Monday, January 20, 2003

U.S. State Department Awards Contract to Qwest

The U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Program Office awarded a ten-year contract to Qwest Communications under the SPECTUM program. Qwest has the opportunity to receive up to $36 million per year -- or $360 million over the life of the contract -- for a variety of services. Qwest's subcontractor partners for this effort are COMSAT General (a division of Lockheed Martin) and Communication Technologies, Inc. (COMTek).
http://www.qwest.com

  • In December 2002, both WorldCom and AT&T announced 10-year contracts to provide advanced communications services to the U.S. Department of State under the SPECTRUM program.