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Comcast Business Awarded General Services Administration Schedule 70 Contract
Contract Enables Delivery of Comcast Business Ethernet to Federal, State
and Local Government Customers
PHILADELPHIA – April 2, 2014 – Comcast Business today announced that it was awarded a Schedule
70 contract with the General Services Administration (GSA), which enables the Company to sell directly
to federal, state and local government customers. The initial Schedule 70 applies to Comcast Business
Ethernet services. In the future, Comcast plans to expand the Schedule to also include its full voice
product suite, as well as its Business Internet and Business TV offerings.
“Our work with federal, state and local government customers has shown us that bandwidth usage in
government agencies is rapidly increasing as technology and constituent programs demand it,” said
Kevin Carney, executive director of Government, Comcast Business. “Now, federal government agencies
can more easily turn to Comcast Business and our Ethernet services for secure, reliable, highperformance connectivity in many regions, including the Washington, D.C. area and other key federal
markets.”
Built on an advanced network that is owned, operated and serviced directly by the Company, Comcast
Business Ethernet delivers bandwidth levels ranging from 1 Megabit per second (Mbps) up to 10 Gigabits
per second (Gbps) over a 100Gbps backbone network. Comcast Business Ethernet enables
organizations to upgrade from legacy technologies such as T1 lines, Frame Relay and ATM to improve
their wide area network (WAN) performance to address increasing bandwidth requirements for cloud
computing, business continuity, software-as-a-service (SaaS) and other applications.
Recently, Comcast Business was named the fastest growing Ethernet provider in the Vertical Systems
Group 2013 U.S. Carrier Ethernet LEADERBOARD. Comcast Business was also named the Metro
Ethernet Forum's (MEF) Service Provider of the Year in its 2013 Carrier Ethernet Awards for North
America. In addition, the MEF announced last year that Comcast Business was the first service provider
in the world to achieve MEF CE 2.0 Certification.
Schedule 70 is a long-term Information Technology (IT) contract issued by the U.S. General Services
Administration (GSA) to a commercial technology vendor. The award of a Schedule 70 contract means
that the GSA has determined that a vendor's pricing is fair and reasonable and that the vendor complies
with all applicable laws and regulations.
About Comcast Business
Comcast Business, a unit of Comcast Cable, provides advanced communication solutions to help
organizations of all sizes meet their business objectives. Through a next-generation network that is
backed by 24/7 technical support, Comcast delivers Business Internet, Ethernet, TV and a full portfolio of
Voice services for cost-effective, simplified communications management.
For more information, call 866-429-3085.
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at http://business.comcast.com/social.
About Comcast Cable
Comcast Cable is the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone provider to businesses and
residential customers. Comcast has invested in technology to build an advanced network that delivers
among the fastest broadband speeds, and brings customers personalized video, communications and
home management offerings. Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) is a global media and
technology company. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.
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Joel Shadle
Comcast Corporate Communications
215-286-4675
Joel_shadle@comcast.com