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Jun 7, 2021

AT&T wins $725M task order from Veterans Affairs

AT&T’s Oakton-based Public Sector organization secured a $725 million, 12-year task order to modernize the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ data network, the company will announce Wednesday. The contract is to deliver a modernized data communications platform that will serve as a foundation for innovative Veterans Affairs (VA) technology capabilities, according to the announcem[...]

Jun 7, 2021

Shentel appoints executive VP/COO

Edinburg-based Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. — better known as Shentel — has promoted Edward “Ed” H. McKay to lead its broadband business as executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective July 3. McKay will oversee Shentel Cable, Shentel Business, Glo Fiber and Beam brands and the Edinburg-based company’s tower portfolio. He will replace David “Dave” L. He[...]

May 11, 2021

AT&T Public Sector wins $175M transportation contract

AT&T Inc. announced Tuesday it has been awarded a $175 million contract from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to modernize its voice and data networks. AT&T’s Public Sector organization, which is based in Oakton, landed the deal. The 12-year contract was awarded through the General Service Administration’s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions technology procurement pr[...]

Apr 8, 2021

Telecom company SES building $17M facility in Prince William

Luxembourg-based telecommunications company SES will invest $17 million in a new U.S. hub facility in Prince William County facility where it will merge its satellite and network operations, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. The facility is expected to create up to 200 net jobs by 2026. “In consolidating our local SES satellite and network […]

Mar 30, 2021

Dark fiber optic network coming to NoVa

A new 680-mile, regional fiber optic network will begin to take shape in Northern Virginia during the second half of 2021. The project is a joint venture between Annandale-based Tenebris Fiber, Kansas-based Diode Ventures and New York-based JLC Infrastructure. Construction on the new dark fiber network will begin later this year, the companies said, starting […]

Mar 24, 2021

SpaceLink establishes HQ in Tysons

Satellite telecommunications company SpaceLink, a subsidiary of Australian aerospace and defense contractor Electro Optic Systems, has established its headquarters in Tysons. SpaceLink is building a space relay network of satellites in medium Earth orbit that will provide secure, continuous, high-bandwidth communications between its clients’ low Earth orbit spacecraft and the ground. Clients[...]

Lockheed Martin Corp. and Omnispace plan to build a global 5G satellite network. Rendering courtesy Lockheed Martin.
Mar 23, 2021

Omnispace, Lockheed Martin join forces for space-based 5G network

Tysons-based satellite telecommunications company Omnispace LLC has entered into a strategic alliance with Lockheed Martin Corp. to explore jointly developing a space-based 5G global network. “Omnispace is fully committed to the vision of creating a new global communications platform that powers 5G connectivity directly to mobile devices from space,” Omnispace President and CEO Ram Vis[...]

Mar 17, 2021

Chantilly cell tower B2B biz acquired by California company

Chantilly-based SmallCellSite.com has been acquired by California’s Digital Locations Inc., a developer of 5G cell tower sites. The completed acquisition was announced on March 2. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition means that Digital Locations now has 80,000 prequalified wireless cell sites. SmallCellSite has nonexclusive agreements with site owners all ov[...]

Feb 25, 2021

Legislation hopes to expand broadband access for low-income students

RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia General Assembly passed legislation in an effort to expand broadband internet access to low-income students across the commonwealth. Senate Bill 1225, proposed by Sen. Jennifer Boysko, D-Fairfax, authorizes school boards to appropriate funds to partner with private companies for the purpose of implementing and subsidizing broadband internet access for low-income [...]

Feb 16, 2021

McLean satellite operator eyes Chapter 11 emergence

McLean-based satellite operator Intelsat Corp. announced Friday it has the support of creditors to financially restructure under Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which would decrease the company’s debt from nearly $15 billion to $7 billion. “Today’s filings and the significant consensus already achieved on the plan pave the way for the company’s emergence from the Chapter 11 […]

Jan 26, 2021

$29.6M state grants to expand broadband in 11 localities

Nearly $30 million in Virginia Telecommunication Initiative (VATI) grants will be disbursed among five projects to expand broadband access in 11 localities in the Northern Neck, Southwest and Southern Virginia and Botetourt County, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. The projects will connect more than 11,700 households, businesses and institutions to high-speed internet. VATI provides funding [[...]

Jan 8, 2021

Reston-based Comscore secures investments for stock deal

Reston-based media-measurement and analytics company Comscore Inc. announced Thursday that Connecticut-based Charter Communications Inc., Colorado-based Qurate Retail Inc. and an affiliate of New York-based Cerberus Capital Management LP are each making a cash investment in exchange for shares of convertible preferred stock. Proceeds from the investment will be used by Comscore to retire existing [...]

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