Treasury Department taps AT&T for new telecom system (worth $3B/10 yrs)

[The Straight Story]

Treasury Department taps AT&T for new telecom system

By Shane Harris
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The Treasury Department has awarded a much anticipated contract to build a new telecommunications system to industry heavyweight AT&T Corp. Known as the Treasury Communications Enterprise, or TCE, the contract could be worth up to $3 billion over its potential 10-year lifespan.

The new network will replace the Treasury Communications System, which uses multiple networks connected through a distributed framework. That system is the largest encrypted network of any civilian agency. The new system will require AT&T to provide service and technical support at more than 850 Treasury locations.

AT&T beat out incumbent Northrop Grumman Corp., whose contract expires next year.

http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1204/120604h1.htm

[Piperay]

1. Huh

must be nice, I guess their support paid off and fast too. x(

I'm going to cancel my cell phone service with them and find another one, since they are so well paid off by the chimp regime they don't need my business. :mad:

[Kahuna]

2. Hold the phone!!! Your cell service is not with AT&T... It is with..

Cingular who bought out AT&T Wireless (this year), which was already spun off the parent company around five years ago. Even though Wireless kept the AT&T name, they haven't been part of AT&T for several years. If you haven't received your latest bill under the "Cingular" name, the next one you receive will be from Cingular. Who knows. Maybe you already got the bill from Cingular, and threw it away. :shrug: