Albuquerque Public Schools

Modernizing school safety and communications with resilient connectivity.

Albuquerque Public Schools

Modernizing school safety and communications with resilient connectivity.

Strengthening life‑safety systems

Albuquerque Public Schools needed to modernize the critical infrastructure supporting student safety, emergency communications and district operations across 165 sites. Lumen helped APS transition from aging legacy circuits to a modern connectivity foundation that improved reliability, strengthened compliance and generated more than $1 million in projected annual savings.

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Strengthening life‑safety systems

Albuquerque Public Schools needed to modernize the critical infrastructure supporting student safety, emergency communications and district operations across 165 sites. Lumen helped APS transition from aging legacy circuits to a modern connectivity foundation that improved reliability, strengthened compliance and generated more than $1 million in projected annual savings.

See how APS modernizes school safety (2:39)

Challenges

  • Aging analog infrastructure increased operational risk
  • Life-safety systems lacked modern redundancy
  • Rising costs made legacy services harder to sustain

Challenges

  • Aging analog infrastructure increased operational risk
  • Life-safety systems lacked modern redundancy
  • Rising costs made legacy services harder to sustain

Solutions

  • Lumen® Specialty Lines for life-safety modernization
  • Lumen® Voice Complete for district-wide communications
  • Lumen® PRI/SIP Trunking to modernize voice services

Solutions

  • Lumen® Specialty Lines for life-safety modernization
  • Lumen® Voice Complete for district-wide communications
  • Lumen® PRI/SIP Trunking to modernize voice services

Results

  • Modernized life-safety systems across 165 sites
  • Simplified management of voice and connectivity services
  • Improved reliability and code-compliant communications
  • More than $1M in projected annual savings

Results

  • Modernized life-safety systems across 165 sites
  • Simplified management of voice and connectivity services
  • Improved reliability and code-compliant communications
  • More than $1M in projected annual savings

What works for Albuquerque Public Schools

Lumen® Specialty Lines

Modernizes life‑safety systems with IP and cellular connectivity.

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Lumen® Specialty Lines

Modernizes life‑safety systems with IP and cellular connectivity.

Lumen® Voice Complete

Simplifies district‑wide voice services on a unified platform.

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Lumen® Voice Complete

Simplifies district‑wide voice services on a unified platform.

Lumen® PRI/SIP Trunking

Enables scalable, reliable voice connectivity across sites.

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Lumen® PRI/SIP Trunking

Enables scalable, reliable voice connectivity across sites.

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“The overall mission for this project is the security and safety of our schools, of the buildings themselves and the staff and students that occupy them. As long as all that is happening, my team and I have done our job.”


— Brian Thompson, Executive Director of Infrastructure & Operations

Albuquerque Public Schools

“The overall mission for this project is the security and safety of our schools, of the buildings themselves and the staff and students that occupy them. As long as all that is happening, my team and I have done our job.”


— Brian Thompson, Executive Director of Infrastructure & Operations

Albuquerque Public Schools

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