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GDIT Forms Industry Coalition To Accelerate 5G Across Government

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, November 10th, 2022

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GDIT Forms Industry Coalition To Accelerate 5G Across Government

General Dynamics [GD] said on Thursday it has formed an industry coalition of technology provider to accelerate the adoption of 5G and edge technologies across the government space. The 5G and Edge Accelerator Coalition includes GD’s GD Information Technology business unit, Amazon’s [AMZN] Amazon Web Services, Cisco [CSCO], Dell Technologies [DELL], Splunk [SPLK] and T-Mobile [TMUS]. The coalition is targeting federal, state and local agencies with a variety of applications to include military, logistics, supply chain, healthcare, education and smart…

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