Navajo Broadband 2009 – 2013 Broadband on Navajo: a $60 Million Dollar Opportunity

Impact of Navajo Nation Telecommunications Regulatory Commission

It will be interesting to see how the NNTRC is able to collaborate with vendors on USDA Rural broadband programs and BTOP to extend broadband access.

The core strength of the NNTRC could be to leverage existing Navajo Nation assets for mounting equipment. A working relationship for vendors with the NNTRC and NTUA (Navajo Tribal Utility Authority) could provide access to significant microwave backhaul throughout the Navajo Nation.

NNTRC is also the group that organizes Right of Way (ROW) and equipment Collocation. Yearly NNTRC collocation fees are $2951.03 in areas with population count less than 100,000 and $4,721.66 in areas with up to 299,000.

Their collocation services focus on: Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR), Improved Mobile Telephone Service (IMTS), Air-to-Ground, Offshore Radio, Telephone Service, Cell Site Extenders, and Local Multipoint Distribution Services.

via Navajo Nation Telecommunications Regulatory Commission