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Telecoms Wait Nervously On $20 Billion Contract

Kim Hart writes in The Washington Post:

Over the past 3 1/2 years, AT&T has spent several million dollars putting together two 5,000-page proposals detailing how it can upgrade phone lines, wireless networks and fire walls for the federal government. At one point, about 100 people toiled through the night in a Northern Virginia basement to put the final touches on a bid that would guarantee the company's survival in federal market for the next decade.

Executives from AT&T and other companies are anxiously awaiting the General Services Administration's announcement of the largest telecommunications contract ever awarded. The winner of the biggest and most lucrative piece of the project, known as Networx Universal, could be named as early as this week.

posted by Fergie @ 3/14/2007 09:44:00 AM