Sprint wins Air National Guard contract; Covad launches higher-speed DSL service

Opinion
Jun 6, 20071 min

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Sprint wins Air National Guard contract, 06/04/07:  On the heels of winning a piece of the government’s 10-year, multibillion-dollar Networx Enterprise contract last week, Sprint Nextel announced Monday that it has been awarded a new contract from the Air National Guard.

Qwest network operations VP to retire, 06/05/07:  Qwest Communications this week said Barry Allen, executive vice president of operations, will retire from the company June 29.

Silver Peak WAN-acceleration boxes touts 40% better transfer times, 06/05/07:  Silver Peak is announcing new software that cuts the time for WAN data transfers by about 40% below the reduction capability of its previous software version.

Covad launches higher-speed DSL service, 06/01/07:  Covad Communications announced on Thursday it is offering a faster DSL service that promises to deliver 8M to 15Mbps of dedicated Internet access.

Alcatel-Lucent signs a $33M deal with Nextgen Networks, 06/05/07:  Alcatel-Lucent has inked a A$40.43 million ($33.67 million) contract with Australian data services provider, Nextgen Networks.