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June 5, 2007  |  Email This Article   |  Print This Article

Sprint plans WiMAX for gov’t services

RESTON (WiMAX Day). Last week Sprint Nextel announced that it was awarded the Networx Enterprise contract offered by the General Services Administration (GSA) in America. The US$20 billion contract is to supply “innovative telecommunications services that can be customised to the mobility, IP and convergence needs of federal, civilian and defence agencies.” According to a Sprint press release, Tony D’Agata, vice president, Federal Government – Public Sector for Sprint said that Sprint’s proposal included “a full suite of IP services supported by both our CDMA EVDO Rev. A and 4G WiMAX wireless platforms for a truly integrated access solution at very favourable costs.”