Sprint Nextel Corporation : Sprint Earns $2 Billion Contract with Western States Contracting Alliance
05/01/2012| 01:05pm US/Eastern
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Sprint (NYSE: S) announced today that the Western States Contracting
Alliance (WSCA) has awarded Sprint a four-year, $2 billion contract to
serve as one of its wireless products and services providers. The
contract with WSCA, a national public sector purchasing consortium,
represents one of the largest for Sprint in 2012.
The WSCA purchasing consortium is composed of 15 states that have joined
together for increased buying power through cooperative multistate
contracting. State and local government entities (including public
safety, public education, health care and utilities) and authorized
non-profit organizations across the country use WSCA's purchasing
capabilities.
"Sprint earned the contract based on its innovative product and
solutions portfolio, record of strong customer service, superior value,
and pricing flexibility," said Kevin Kunkel, Sprint regional sales vice
president.
WSCA participants will be able to take advantage of the full suite of
Sprint wireless products and services, including devices, unlimited data
plans, accessories, applications and end-to-end solutions.
"With this new multiyear agreement with WSCA through October 2016,
Sprint continues its industry-leading role as a wireless provider in the
state and local public sector," said Gray Sigler, Sprint's WSCA client
executive. "Our intent in this space is to enable government entities
across the country to achieve more with fewer resources using mobile
solutions."
About Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline
communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers,
businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel served more than 56
million customers at the end of the first quarter of 2012 and is widely
recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative
technologies, including the first wireless 4G service from a national
carrier in the United States; offering industry-leading mobile data
services, leading prepaid brands including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost
Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant national and international
push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. Newsweek
ranked Sprint No. 3 in its 2011 Green Rankings, listing it as one of
the nation's greenest companies, the highest of any telecommunications
company. You can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com
or www.facebook.com/sprint
and www.twitter.com/sprint.
Sprint
Mark Bonavia, 913-269-0436
Mark.bonavia@sprint.com
© Business Wire 2012
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