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Sprint Completes Network for Department of Homeland Security's Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

Posted on: Wednesday, 3 March 2004, 06:00 CST

HERDON, Va., March 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Sprint announced today that it has completed a new network for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), an interagency law enforcement training organization that is part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). FLETC took advantage of Sprint's FTS2001 provider status to implement a solution that included the Sprint managed private network services for custom-configured equipment; Sprint Managed Security(SM) Services for firewall design, implementation and management; and Sprint Managed Network(SM) Services for router configuration, implementation and ongoing management. This is a multi- million dollar, three-year contract, with options.

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"The solution we designed for the FLETC is similar to work we've completed for other agencies within the Department of Homeland Security," said Tony D'Agata, vice president and general manager for Sprint's Government Services Division. "It's a flexible network solution that includes both frame relay and dedicated IP transport and takes advantage of the full portfolio of network services Sprint offers, from engineering design to equipment to ongoing network management and security services. Sprint can handle it all."

"We needed to upgrade our communications services to integrate with other DHS agencies, as well as to improve services to our sites," said Pat Hill, chief of the Communications Management Branch for the FLETC. "We explained our needs to Sprint and then closely worked with them to design and implement a solution that would meet these needs and could be in place quickly. The entire process, from the point where we selected Sprint, to turning up the new network, took about six months."

The FLETC serves as an interagency law enforcement training organization for more than 75 Federal agencies with personnel located throughout the United States and its territories. The Center also provides services to state, local and international law enforcement agencies, and on a space-available basis, other Federal agencies with related law enforcement missions.

The Center is headquartered at Glynco, Ga., and operates or provides support to four other sites in Washington, D.C.; Cheltenham, Md.; Artesia, N.M.; and Charleston, S.C.

Sprint Government Systems Division ( http://www.sprint.com/gsd ) is based in Herndon, Va., and offers the full range of Sprint product and service offerings for federal- and state-government customers. Sprint is the only carrier offering government agencies a Peerless IP solution, unsurpassed in network security because it's entirely private, with no connectivity to the public Internet.

About Sprint

Sprint is a global integrated communications provider serving more than 26 million customers in over 100 countries. With approximately 67,000 employees worldwide and over $26 billion in annual revenues in 2003, Sprint is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying state-of-the-art network technologies, including the United States' first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network and an award-winning Tier 1 Internet backbone. Sprint provides local communications services in 39 states and the District of Columbia and operates the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide PCS wireless network in the United States. For more information, visit http://www.sprint.com/ .

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CONTACT: Steve Lunceford of Sprint, +1-703-904-2073,steve.lunceford@mail.sprint.com

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