Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Carriers Mobilize for $24B in Military Telecom Contracts

Carolyn Duffy Marsan writes on NetworkWorld:

It’s the high-tech spoils of war: The U.S. military plans to award telecommunications contracts worth as much as $24 billion, and the top-tier carriers are signing up to get a piece of the action.

The U.S. Department of Defense is working on six major telecom contracts, and four of them are expected to be awarded in 2008. All of the nation’s largest carriers -- AT&T, Qwest Communications, Sprint Nextel and Verizon Business -- are planning to bid on these megadeals.

More here.

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