Spectrum Business, Charter’s brand, has finalized changes to expand the suite of services available through CALNET in California, adding its managed network services and unified communications to the roster of government offerings. The expansion was announced in a release provided to Broadband Communities and highlights CALNET as the pathway for statewide procurement of telecom and IT services.
The expansion is enabled by the California Department of Technology-administered CALNET contract, which gives state and local agencies access to pre-approved vendors and pricing for telecommunications and IT services.
Spectrum will also provide unified communications through a partnership with RingCentral, delivering cloud-hosted VoIP, virtual meeting rooms, messaging and collaboration tools designed to support distributed workforces across California state government.
“Spectrum Business is committed to providing California state and local agencies with the reliable connectivity and robust infrastructure that helps ensure that the critical services they deliver are not interrupted,” said Mark Kornegay, group vice president of vertical markets for Spectrum Business. “The CALNET expansion gives agencies more choices and greater flexibility to meet their objectives.”
The CALNET program has long been used to streamline procurement for government entities, and Spectrum contends that managed services and cloud communications could reduce the operational burden on small or resource-constrained IT shops. The company notes that some AI tools assisted in crafting this report.
