The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency selected as an authorizednetwork services provider under the agency's multiyear Global Network Services contract.

CenturyLink is authorized to bid on and provide a suite of globalnetwork transport services that include content delivery networks, virtual privatenetworks, fiber-optic broadband, Wi-Fi, satellite, wavelength, network security,colocation, cloud connectivity and software-defined networking services.

GNS is an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract thathas a five-year base period with five one-year options and a $4.3 billion ceilingfor all task orders over a 10-year period as the government aims to provide a singleDepartment of Defense network for global voice, video, imagery and data transmissionson a 100 gigabit-per-second backbone by 2020, according to an April 7 news release.