Sprint Awarded Contract Modification to Enhance Federal Government Wireline and Wireless Service Offerings.RESTON, Va. -- Sprint (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :S) announced today that government agencies now have more choice and flexibility for their security, messaging and data communications needs through Sprint's FTS FTS facteur thymique sérique. 2001 contract. The General Services Administration The General Services Administration (GSA) was established by section 101 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.A. § 751). The GSA sets policy for and manages government property and records. (GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM. ) awarded Sprint a modification to enhance Sprint's FTS2001 contract effective Dec. 23, 2005, to include: --Multi-Protocol Labeling Switching (MPLS (1) (MultiProtocol Lambda Switching) The earlier name for GMPLS. See GMPLS. (2) (MultiProtocol Label Switching) A standard from the IETF for including routing information in the packets of an IP network. ) Virtual Private Network (VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. ) Over Peerless Internet Protocol (PIP) - a network-based solution over a peerless IP backbone that is segregated from the public Internet --GoodLink - a secure, FIPS-certified wireless messaging and data access system "In today's increasingly fast-paced, security-focused world, Sprint is dedicated to providing U.S. government agencies with access to secure, reliable communications when they need it, wherever they need it," said Tony D'Agata, vice president of federal government for Sprint. "These enhancements provide a tangible, affordable way for federal agencies to keep connected in a secure manner in order to perform their jobs and meet their critical requirements." Sprint's Peerless IP Network is a network-based solution that is secure, scalable and cost effective. Sprint offers government agencies unique solutions over its Peerless IP network, leveraging the same technical architecture as the industry-leading SprintLink IP backbone while removing connectivity to the public Internet. The service is available throughout the continental United States United States territory, including the adjacent territorial waters, located within North America between Canada and Mexico. Also called CONUS. at T1 through OC-12 speeds. "Many agencies that have been concerned about IP security previously had taken advantage of our Peerless IP through GSA's customized modification process," D'Agata added. "This blanket modification process to the FTS2001 will hopefully facilitate transition to the Networx contract should we be successful." GoodLink provides secure mobile access to agency e-mail, attachments, calendars, contacts, notes and tasks. Goodlink also offers continuous two-way real time synchronization to ensure that changes on handheld devices are automatically synchronized with a user's desktop and vice versa. GoodLink currently supports the Palm(R) Treo and Microsoft Windows Mobile Pocket PCs. The service offers end-to-end encryption, remote handheld erase, Advanced Encryption Standard (cryptography, algorithm) Advanced Encryption Standard - (AES) The NIST's replacement for the Data Encryption Standard (DES). The Rijndael /rayn-dahl/ symmetric block cipher, designed by Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen, was chosen by a NIST contest to be AES. (AES), Triple-Data Encryption Standard (DES) encryption with VeriSign(R) security and Federal Information Processing Standards (standard) Federal Information Processing Standards - (FIPS) United States Government technical standards published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). (FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) A series of publications issed by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that specifies information security guidelines for federal government departments and agencies. ) 140-2 certification. In addition, Sprint's FTS2001 contract modification provides lower service initiation charges for some existing wireless access devices and defines service initiation charges for new forms of wireless access devices. Sprint was awarded the FTS2001 contract in 1998. The GSA Federal Technology Service (FTS) contract offers federal agencies wireline and wireless communications services from Sprint, including voice, data and video, at a competitive price to help provide faster, more secure, collaborative communications between agencies, with businesses and with consumers. About Sprint Nextel Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business and government customers. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including two robust wireless networks offering industry leading mobile data services; instant national and international walkie-talkie capabilities; and an award-winning and global Tier 1 Internet backbone. For more information, visit www.sprint.com. |
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