The City of Houston has awarded Cingular Wireless a five-year, $8 million contract to provide voice and data services to employees of America's fourth largest city.
The new contract, includes the deployment of more than 1,600 EDGE-enabled PC modem cards and BlackBerry(TM) handhelds.
"Cingular Wireless is delighted that the City of Houston is now entrusting Cingular with the delivery of data to its employees in the field in addition to selecting us to continue providing it with the vast majority of its wireless voice services," said Kent Mathy, president of Cingular Wireless' business-to-business organization, the Business Markets Group. "This contract is a tribute to the strength and reliability of our network, and to the expertise and commitment that Cingular brings to its many Government customers through its long history of serving this key segment."
The new contract, includes the deployment of more than 1,600 EDGE-enabled PC modem cards and BlackBerry(TM) handhelds.
"Cingular Wireless is delighted that the City of Houston is now entrusting Cingular with the delivery of data to its employees in the field in addition to selecting us to continue providing it with the vast majority of its wireless voice services," said Kent Mathy, president of Cingular Wireless' business-to-business organization, the Business Markets Group. "This contract is a tribute to the strength and reliability of our network, and to the expertise and commitment that Cingular brings to its many Government customers through its long history of serving this key segment."
