NASA Selects Qwest for Voice and Data Services

ARLINGTON, Va.--(Business Wire)--
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has
selected Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) to provide
a range of voice and data services for connecting the agency's centers
and facilities across the country including the Kennedy Space Center
in Florida, the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, the Johnson
Space Center in Texas and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.

With an expected value of approximately $18 million, the award was
made to Qwest Government Services in Arlington, Va., under its Networx
Universal contract, which is part of the U.S. General Services
Administration's Networx program, the largest government
communications program in the world. The term of the contract award is
9 years.

"Qwest is proud of its long-standing partnership with NASA," said
Diana Gowen, senior vice president and general manager of Qwest
Government Services. "For many years we have provided communications
services that support NASA's missions, and we are looking forward to
continuing our work for them under the Networx contract."

This is the latest major award Qwest has received under Networx,
which provides comprehensive communications and networking services
and technical solutions to all federal agencies. Recently, the U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) selected Qwest to deliver voice
and data services to connect the VA's headquarters in Washington,
D.C., and nearly 1,300 hospitals, regional offices and other
facilities across the nation.

About Qwest

Customers coast to coast turn to Qwest's industry-leading national
fiber-optic network and world-class Spirit of Service to meet their
communications and entertainment needs. For residential customers,
Qwest's powerful combination of award-winning high-speed Internet,
home and wireless voice solutions and digital TV includes a new
generation of fiber-optic Internet services. Qwest is also the choice
of 95 percent of Fortune 500 companies, offering a full suite of
network, data and voice services for small businesses, large
businesses, government agencies and wholesale customers. Additionally,
Qwest participates in Networx, the largest communications services
contract in the world, and is recognized as a leader in the network
services market by a leading technology industry analyst firm.

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of Qwest Communications International Inc. in the U.S. and certain
other countries.

Qwest Communications International Inc.
Tom McMahon, 202-429-3106
tom.mcmahon@qwest.com

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