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Comtech wins $134 million multi-year E911 services contract

Comtech Telecommunications was awarded a multi-year contract valued at approximately $134 million from one of the largest wireless carriers in the United States to provide FCC mandated enhanced 911 (“E911”) services, said the company in a statement.

Under the contract, this U.S. wireless carrier is expected to migrate existing and planned new cell sites  to Comtech’s 911 call routing technologies, and Comtech will become the leading provider to this wireless carrier for E911 services for its nationwide 3G, 4G, and 5G networks.

The contract has an initial expiration date during Comtech’s first quarter of fiscal 2023 and will automatically renew, under certain conditions, according to Comtech.

[Image courtesy: Comtech]

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