--- title: Lightower is Authorized Vendor for Massachusetts State Government Contract ITT46 description: Lightower is Authorized Vendor for Massachusetts State Government Contract ITT46 --- - [Contact JSA](https://www.jsa.net/contact/) - [Tech & Telecom News Now](https://www.jsa.net/blog/) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/telecompr) [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/JaymieScottoTV) [Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/company/jaymie-scotto-%26-associates) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/JaymieScottoandAssociates) [![JSA – Jaymie Scotto & Associates Logo](https://blog.jsa.net/hubfs/JSA_March2019%20Theme/images/jsa-logo-120h.png) ![JSA – Jaymie Scotto & Associates Logo](https://blog.jsa.net/hubfs/JSA_March2019%20Theme/images/jsa-logo-60h.png) ![JSA – Jaymie Scotto & Associates Logo](https://blog.jsa.net/hubfs/JSA_March2019%20Theme/images/jsa-logo-60h.png)](https://www.jsa.net/) - [Company](https://www.jsa.net/#) - [Our Core Values](https://www.jsa.net/core-values/) - [Our Team](https://www.jsa.net/team/) - 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The award enables Lightower to offer [Ethernet](http://www.lightower.com/products/ethernet/), [SONET](http://www.lightower.com/products/sonet/), Internet Access, Colocation and Dark Fiber solutions to Massachusetts state and local government entities. With government budgets shrinking while the demand for services continues to increase, state and local government agencies are transforming themselves to meet the demands of their constituents. Lightower’s fiber-based networking solutions are well-suited to help governments cost-effectively upgrade their network infrastructure and develop future-proof, advanced services without sacrificing flexibility or control. “Government customers have unique requirements,” said Doug Dalissandro, EVP of Sales for Lightower. “For example, a Lightower government customer with Ethernet today can easily scale up their bandwidth, add services or move to dark fiber in the future as their needs grow.” [![Lightower, Massachusetts state government, MA state government, Network Services Contract ITT46, ITT46, Ethernet, SONET, Internet Access, Colocation, Dark Fiber, state government, local government, municipal government, Doug Dalissandro, MHEC, Massachusetts Higher Education Consortium, low latency networks, fiber, fiber networks, optical network, optical networking ](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png "GOV Networks")](https://blog.jsa.net/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/GOV-Networks.jpg)All Massachusetts Higher Education Consortium (MHEC) members qualify to purchase through this contract. Other government entities are also eligible, including state branches and agencies, cities, towns, counties and other states and territories. Offering highly available, low-latency network solutions, Lightower delivers a broad portfolio of fiber-based services to governments. For more information on Lightower and Government Networking Solutions, please email [government@lightower.com](mailto:government@lightower.com), visit [www.lightower.com](http://www.lightower.com) or call 888-LT-FIBER. 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