The USA's Army, Air Force and Defense Telecommunications Services - Washington (DTS-W) have signed a blanket purchase agreement with Cingular Wireless. The new, five-year agreement will consolidate all of Cingular's more than 50,000 DTS-W, Army and Air Force subscribers under one contracting vehicle, and Cingular expects to add several thousand new subscribers in the coming months.
This will provide a single pricing structure for devices, accessories, wireless services and management options, and will enable the military branches to administer wireless usage more efficiently and cost- effectively.
Under the new agreement, DTS-W, Army and Air Force users will be able to choose wireless phones and PDAs in Cingular's broad device portfolio and have access to many of Cingular's voice and data solutions. These include such services as Cingular's UMTS/HSDPA-based BroadbandConnect, Push- to-Talk and BlackBerry, and support for government-specific technology such as Sectera Interoperable Security Architecture and CAC Readers.
They will be able to order these devices and services, and manage their wireless accounts through a customized Web portal built for them with security features under Cingular's Premier program.
"This new agreement with the Army, DTS-W and the Air Force ensures that Cingular will continue its long and valued relationship with these branches of the military for many years to come," said Chris Hill, vice president, Government Solutions, for Cingular Wireless. "These users now have a single contract vehicle and dedicated customer support for cost-effective wireless products and services. Because Cingular's network is based on the global wireless standard, GSM, military users have the ability to communicate securely and reliably whether they are on the other side of the base, across the country or halfway around the world."
Posted to the site on 22nd September 2006
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