Company will provide essential communications
services in the Asia Pacific
region
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2022
/PRNewswire/ -- Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) has won a
$1.5 billion contract from the
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to provide essential
network transport and communications services in the U.S.
Indo-Pacific Command Area of Responsibility.
Speed Read:
- Lumen will supply the Defense Information Systems Network with
high capacity, end-to-end communications services that enable the
U.S. Department of Defense to achieve U.S. national security
objectives in the 36-nation Asia
Pacific region.
- These crucial services—which include ethernet, internet and
wavelengths—will help protect America's interests in a diverse,
strategically complex region that also includes Alaska.
- The company is serving as a trusted provider of secure,
resilient network services that transport data, imagery, video and
voice traffic.
- Lumen is providing the network infrastructure backbone to the
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, the oldest and largest unified
geographic combatant command charged with integrating U.S. Army,
Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps forces within a region that
contains more than half of the world's population.
"Lumen is extremely proud to serve the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
with essential mission services that help protect and defend U.S.
territory, our people and America's national interests," said Zain
Ahmed, senior vice president, Lumen public sector. "We're
delivering the always-on network infrastructure so the U.S.
Department of Defense can focus on its mission to enhance the
stability of the Asia Pacific
region, promote security cooperation with our allies and partners,
respond to emerging situations, deter aggression and if necessary,
fight to win."
Tech Talk:
- The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract has
a $1.5 billion ceiling over its
10-year period of performance and represents new business for
Lumen.
- Lumen is honored to support military and government agencies
with innovative adaptive networking, edge cloud, connected security
and collaboration services using the company's platform for
advanced application delivery solutions.
- The company provides a platform for IT modernization that
delivers the security and reliability military and civilian
agencies need to carry out their important missions.
Additional Resources:
- Learn more about our U.S. Customs and Border Protection network
services contract:
https://news.lumen.com/2022-07-26-U-S-Customs-and-Border-Protection-selects-Lumen-for-network-services-contract
- Learn more about our U.S. Department of Agriculture
$1.2 billion network services award:
https://news.lumen.com/2022-01-20-U-S-Department-of-Agriculture-awards-Lumen-1-2-billion-network-services-contract
- Learn more about our U.S. Department of the Interior
$1.6 billion network services award:
https://news.lumen.com/2020-01-16-U-S-Dept-of-the-Interior-Awards-CenturyLink-1-6-Billion-EIS-Network-Services-Win
- Learn more about how Lumen is supporting the public sector
here:
https://www.lumen.com/public-sector.html
About Lumen Technologies:
Lumen is guided by our belief that humanity is at its best when
technology advances the way we live and work. With approximately
400,000 route fiber miles and serving customers in more than 60
countries, we deliver the fastest, most secure platform for
applications and data to help businesses, government and
communities deliver amazing experiences. Learn more about the Lumen
network, edge cloud, security, communication and collaboration
solutions and our purpose to further human progress through
technology at news.lumen.com, LinkedIn: /lumentechnologies,
Twitter: @lumentechco, Facebook: /lumentechnologies, Instagram:
@lumentechnologies and YouTube: /lumentechnologies. Learn more
about Lumen's public sector capabilities on Twitter at @lumengov
and on LinkedIn at @lumenpublicsector. Lumen and Lumen Technologies
are registered trademarks in the United States.
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