Came across the following news item. My comments are at the end.
AT&T has picked up what could amount to a $1 billion order to build a next-generation enterprise network for the U.S. Treasury. The award is the first of what eventually will be dozens of billions of dollars spent by the U.S. government under the Networx Universal contract, the largest single telecom order in the history of the world, shared by teams led by AT&T, Verizon and Quest.
Under the Treasury order, AT&T and members of its team are to build and transition the Treasury to a next-gen enterprise network known as the Treasury Network (TNet). Technically, the award is for $270 million but, with various add-ons and options, it's expected to hit $1 billion. What the Treasury has ordered is a fully managed network service, coupled with service-level agreements and performance incentives to deliver secure voice, data and video communications.
The Networx contract actually represents a reiteration of a $1 billion, 10-year contract Treasury had awarded AT&T in December 2004. That award was the following year, following protests upheld by the GSA. Initially, it had been thought Treasury would re-bid the contract itself but, as it now turns out, it's now under the Networx umbrella.
In India also many of the state government treasuries have built their networks at the cost of millions of rupees. Govt. of M.P., Karnataka etc have been leaders in this respect. The next wave of upgrading these networks to next -generation manages service networks is expected soon and will be a big business opportunity for Indian Telcos
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