DALLAS, Sept. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T*
will bring 5G and a broad array of Networking-as-a-Service
capabilities to support the work of more than 24,000 military
personnel on U.S. Air Force bases Buckley Air Force Base,
Colorado; Joint Base
Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska; and
Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.
"We're proud and honored to bring AT&T 5G and other highly
innovative commercial networking-as-a-service capabilities to the
Air Force," said Anne Chow, Chief
Executive Officer, AT&T Business. "We are helping the Air Force
optimize the value of our 5G and other networking capabilities at
these 3 bases and stand ready to work with them to extend these
services across the entirety of the Air Force if they so
choose."
The U.S. Air Force is testing our commercial
Networking-as-a-Service capabilities at these three bases as an
element of its strategy to transform and modernize its networking
infrastructure to support air, land and cyber operations. Our
solutions and services are provided to these bases under Other
Transaction Authority (OTA) Agreements issued by the Air Force to
fund its Enterprise IT-as-a-Service (EITaaS) program. The program
aims to use commercial networking services to deliver enhanced
speed, security and capabilities and an efficient and improved user
experience, including near-ubiquitous wireless connectivity across
the bases.
"We think it is vital to test commercially provided services
like 5G and software-based networking-as-a-service capabilities as
we explore ways to help us innovate and improve our global air,
space and cyber readiness," said Col. Justin K. Collins, Deputy, Enterprise IT &
Cyber Infrastructure Division, U.S. Air Force. "We expect 5G
service will help us improve the user experience and support a
broad array of use cases that can enhance mission
effectiveness."
In addition to 5G services, we are providing capabilities such
as a Base Area Network, Wide Area Network, telephony, internet
access and highly secure interoperability with legacy systems at
the three bases. Our 5G and networking-as-a-service capabilities
can support other advanced technology capabilities such as IoT,
augmented and virtual reality, robotics, drones, and network edge
storage and compute.
The Air Force is benefitting from our considerable investments
in our networks and innovative technologies. Over the past 5 years
(2015-2019), we invested more than $135
billion in our wireless and wireline networks, including
capital investments and acquisition of wireless spectrum and
operations.
We completed 5G system design across all three bases and expect
to complete delivery of AT&T 5G service to them by the end of
2021.
Go here for more information about AT&T's work in the
public sector.
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