AOS To Offer Vizada
Products And Services On GSA Schedule
(21 April 2008) AOS Inc., a leading
provider of highly secure, customised, turnkey network mobility and
communications solutions, program management, IT consulting and managed network
services, today announced the addition of products and services from satellite
communications provider Vizada to its General Services Administration (GSA)
Schedule.
An AOS partner and provider for over a decade, Vizada
is the world-wide leading global satellite communications provider with more
market share on more satellite networks than any other provider.
As a
GSA schedule contract holder, AOS directly supplies products to federal
entities at volume discount pricing, without the need for individual contracts
for each order. Thanks to this new agreement, AOS now offers through the GSA
schedule Vizada's satellite communications equipment and services from
satellite network operators such as Thuraya, Iridium, and Inmarsat, including
Inmarsat's Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) IP-based broadband data
service, and more.
"Vizada's solutions are an excellent complement to
our growing schedule portfolio of technologies and services," said Brian
Lasagna, Corporate Development Director for AOS. "GSA approval will make it
easier for our current federal customers to purchase Vizada's products and
services from us, and allows us to reach buyers we've not yet been able to
service".
"Government users have more purchasing choices now that they
can use the GSA schedule to order Vizada services from AOS," said Bo Norton,
Vice President, Government Sales for Vizada Americas. "AOS is a key Vizada
partner and we are mutually committed to providing innovative, accessible and
reliable satellite communications for our government and commercial
users."
The GSA supplies products and communications for U.S. government
offices, provides transportation and office space to federal employees, and
develops government wide cost-minimising policies. Under the GSA Schedules
Program, GSA establishes long-term government wide contracts with commercial
firms to provide access to over 11 million commercial supplies (products) and
services that can be ordered directly from GSA Schedule
contractors.
About AOS
AOS is one of the largest-volume and most
trusted providers of mobile satellite communications equipment and airtime
services, and has been connecting demanding Government and private sector
customers around the world since 1988. AOS outfits scientific expeditions,
peacekeeping and humanitarian missions, and military and Government
communications teams. We are recognised industry leaders in the design and
support of cutting-edge technology applications, from telemedicine to
Head-of-State communications systems, and are the only ISP to serve as an
Inmarsat Strategic Partner and Preferred Solutions Provider for secure
communications.
About Vizada
Vizada is the world-wide leading
provider of satellite communications, with more than US$ 600 million in 2007
revenue and more market share on more satellite networks than any other
satellite communications provider in the world. Vizada customers include 7,500
commercial, military and business aircraft, more than 30,000 merchant shipping
vessels, emergency response teams, government and military units, acclaimed
news gathering organisations, and Fortune 500 companies.
Vizada offers
fixed and mobile communications services using multiple satellite network
operators, including, Eutelsat, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Iridium, Loral, New Skies,
SES Americom and Thuraya. Gateway access to these networks is made possible
through the Vizada Global Teleport Network - five state-of-the-art facilities
strategically positioned around the world. Vizada also provides Vizada
Solutions , leading edge technologies for IP networking, messaging, business
tools, prepaid solutions, fixed2mobile services and secure communications.
Vizada has regional centres of operation located in Rockville, Maryland for the
Americas and Paris, France for Europe, Middle East, Africa and
Asia.
(source: Vizada)
