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New York City awarded Verizon a 7-year, $195 million contract to ...

New York City awarded Verizon a 7-year, $195 million contract to upgrade citywide E-911 service with state-of-the- art technology. The city can extend the contract 2 years. Verizon will install a new fiber network with all-new switches, routers, Centrex…

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voice and an Ethernet dedicated data network for police, fire and emergency medical units. The contract includes continuous Verizon network monitoring and tech support. The first phase is to be completed this year, with city 911 operations to move to the new network before 2009. Verizon and its corporate ancestors have provided the city’s 911 network since 1968.