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June 14, 2002 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Global communications company Sprint (Sprint.com) announced on Friday that it has added several product and service additions to the General Services Administration (GSA) FTS2001 federal contract, which addresses current government collaboration, security and commerce objectives.
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Sprint says it was awarded the FTS2001 contract in 1998. The contract offers federal agencies pricing for advanced voice, data and video communication services for fast, secure, collaborative communications between agencies, businesses and consumers.
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According to Sprint, the new services will help the federal government conduct business by reducing vulnerability to information and communications disruption. The services can preserve vital communication by offering an alternative infrastructure when government facilities are not accessible.
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The new services added to the GSA FTS 2001 contract include enhanced video service with H.323 video support, offering a turnkey video teleconferencing solution; ATM VBR-rt permanent virtual connections for voice and video applications; DTS OC-n high speed Private Line service, supporting point-to-point speeds of 155 Mbps and 622 Mbps, for quick transfer of high volumes of data voice or video; colocation services, at Sprint?s E|Solutions centers and linked to the company?s Tier-1 backbone, for government equipment; and managed hosting in shared hosting, basic commerce, enterprise hosting and enterprise commerce configurations.
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“We are seeing increased government interest in our colocation and hosting services due to new security considerations,” says Tony D’Agata, vice president and general manager of Sprint’s Government Systems Division. “Agencies don’t necessarily want to be in the data center business, especially when it’s easy to take advantage of our functionality. This has become increasingly attractive to our customer base since the terrorist events of last fall.”
