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, the company reported on Wednesday.
Read More »Accenture Partners With AT&T to Advance Phillips 66 Network Solutions; Chris Penrose, Mary Beth Gracy Quoted
Accenture and AT&T have partnered to help Phillips 66 develop industrial cellular wireless connectivity, with the development of a private cellular network solution, Accenture recently reported.
Read More »L3Harris’ Nino DiCosmo on New Radio Offerings, Emergency Comms Partnerships
L3Harris Technologies has provided its LTE and land mobile radio offerings to support connectivity applications for healthcare agencies and first-responders amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Urgent Communications reported Wednesday.
Read More »AT&T Becomes First to Deliver Managed Internet Connectivity Service to NLRB Under GSA EIS Task Order; Chris Smith Quoted
AT&T has completed a Managed Trusted Internet Protocol Services task order with the National Labor Relations Board under the General Services Administration's Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions procurement vehicle, the company announced Tuesday.
Read More »ACT-IAC Study: $7.4B Worth of Task Orders Awarded Through EIS Telecom Contract
A case study of the General Services Administration’s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract conducted by the American Council for Technology - Industry Advisory Council shows that federal agencies have awarded 37 task orders worth over $7.4B combined under EIS in just over a year.
Read More »AT&T, Nat’l Fraternal Order of Police Form FirstNet Education Partnership
AT&T and the National Fraternal Order of Police have entered into an agreement to conduct an educational effort aimed at promoting the benefits of implementing the First Responder Network for law enforcement activities.
Read More »30 Firms Join Radio Access Network Coalition
Thirty-one companies have founded an organization that aims to develop policies that will accelerate the adoption of interoperable radio access network offerings.
Read More »CenturyLink Pledges Support for FCC’s COVID-19 Telecom Effort
CenturyLink is waiving late payments for telecommunications services and suspending customer data caps in line with the Federal Communications Commission’s “Keep Americans Connected Pledge.”
Read More »Agencies Slow to Transition to EIS Telecom Contract; Chris Smith, Tony Wellen Quoted
The General Services Administration expected nine out of 17 major agencies to award task orders by March 31 through the $50B Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions telecommunications contract but only one of those agencies used EIS to issue a task order, Federal News Network reported Monday.
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