Federated Wireless and Carahsoft Technology have announced a partnership. Under the agreement, Carahsoft will serve as Federated Wireless’ Master Government Aggregator, making the company’s 5G-enabled private wireless solutions available to the public sector through Carahsoft’s reseller partners, National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) ValuePoint and The Quilt contracts.
“The powerful combination of Federated Wireless and Carahsoft is accelerating government’s access to 5G tools and solutions,” says Paul Battaglia, VP of public sector at Federated Wireless. “This partnership means that the public sector can access and leverage 5G solutions faster. Together, we’ll be helping agencies experience the benefits of private wireless, enabling efficiencies, competitiveness, security, and innovation.”
Simplified access to 5G-enabled private wireless networks contributes to ongoing IT modernisation efforts across the public sector. As legacy systems are increasingly replaced with agile, microservice-focused models, the modernisation journey is moving away from obtaining hardware toward procuring connectivity enough to boost data-intensive applications and proliferating connected devices.
“Now more than ever, agencies are seeking to upgrade their network architecture to meet the growing demand for increased capacity,” says Mark Demerse, director of 5G solutions at Carahsoft. “With the addition of Federated Wireless to our offerings, agencies can leverage private wireless networks through our reseller partners to bring 5G into their modernisation roadmaps.”
Federated Wireless claims 45% of the CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) shared spectrum marketplace, has over 150,000 connected devices, and a growing installed base of 450 customers across multiple industries and geographic regions including the continental U.S., Guam, and Puerto Rico. The Federated Wireless ecosystem of partners is expanding and includes 70 original equipment manufacturers, three tier-one mobile network operators (MNOs), including Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, and AT&T. Federated Wireless has deployments with tier-one cable operators and tower companies, and more than 300 regional and rural wireless internet service providers (WISPs).
Federated Wireless’ private wireless solutions are available through Carahsoft’s NASPO ValuePoint Master Agreement #AR2472 and The Quilt master service agreement number MSA05012019-F. For more information, contact the Federated Wireless team at Carahsoft at (888) 964-7379 or FederatedWireless@carahsoft.com.
Carahsoft partners with proven 5G vendors to provide cellular networks to government agencies. Learn more about Carahsoft’s 5G solutions here.
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