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To: B.G. Galbraith who wrote (4214)	4/19/1999 12:11:00 AM
From: Tradelite	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11568

Interesting info about WCOM/Kosova...from Federal Computer Week magazine: ________________________ The Defense Department has started to beef up its computer and communications assets to support tactical and humanitarian operations in and around Albania, Macedonia, and Yugoslavia, with planning for even more extensive networks underway to support ground operations in Kosovia, FCW has learned....... ....a knowledgeable source said any expansion of US military and NATO networks in Europe would rely heavily on satellite communication, considering the limited commercial telecommunications infrastructure in the Balkans. "Every party provisioning for National Security Emergency Preparedness service knows it has the highest priority," said Diana Gowen, executive director for DOD and national infrastructure programs at MCI Worldcom. "If we need a local loop, Bell Atlantic has to provide it within 24 hours and if we need a satellite circuit, Communications Satellite Corp. has to provide that within24 hours." MCI Worldcom also received an order last week from the Army Air Force Exchange Service to provide pay telephone service to US troops in Albania and expects to turn it on this week, Gowen said. ......the Army already has started evaluating its computer needs for any expanded operation in the Balkans....the Army Small Computer Program at Fort Monmouth, NJ, has received "informal inquiries on our ability to supply on short notice anywhere from 1,000 to 5,000 laptops."