{"id":13594,"date":"2019-03-14T19:13:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T19:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/14\/first-authority-to-operate-issued-under-new-telecom-contract\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:28:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:28:52","slug":"first-authority-to-operate-issued-under-new-telecom-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/acquisition\/2019\/03\/14\/first-authority-to-operate-issued-under-new-telecom-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"A new telecom contract gets its first operator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The General Services Administration\u2019s new initiative for modernizing federal telecom services will now officially have a new option to offer agencies for purchase, as CenturyLink announced March 14 that it had become the first provider to receive an authority to operate under the <a 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