Navajo Nation

Navajo Nation May Get Cutting-Edge LTE Network

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:09:31 -0500

Full article: IDG News Service
Stephen Lawson
If a pending federal grant is approved, one of the first LTE wireless broadband networks in will be built across 15,120 square miles of desert. The network, backed up by a 550-mile fiber backbone and microwave links, could make the Internet bloom for about 30,000 households in the Navajo Nation.

WiMax from Sacred Wind Blanketing Navajo Lands

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:01:18 -0400

Full article: Telephony Online
Kevin Fitchard
On the Navajo reservation in New Mexico, there are thousands of homes that redefine the notion of underserved. They're not just without broadband; they're without dial tones. Local telecom provider Sacred Wind Communications has given up trying to connect them with copper phone lines. Instead, it's looking to WiMax.

Navajo Satellite Crisis: FCC Action Welcomed

Stevie Converse — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:40:53 -0400

Full article: MarketWatch
OnSat Network Communications said that it has been working round the clock to ensure continued service to the Navajo Nation following the threat of SES AMERICOM to shut down the communications system to which the Navajo system is linked.

FCC Tries to Avert Threatened Satellite Cutoff

Stevie Converse — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:32:01 -0400

Full article: Washington Post
Holly Watt
The chairman of the FCC issued a last-minute appeal to a satellite telecom company, urging it to continue providing Internet and other satellite-based services to the Navajo Nation despite a contract dispute.

Navajos Could Lose Net Access

Stevie Converse — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:43:32 -0400

Full article: Washington Post
Holly Watt
A large swath of the sprawling Navajo Nation could lose access to the Internet, in a dispute that threatens services from personal e-mail to police radio communications on the 27,000-square-mile reservation.

Possible Shutdown of Navajo Internet Pushed Back

Stevie Converse — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:10:59 -0400

Full article: Associated Press
The Navajo Nation has temporarily averted having its Internet services shut down. SES Americom, which provides bandwidth for the services, informed Navajo officials that it had decided not to shut down services until Aug. 1.

Navajos Could Face Loss of Internet Services

Stevie Converse — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:50:03 -0400

Full article: Associated Press
Felicia Fonseca
New Mexico's two U.S. senators are asking the FCC to take immediate action to prevent the shutdown of Internet services on the Navajo Nation. The shutdown is scheduled for noon on July 22.

Navajo Nation Likely to Lose Internet Service

Stevie Converse — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:31:05 -0400

Full article: Associated Press