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MCI gets FTS 2001 extension
Having dodged debarment, MCI will keep its place on the federal telecom contract that has yielded more than $400 million for the company since 1999.
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Bechtel wins Iraq II contract
The U.S. Agency for International Development will pay $1.8 billion for work that includes rebuilding Iraq's communications infrastructure.
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FAA sets target for telecom backbone
The Federal Aviation Administration plans to deploy it by September.
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Army lays out logistics plan
The service hopes to connect logisticians to global communication networks in two years.
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Convera offers Web organization tool
The company's Taxonomy Workbench software is meant to help agencies classify and organize data.
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Army honchos to meet on future comm systems
Army leaders will meet in early January to decide funding for future Army communications systems, industry officials said.
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MCI provides free calls for troops
Military personnel in Iraq can call home for free through Jan. 5.
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Report urges network redundancy
The Progress and Freedom Foundation says the federal government should push for greater redundancy in communications systems.
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EDS wins $300 million outsourcing pact
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives bid out a contract to manage 8,500 seats in almost 260 locations.
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Army seeks better Stryker communications
The service recommended spending $1.4 billion on artillery, aviation and communications improvements for the final two Stryker Brigades.
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Qwest spears Mint deal
The telecom firm will provide backup Web hosting for the U.S. Mint.
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NASA finds Wi-Fi success in Meteor Crater
Engineering achieved wireless throughput of 1 MB per second over 1.3 miles.
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GAO sees no strategy for military's commercial bandwidth
The Defense Department's process for buying satellite bandwidth can be too slow and inflexible, according to the General Accounting Office.
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Iraq contracts limited to allies
Countries that didn't take part in the conflict can't get reconstruction contracts, including a communications one.
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GIG-BE equipment contracts coming soon
Winners of hardware contracts for the military's Global Information Grid-Bandwidth Expansion will be announced Dec. 19, a Juniper official says.
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Military sees network benefits from IPv6
The next generation of Internet standards will help the Defense Department reach its goal of network centricity, a DOD official said today.
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Storage on demand
3PAR lets IT staff move storage behind the scenes to applications that need it
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