RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. signed a non-exclusive joint sales and marketing agreement with Science Applications International Corp., which it said would establish shared leads and joint offerings of mobile solutions with SAIC voice and business mobilization solutions and Nextel’s voice and data services. The venture will focus on the government/public-sector, energy, oil and gas, healthcare, financial services, transportation, retail and manufacturing industries.
The agreement calls for both companies to jointly offer Nextel’s products and services along with SAIC’s system integration services, business and consulting services, technology and architecture consulting, information services and application development.
“Nextel and SAIC are working together to provide wireless business solutions that help organizations excel by producing critical information on demand,” said Susan Nelson, vice president of alliances and partnerships at Nextel.
Terms of the agreement were not released.