By Mark Rockwell Jul 05, 2019
The White House wants agencies to use the $50 billion, 10-year Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions telecom contract to support IT modernization but in the early stages most customers want to make sure the phones stay on.
"We're seeing discussions about how to get to the next generation technology. Agencies are saying 'now we'll do like for like,' but they're also asking [vendors] to tell them how to get to the next generation tech," said Diana Gowen, senior vice president at MetTel, one of nine prime contractors under the General Services Administration's governmentwide telecommunications contract.