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Lucent Joins Boeing Team in Bid for DHS SBInet Contract

Lucent Technologies joined the Boeing team that is pursuing a contract for the US Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Secure Border Initiative (SBI) network program. The Boeing-led team submitted its proposal to the government and is competing for an estimated $2 billion contract award. SBI is a complicated plan to secure US borders and reduce illegal immigration. SBInet will enable a balance of people, technology, and infrastructure to provide an integrated border protection system. The SBInet contract is expected to be awarded in September 2006. Lucent and Bell Labs will perform duties ranging from wireline and wireless network design, analysis, and modeling functions spanning voice, data, and sensor communications to leveraging Bell Labs advanced communications and sensor technologies. The Lucent plan would leverage existing DHS networks, legacy RF communications, and commercial wireless communications and empowers multimedia communications via Lucent's IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) technology.

from Telecom Daily

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