Seven-Year Contracts Valued up to $113 Million
RICHMOND, VA — February 4, 2009 — Cavalier, a leading provider of competitive telecommunications services throughout the eastern United States, today announced the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded Cavalier with contracts for a period of seven years to provide voice, data and Internet services in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and Pennsylvania. The contracts with all option years are worth up to $113 million.
Cavalier’s extensive network delivers the U.S. GSA a full suite of communications solutions. The company’s robust switching platform, self-healing fiber optic network and monitoring capabilities provide the reliability and diversity required by federal government agencies.
“This significant win for Cavalier was the result of two years of proposal development, product customization and a rigorous evaluation process in which Cavalier demonstrated the value, expertise and commitment it provides to government agencies and contractors,” said Mike Magliato, director of Government Markets, Cavalier. “These same benefits of reliability, flexibility, and breadth of service offerings apply to all areas of Cavalier’s business — not only government but business and consumer customers as well.”
Cavalier’s suite of services will be available through the contracts to all federal government agencies with local offices in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and Pennsylvania. These agencies will join a growing list of federal, state and local governments who have trusted Cavalier with their mission-critical communications needs, including the U.S. Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs and Treasury along with the U.S. Federal Courts.
About Cavalier
Cavalier, headquartered in Virginia, is a provider of reliable, efficient voice and data solutions for businesses, consumers and government agencies. Owning and operating its fiber network enables the company to deliver higher quality services and a better experience for its hundreds of thousands of customers throughout the eastern United States. Cavalier provides today’s technology with a customer-centric focus on innovation, value and excellence. For more information, please visit us on the web at http://www.cavtel.com.
Cavalier refers to Cavalier Telephone, LLC, which may include some or all of its affiliates and their subsidiaries, including, but not limited to, Cavalier Telephone Mid-Atlantic, LLC, Talk America, Inc., LDMI Telecommunications, Inc., Network Telephone Corp., or The Other Phone Company.
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