OVERLAND PARK, Kan.,
Feb. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/
-- Sprint (NYSE: S) is poised to leverage its nearly 30
years in the federal and public sector space and to increase market
efforts with a converged-solution portfolio, including wireless,
wireline, security and internet of things (IoT) offerings over the
highly secure and reliable Sprint network.
Sprint has provided government and public sector solutions ever
since the FTS contract in 1988 and has supported several
high-profile clients in recent years.
"It's exciting to see Sprint be more aggressive in this space,"
said retired Navy Adm. Michael G.
Mullen, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a
Sprint board member. "The company is a great American brand with
decades of experience serving the government and will bring added
value and innovation to many government organizations and agencies.
I'm proud to support efforts that bring a diversified portfolio
back to Sprint Business."
New Government Solutions
leader
Chris Felix has been
named Sprint vice president of Government Solutions and will lead
the effort. Felix has 27 years in the telecommunications industry,
including serving the federal government and leading federal
government sales and operations for a competitor.
"Sprint is a very motivated and creative force in the
telecommunications industry, with an outstanding focus on
delivering the best possible experiences for its customers and
employees," Felix said. "My complete focus will be on building a
world-class organization that will serve the federal and public
sector customer by providing the most creative and advanced,
mission critical, converged telecomm solutions possible."
"We are very excited to serve the federal and public sector
space with a proven leader like Chris," said Jan Geldmacher, president of Sprint Business.
"He has the experience and expertise to fully leverage all the
resources and assets Sprint has in place to bring truly innovative,
integrated solutions that will help the federal government serve
our country. From our network to our customizable solutions to our
long list of technology collaborators, including our parent company
SoftBank, we are eminently prepared to connect America."
Innovative, converged solutions
Among the converged
wireless, wireline and IoT solutions Sprint will deliver the
federal and public sector are:
- Mobility: Many federal agencies have employees across
the country, so bringing more flexibility and agility to these
employees through their smartphones and other devices will increase
productivity and collaboration.
- Smart buildings: Sprint IoT solutions, including current
sensor technology, will not only reduce heating and air
conditioning costs in federal buildings, but they help reap
significant environmental benefits because of reduced power
consumption. Sensors can measure electricity, motion, pressure and
temperature; applying artificial intelligence to adapt to the data
about these measurements can reduce the need for human
monitoring.
- Fleet and asset tracking: Sprint can help the federal
government maintain one of the largest fleets of non-military
vehicles in the world using sensor technology. Sensors in vehicles
can detect the vehicle's location, speed, direction of travel, fuel
usage, idling times, and how the vehicle is being driven to
increase fuel savings and safety.
- Mobile forms: Helping the federal government migrate to
electronic forms completed via mobile devices will increase
efficiency, productivity and enhance the citizen experience. Secure
transmission and storage of forms are expedited, because forms can
be integrated with any software or database.
- Cloud: The Sprint network will enhance security of
cloud-based computing and communications. Generally, these
cloud-based solutions will be more manageable from a budget
standpoint for the federal government than on-premises equipment,
which requires a large capital investment periodically and also
puts the onus of software updates on the government.
As part of its government solutions efforts, Sprint will
continue to support the Fisher House Foundation, which provides
veterans' families homes to stay in when that family member is an
ill veteran and needs hospitalization for any reason. Sprint will
donate $30 on behalf of each new
military service member and veteran customer account activated
through Fisher House.
SoftBank investments will enhance solutions
Sprint's
relationship with the SoftBank Group will enhance the solutions
Sprint provides. OneWeb, a satellite-based service, uses
low-orbit satellites strategically located to provide abundant
coverage everywhere to take advantage of all the technologies that
leverage sensors, big data and communications.
Arm has powerful intellectual property for a chip design
that continues to get smaller and more secure, and it can be part
of any connected device, particularly sensors, of which there will
be more than a trillion operating worldwide within a decade,
according to Geldmacher.
"Everything that can be connected will be
connected," Geldmacher says. "That gives the federal government and
public sector agencies more opportunities than ever before to
provide a higher level of accessibility, service and information to
our citizens, and Sprint is primed to facilitate that."
Sprint network is primed for latest innovations
The
company continues to make investments into the Sprint network,
which has the most spectrum of all U.S. wireless carriers. The aim
is to increase speed, capacity of any application, ubiquity of
coverage, and security and reliability. The Sprint 5G network will
offer the federal government even more secure connectivity to
mission-critical information, integrated GPS services to improve
real-time situational awareness, and seamless handling of all the
platforms that incorporate sensor-provided data.
Part of the network strategy is to increase small cells to fill
the gaps in dense urban areas, where buildings can often create
areas of poor coverage, to assure federal agencies that they are
connected, that their data is flowing, and that they can trust
it.
About Sprint
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications
services company that creates more and better ways to connect
its customers to the things they care about most. Sprint
served 54.6 million connections as of December 31, 2017 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; leading
no-contract 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. You can learn more and visit
Sprint at www.sprint.com or www.facebook.com/sprint and
www.twitter.com/sprint.
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