NSF recognized that commercially supplied network services, now that they were available, would ultimately be far less expensive than continued funding of special-purpose network services.
"M.S.I. takes Marconi further up the value chain in network services and wireless".
N3 is a combination of broadband connections and network services to link all NHS sites.
The core contract will deliver wide area network services, data storage and archiving and disaster recovery.
The business is expected to complement Cisco's D.S.L., Ethernet, cable and wireless network services.
The second bidder was Dimension Data Holdings, a South African network services company known as Didata.
Some major Web sites also use Inktomi's network services to improve speed and reliability.
Many people access blocked addresses using proxy websites or virtual private network services.
"But most headsets will work," said Bob Johnson, director of network services at Dartmouth.
@mobile.com, based in Bellevue, Wash., provides wireless instant messaging technology and wireless network services.
