Sprint (NYSE:S) announced today that government agenciesnow have more choice and flexibility for their security, messaging anddata communications needs through Sprint's FTS2001 contract.
The General Services Administration (GSA) awarded Sprint amodification to enhance Sprint's FTS2001 contract effective Dec. 23,2005, to include:
-- Multi-Protocol Labeling Switching (MPLS) Virtual Private Network (VPN) 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 accessto secure, reliable communications when they need it, wherever theyneed it," said Tony D'Agata, vice president of federal government forSprint. "These enhancements provide a tangible, affordable way forfederal agencies to keep connected in a secure manner in order toperform their jobs and meet their critical requirements."
Sprint's Peerless IP Network is a network-based solution that issecure, scalable and cost effective. Sprint offers government agenciesunique solutions over its Peerless IP network, leveraging the sametechnical architecture as the industry-leading SprintLink IP backbonewhile removing connectivity to the public Internet. The service isavailable throughout the continental United States at T1 through OC-12speeds.
"Many agencies that have been concerned about IP securitypreviously had taken advantage of our Peerless IP through GSA'scustomized modification process," D'Agata added. "This blanketmodification process to the FTS2001 will hopefully facilitatetransition to the Networx contract should we be successful."
GoodLink provides secure mobile access to agency e-mail,attachments, calendars, contacts, notes and tasks. Goodlink alsooffers continuous two-way real time synchronization to ensure thatchanges on handheld devices are automatically synchronized with auser's desktop and vice versa. GoodLink currently supports the Palm(R)Treo and Microsoft Windows Mobile Pocket PCs. The service offersend-to-end encryption, remote handheld erase, Advanced EncryptionStandard (AES), Triple-Data Encryption Standard (DES) encryption withVeriSign(R) security and Federal Information Processing Standards(FIPS) 140-2 certification.
In addition, Sprint's FTS2001 contract modification provides lowerservice initiation charges for some existing wireless access devicesand defines service initiation charges for new forms of wirelessaccess devices.
Sprint was awarded the FTS2001 contract in 1998. The GSA FederalTechnology Service (FTS) contract offers federal agencies wireline andwireless communications services from Sprint, including voice, dataand video, at a competitive price to help provide faster, more secure,collaborative communications between agencies, with businesses andwith consumers.
About Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless andwireline communications services to consumer, business and governmentcustomers. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for developing,engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including tworobust wireless networks offering industry leading mobile dataservices; instant national and international walkie-talkiecapabilities; and an award-winning and global Tier 1 Internetbackbone.
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