The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) awarded a two-year, $75 million contract to Lucent Technologies to rebuild, restore and modernize communications systems in Iraq. As the prime contractor, Lucent will work under the direction of the Program Management Office (PMO) of the Coalition Provisional Authority as part of the overall Iraq Infrastructure Reconstruction program. The contract has options that could extend it for five years.
Lucent recently completed installation of 13 switching, optical and network management systems in and around Baghdad under a separate subcontract to Bechtel. http://www.lucent.com
