Verizon Federal Inc., a subsidiary of Verizon Communications Inc., New York, won a $350 million General Services Administration contract to provide telecommunications services for federal agencies in the Norfolk, Va., metropolitan area.
The General Services Administration released its request for proposals for Connections, its new program to provide a wide range of telecommunications infrastructure equipment and services.
The end of Lockheed Martin Corp.'s global telecommunications business does not signal the end of the company's involvement in the telecom industry. Lockheed Martin of Bethesda, Md., continues to lead a team pursuing the Federal Aviation Administration's multibillion-dollar telecom infrastructure project, known as FTI.
The General Services Administration's new $200 million Connections telecommunications program is drawing fire from critics who say its scope of services is so broad that few companies will profit from winning a spot on the contract.
SBC Global Services Inc. and Winstar Communications Inc.both won local telecommunications service contracts worth $23 million for federal customers in Detroit.
Verizon Wireless Inc. is negotiating with the federal government to give priority access to emergency workers in several high-risk areas during a national emergency.
An Interior Department organization is getting ready to release a request for proposals for a new contract that would allow federal agencies to purchase end-to-end telecommunications services.
