AT&T Government Solutions Awarded $22 Million By The United States Postal Service For Enterprise VPN Network Services
Posted on: Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 12:13 CDT
VIENNA, Va., Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. has announced that AT&T Government Solutions has been awarded up to $22 million under the Postal Advanced Telecommunications Network (PATN) contract. AT&T will upgrade 1,800 United States Postal Service (USPS) facilities with its Enhanced Virtual Private Network (EVPN) service.
The project will increase the total number of AT&T-managed EVPN sites to more than 5,500. The EVPN service provides seamless, integrated high speed connectivity to support next-generation applications across the USPS nationwide network. The period of performance is up to three years.
"AT&T is delighted in the U.S. Postal Service's continued trust in our proven ability to deliver our industry-leading VPN services, which help the Postal Service meet its business objectives," said Don Herring, senior vice president, AT&T Government Solutions. "With our proven track record for large implementations, AT&T has the expertise to help the U.S. Postal Service reduce costs and achieve better network efficiencies. In addition, our AT&T VPN platform also provides the U.S. Postal Service with the opportunity to leverage AT&T's other core services, such as VoIP, security and disaster recovery."
AT&T will provide Managed Services, which include engineering and design, on-site installation and proactive network management and reporting. AT&T's global Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)-enabled network will serve as the platform for this VPN solution.
The USPS is one of many federal agencies facing increased traffic demands from the widespread deployment of next-generation application deployments across their organizations. EVPN solutions are a robust, scalable and cost-effective way to address federal agencies' growing bandwidth demands while increasing overall network performance.
In 2006, AT&T upgraded more than 3,000 fully managed EVPN sites as part of a widespread USPS-Enterprise Site Upgrade initiative.
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About AT&T Government Solutions
AT&T Government Solutions is a long-standing, trusted source of network-enabled solutions for the federal government, integrating unmatched network resources and professional services expertise with innovative technologies from AT&T Labs and industry-leading partners. With headquarters in Vienna, Va., AT&T Government Solutions is best known for network leadership in voice, data, video and managed services. AT&T Government Solutions is a proven solutions integrator, with professional services expertise in areas such as Education and Training, Enterprise Application Solutions, Enterprise Resource Planning and Management, Information Assurance, Knowledge Management, Modeling and Simulation, Network Transformation and Management, and Program Management.
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com/.
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