MiCTA Extends Sprint Agreement For Voice, Wireless, and IP Services to 2015

PRLog (Press Release) - Aug. 28, 2012 - MiCTA, a nationwide group purchasing organization, is pleased to announce that it has extended its master service agreement with Sprint (NYSE: S) for telecommunications, VoIP, IP, wireless and select specialty services, as well as for designated direct equipment sales to MiCTA members. The extension will allow MiCTA members nationwide to take advantage of aggressive discounts on a wide range of Sprint products and services until August 31, 2015.

"We are very pleased to extend our agreement with Sprint on behalf of our membership," said Tim von Hoff, Chief Operating Officer of MiCTA. "Our education, governmental, business and public sector members appreciate the highly competitive prices we have negotiated on their behalf for a broad range of Sprint's most desirable technology products and services."

MiCTA originally awarded Sprint a two-year master service agreement in July 2010 through its competitive bidding process, which is designed to evaluate technology-oriented and telecommunications solutions for the benefit of its members nationwide. Under the master service agreement, MiCTA members may purchase telecommunications and technology products and services at volume discounts using the MiCTA master service agreement. Besides reducing the overall cost of technology and telecommunications purchases, the MiCTA master service agreement also enables its members to streamline their internal purchasing processes.

"Sprint is proud to continue to have our products and services on the MiCTA contract, providing a simple procurement vehicle for Education, Healthcare and other MiCTA member organizations to purchase Sprint products and services at pre-negotiated prices," said Kimberly Green-Kerr, Sprint Regional Vice President, Business Sales, Midwest.

About MiCTA
MiCTA, located at 515 North Washington Street, Suite 405 in Saginaw, MI, represents thousands of higher education, K-12, healthcare, library, governmental and charitable entities. Nationally, MiCTA seeks to resolve common voice, video and data issues, provide helpful information, participate in legislative and regulatory telecommunications advocacy, and negotiate discounted purchase contracts for telecommunications and technology services for its members. For more information, please visit the MiCTA Web site, http://www.mictatech.org.

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