AFRICOM, DISA plan for future of telecommunications in African Theater

U.S. Africa Command’s telecommunications requirements were the subject of discussion at the inaugural Africa Telecommunications Symposium, hosted by the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Africa Command (DISA Africa) and the Defense Information Technology Contracting Office – Europe, in Stuttgart, Germany May 7-8.

Attendees representing DISA, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), and their component organizations met with more than 24 telecommunications service vendors to discuss plans and requirements to foster innovation, build out the theater’s network-based communications infrastructure, and enable assured service delivery in support of the AFRICOM Theater campaign plan.

Government representatives and commercial service providers presented information regarding telecommunications processes, capabilities, and services in open forum and during one-on-one engagements.

Read more at [https://www.disa.mil/NewsandEvents/2018/AFRICOM-DISA-future-telecommunications]