July 24, 2009 (FinancialWire) — AT&T (NYSE: T) said its government solutions unit has won an award worth around $80 million from the Social Security Administration.

Under the terms of the award, AT&T will serve as the secondary data network service provider for the SSA’s enterprise-wide network infrastructure, which provides a foundation for all information exchanges with the agency’s enterprise network.

The agency leveraged the $20 billion U.S. General Services Administration Networx Universal contract to make the award.

SSA provides a range of retirement services via a nationwide, decentralized network of 1,500 offices, card centers, processing centers and other offices, supported by 64,000 employees.

Dallas-based AT&T is a provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed internet and voice services.

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