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DISA awards communications contract to Sprint

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MIAMI, FL – OCTOBER 15: A Sprint Nextel cell phone store is seen on October 15, 2012 in Miami, Florida. Japan’s Softbank announced it will buy a 70 percent stake in the U.S. mobile carrier Sprint Nextel for about $20 billion. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Sprint has been awarded a Defense Information Systems Agency communications upgrade contract.

Under the contract, Sprint will upgrade the Defense Information Systems Network Optical Transport Network, according to the Department of Defense contract announcement.

The contract has an initial value of $34.2 million, and a maximum cumulative value of $215.7 million.

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Michael Peck is a correspondent for Defense News and a columnist for the Center for European Policy Analysis. He holds an M.A. in political science from Rutgers University. Find him at theuncommondefense.com. His email is mikedefense1@gmail.com.