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FTS 2001 protest dismissed

GAO dismisses protest asking GSA to recompete the FTS 2001 long-distance contract

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GSA ponders FTS 2001 competition

GSA soon will clarify its position on permitting additional vendors to compete on FTS 2001

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Despite delays, telecom deals please

Transition to Metropolitan Area Acquisition program is slow, but agencies like service, savings

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AT&T renews FTS 2001 award protest

All federal customers on the FTS 2001 contract are expected to switch to the new services by the end of June

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Virtual library now open in Connecticut

Using a highspeed digital network shared among schools, universities and libraries, Connecticut has opened a virtual library to the public

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Gov.Works mulls new biz

Gov.Works is looking for a contractor to help it determine whether offering telecommunications services makes business sense

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AT&T takes FTS 2001 case to GAO

Telecom giant originally filed protest of FTS 2001 contracts with GSA

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West Virginia preps bid for telecom future

States seeks ideas to increase bandwidth of statewide network

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Clearing the way

IP was optimized to support simple data transmissions over Ethernet networks and performs that task very well. With the recent emergence of desktop video and voice applications, the network protocol is now being asked to support multimedia transmissions.

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Federal Relay Service offerings

A list of services that are and will be available from the Frame Relay Service

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Rules of the road

Here are some of the key standards behind network quality-of-service (QOS) capabilities:

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Procurement shop eyes telecom

Interior's Gov.Works wants to know if there's a market for it to provide telecom acquisitions

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Spreading the word

When Angela Officer talks about the Federal Relay Service, people listen.

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Verizon looks past Treasury deal

Company sees $45 million voice networks contract as chance to provide future services

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Feds get voice-over-IP option

General Dynamics opens Clarent's voice-over-IP solutions to government

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Air Force studying broader use of Direct

The faster messaging system fielded by U.S. nuclear-weapons forces could also aid mobile command centers

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Enum has your number

Companies test registries that standardize Internet telephony

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Navy awards network deal

The Navy awarded a $102.2 million delivery order May 16 to General Dynamics Corp.

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Compaq announces 'Evo-lution'

New Evo line includes notebooks, workstations and thin clients and has wireless add-on capabilities

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Small device delivers the big picture

As networks become more complex, so does the task of managing and monitoring them.