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By Anil Sharma, TMCnet Contributor

The U.S. Army's Information Technology, E-Commerce, and Commercial Contracting Center, ITEC4, have awarded four Motorola strategic partners an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity or IDIQ contract that includes Motorola (News - Alert) mobile computing, handheld scanning and management software products.


The awards were made to the four following Motorola strategic partners-CDO Technologies Inc., GTSI Inc., Lowry Computer Corp., and Northrop Grumman Corp.
"Motorola congratulates our partners on these awards and looks forward to working closely with them," said Jim Mears, vice president and general manager of Motorola's U.S. Federal Government Market Division.

Mears said these wins validate Motorola's channel centric go-to-market strategy and role in providing innovative AIT solutions that meet the needs of Department of Defense’s mission-critical applications.

According to Motorola officials, AIT technologies will provide standardization among government users of Automatic Identification Technology or AIT components purchased from this contract.

These mobile solutions, officials said, would deliver real-time information securely and seamlessly across multiple Department of Defense and federal agencies to improve efficiency, productivity and effectiveness.

Officials said that the mission of Product Manager Joint-Automatic Identification Technology is to provide a single point of contact for procurement and technical expertise across the suite of AIT enabling technologies that support focused logistics, total asset visibility, and the integration of global supply chains for the Department of Defense, United States Coast Guard, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Coalition Partners, other Foreign Military Sales, other Federal Agencies, and contractors in support of DoD activities.

TMCnet in June reported that Motorola, Inc. and Etihad Atheeb Telecom (News - Alert) Company have launched a new nationwide WiMAX 802.16e network in Saudi Arabia.

Atheeb will offer wireless broadband services, including voice and high-speed data, to customers and Internet Service Providers across the Saudi Arabia. Customers will enjoy a convergence of voice, video and data services on theirWiMAX ( News - Alert) personal communication devices.