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CenturyLink Wins Fort Stewart, Ga., Army Base Contract

By TechTaffy Desk

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CenturyLink has won a contract renewal worth $2.1 million over the next five years to provide telecommunications services to the U.S. Army base at Fort Stewart, Ga.

The contract is for one year with four one-year options. CenturyLink will continue to provide Internet, data services, local telephone exchange and other telecommunications products and services to support Fort Stewart’s operations and soldiers, including the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Division. Fort Stewart covers 280,000 acres, including Hunter Army Airfield and parts of five different counties in southeast Georgia.

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