TAG | Pacnet's federal contract renewed |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Thursday, 06 March 2008 | |
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"We appreciate DFAT's ongoing confidence in Pacnet as we continue to focus on providing industry leading quality, as well as technical and commercial flexibility, in meeting their global communication mandates," said CEO Bill Barney. "We also look forward to extending our service offerings to other government entities in Australia." Not every government would be happy to allow a foreign company to provide network services for sensitive communications links, but it is established practice in Australia. Last October, former defence minister Brendan Nelson confirmed that a satellite operated by SingTel Optus (a company majority-owned by the Singapore government through Temasek Holdings) was still an important element of the Australian Defence Force's communications capability.
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