CenturyLink has expanded its fiber network across the nation and plans to continue its growth by integrating faster internet speeds to additional homes and businesses in several cities, the... Read more
Nonprofit technology community Internet2 has tapped CenturyLink to incorporate the latter’s low-loss fiber network service in support of modernization efforts for a research and education ne... Read more
A new Deloitte study has highlighted the five elements of a smart health community based on interviews conducted by the company’s Center for Government Insights and the Center for Health Sol... Read more
Sixty SpaceX-built small satellites have made contact to ground stations since their deployment on May 24 as part of the company's efforts to establish an orbital constellation for a new... Read more
Microsoft and the Department of Veterans Affairs have partnered to provide rural veterans with access to the internet to use telehealth services, receive educational opportunities, secure jo... Read more
Iridium Communications has unveiled its L-band broadband service powered by the company’s $3B Iridium NEXT satellite network. The company said Wednesday initial activations of the Iridium Ce... Read more
Intelsat and L3 Technologies have teamed up to bring a satellite-based broadband service to U.S. government aviation users. L3 will integrate Intelsat’s FlexAir broadband service into... Read more
Intelsat General has introduced a broadband service offering intended to help military aircraft passengers connect to the internet while in flight. FlexAir uses the company’s Ku-band a... Read more
Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, has said the company plans to expand its Airband Initiative to give broadband access to 1M more rural residents from across the U.S. by July 2022. He wrot... Read more
Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web, has introduced a new contract that outlines a set of principles for internet companies to protect privacy, advance transparency of their algor... Read more
The Defense Information Systems Agency plans to award AT&T a contract to provide global network connectivity services to Pacific Air Forces. A FedBizOpps notice posted Sunday says the co... Read more
NTT DATA closed its estimated $3 billion acquisition of the former Dell Services business in November 2016 to expand information technology services and consulting work for public sector age... Read more
A Viasat-developed satellite has arrived at its intended geostationary orbit and started in-orbit testing which covers the transmission and reception of data from the satellite to a Viasat-b... Read more
Level 3 Communications has received a five-year, $79 million contract from the government of Pennsylvania to deliver backbone network, internet and managed network security services. The com... Read more
Zscaler’s Drew Schnabel on 5G in Federal IT Space
Drew Schnabel, vice president of federal at Zscaler, told MeriTalk in an interview published Thursday he believes 5G will have the biggest impact on federal information technology in 2020. Read more