SouthernLINC Wireless, a Southern Company, announced Thursday that their contract with the Georgia Technology Authority for Push To Talk services has been renewed through 2017. 

"We are pleased to renew our agreement with GTA through 2017. We are proud to have continuously served both State and local government in Georgia since April of 1998. Over that time, SouthernLINC has become the only truly statewide inter-operable and highly reliable Push To Talk radio service covering over 86% of the state of Georgia," stated Rodney Johnson, SouthernLINC Wireless vice president of sales and marketing.

SouthernLINC Wireless is the exclusive provider of multi-state iDEN Push To Talk (PTT) and cellular services in the Southeast. iDEN Push To Talk technology is the original wireless 2-way radio technology that other carriers and applications attempt to duplicate.

"In addition to providing what we believe is the best PTT service available, our network delivers a level of reliability and survivability that GTA agencies, first responders, and local government rely on daily for inter- and intra-agency communications," continued Johnson.

Georgia Technology Authority offers a wide range of services to state and local governments via statewide purchase contracts. SouthernLINC Wireless is one of the contracts available for the purchase of Push To Talk 2-way radio service for any state agency, city, county or other political subdivision of the state of Georgia that follows GTA's procurement rules.