GTI will upgrade telecommunications networks at 108 USPS facilities
Applied Digital Solutions, an advanced technology development company, have announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Government Telecommunications, Inc. (GTI), has been awarded a contract option valued at USD25 million from the United States Postal Service to upgrade telecommunications networks at 108 Postal Service facilities.
Under the award, GTI will conduct site surveys, and design, install and test network cabling at 108 mail processing plants and co-located administrative facilities within the United States. Included are state-of-the-art high speed copper cabling, fiber optic backbones, and ties to the existing telecommunications network. The contract requires careful planning and adherence to USPS building design standards to assure consistency and uniformity of products and configurations at all facilities despite unique features and requirements at each local site. GTI’s work on this project is scheduled to be completed by August 2005.
This project is the second phase of a contract awarded to GTI in June 2003. The first phase involved network upgrades at 62 USPS locations that were successfully completed in May 2004.
About Government Telecommunications (GTI)
GTI, a subsidiary of Computer Equity, Inc. (Compec), is headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia. GTI specializes in designing, deploying and maintaining voice, data and video telecommunications networks for agencies of the federal government. Key customers include US Postal Service, the Departments of Defense, Justice and Agriculture, and the Social Security Administration.
About Applied Digital Solutions, Inc.
Applied Digital Solutions is an advanced technology development company that focuses on a range of life-enhancing, personal safeguard technologies, early warning alert systems, miniaturized power sources and security monitoring systems combined with the comprehensive data management services required to support them. Through its Advanced Technology Group, the company specializes in security-related data collection, value-added data intelligence and complex data delivery systems for a wide variety of end users including commercial operations, government agencies and consumers. Applied Digital Solutions is the beneficial owner of a majority position in Digital Angel Corporation (AMEX: DOC). For more information, visit the company’s website at http://www.adsx.com.
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