CenturyLink has won a multi-year task order
valued at more than $250 million from the Defense Information Systems
Agency/Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DISA/DITCO) to
provide private line services for dedicated high-speed connections between
military installations.
CenturyLink will leverage its nationwide
backbone to deliver secure and robust private line services, from Digital
Signal Level (DS)-0 through Optical Carrier Level (OC)-768.
Under the terms of the order by DISA/DITCO,
CenturyLink Government will provide private line services to the DOD as it
migrates to Networx, the largest global communications contract program
ever developed for the federal government by the U.S. General Services
Administration.
With private line services from
CenturyLink, the Department of Defense (DOD) will benefit from
reliable transport service.
These private line connections will be
dedicated for military use, and the information they carry will be protected
with one of the most secure services available.
“CenturyLink will deploy its optical
network infrastructure to deliver highly reliable and capable private line
services to support the critical and growing needs of our Defense
customers,” said Diana Gowen, senior vice president and general manager ofCenturyLink
Government.
CenturyLink will provide private line
services to all DOD agencies, including the Air
Force, Army, Marines and Navy after its full implementation
in 2012.
In April 2011, CenturyLink completed
its merger with Qwest Communications and became a major provider of
communications services to the military through other DISA/DITCO contract
programs, including Internet Protocol Services and the DISN (Defense
Information Systems Network) Access Transport Services.
In mid of this year, CenturyLink announced its plans to invest at least $20 million to improve and expand broadband
communications services in New Mexico now that it has merged with Qwest
Communications.
By Telecomlead.com Team
editor@telecomlead.com
