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Qwest Gets $8.3 Million Contract to Upgrade Voice Network at U.S.
Department of Energy Headquarters
(Wireless News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)
Qwest Communications recently announced that it received an $8.3
million contract from Energy Enterprise Solutions (EES) to upgrade the
voice network at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
EES is the principal Information Technology support services provider
for DOE headquarters facilities in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan
area.
Making the announcement in mid-December, Qwest noted that the upgrade
is for the department's dual headquarters located in Washington, D.C.
and Germantown, Md. Qwest will transition the federal agency's existing
voice switch to a Nortel Communications Server 2100, an IP-enabled
communications server that is scalable from 5,000 to 200,000 ports. The
switch upgrade allows DOE to maintain existing investments in Time
Division Multiplex (TDM)-based voice services while transitioning to
full Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) capabilities over a period
that is suitable to its needs.
To support the switch upgrade, the contract also includes a Qwest QWave
network solution to be deployed between the two DOE headquarter
locations. QWave is a fully managed, private, point-to-point service
delivered over a state-of-the-art dense wave division multiplexing
(DWDM) network at speeds up to 10 gigabits per second (Gbps). In
addition, QWave provides DOE with redundancy to protect the network
against unexpected failures.
"Network migrations can present numerous challenges in terms of risk,
reliability, continuity of operations, and performance," said Diana
Gowen, senior vice president and general manager of Qwest Government
Services. "Qwest has extensive experience in successfully upgrading
both infrastructure and switches and has teamed with Nortel Government
Solutions to enable the Department of Energy to meet its communication
needs now and for years to come."
In addition to DOE headquarters, Qwest has installed and provisioned
voice network modernizations at the department's major facilities in
Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Los Alamos, N.M.; and Richland, Wash.
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