Navajo Nation Broadband Workgroup

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Navajo Nation Broadband Workgroup

• Presenter Brian Tagaban
• Brian.tagaban_at_nndoh.org

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Members

• Deswood Tome, Chairperson Executive Director -
  Navajo Nation Telecommunication Regulatory
  Commission(928) 871-7853    
• Harold Skow, Co-Chair Director - Navajo
  Department of Information Technology(928)
  871-6002    
• Brian Tagaban, Member MIS Manager, Navajo
  Division of Health(928) 871-6256    
• Norbert Nez, Member Computer IT Manager, Division
  of Community Development [phone]    
• Kee Long, Member Program Manager, Office of
  Broadcast Services [phone]    
• Pearl Lee, Member Program Manager, Navajo
  Telecommunications Utilities(928) 871-7740    
  
• Wilbert Tsosie, Member Proposal Writer, Navajo
  Telecommunication Utilities(928) 871-7748    
• Greg Kelly, Member Attorney, Navajo Nation
  Department of Justice(928) 871-6194

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Key Major Partnerships Established

• Navajo Tribal Utility Authority
• Primary Partner / Navajo Nation Enterprise
• Sacred Wind Communications
• Local Incumbent in New Mexico
• Navajo Communications Company / Frontier
• Local Incumbent in Arizona and New Mexico
• Commnet Wireless
• Mobile Phone Wholesale provider
• Navajo Technical College
• Technical Trainer and Advance Research

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Navajo Tribal Utility Authority

• 100 Navajo Nation Enterprise
• Non Profit Status
• No Executive bonuses, Shareholder dividends, etc.
• Tower Managers
• Built and maintain communication towers
• Fiber Managers
• Network Bandwidth Provider

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NTUA Management

• Walter W. Haase, General Manager
• Rex Kontz, Deputy General Manager
• Monroe Keedo, Information Technology Division
  Manager
• Wally Chief, Engineering Technical Services
  Division Manager
• http//www.ntua.com

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NTUA - Non Profit Status

• Affirms condition that Navajo Nation does NOT
  intend to startup a Telecommunications Company
  with ARRA funding
• If profitable then profits could lower utility
  costs

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Tower and Fiber Management

• Qualified Personnel to make repairs
• Experienced Managers
• Established Training program
• Must be established for internal communications
• Allow for Tower Space to be leased
• May provide Dark Fiber for use.
• Dark Fiber Fiber optics with no electronics

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NTUA Power Grid / Potential Aerial Fiber
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Network Service Provider (NSP)

• business or organization that sells bandwidth or
  network access by providing direct backbone
  access
• Rates would be regulated to by the Navajo
  Telecommunications Regulatory Commission thus
  allowing for fair and open competition
• NTUA already has business unit experienced
  billing and receiving

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Sacred Wind Communications Intends to breathe
new life in the communications systems that our
customers will depend on for safety, education
and economic growth

• Incumbent Voice phone service
• Headquarters in Yatahey New Mexico
• Opened in December 2006
• Received 70 Million loan for New Systems
• Established relationship Rural Utility Service
• http//sacredwindcommunications.com

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Sacred Wind Communications intends to breathe
new life in the communications systems that our
customers will depend on for safety, education
and economic growth

• Innovative Wireless Phone Solution
• Designs and Maintains Fiber Optics and
  Communication Towers
• State-of-the-art Monitoring Solution
• Fiber Plan includes bypassing Qwest

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Sacred Wind Communications intends to breathe
new life in the communications systems that our
customers will depend on for safety, education
and economic growth

• Management and Founders
• John Badal, CEO and Founder
• Gil Arviso, Founder
• Walter Butch Maki, Founder
• Ben Romero, VP Network Operations
• Jon Landstrom, Chief Operating Officer

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Navajo Communications CompanyServing Rural
America IS our business

• Local Incumbent for Navajo Nation in Arizona and
  New Mexico
• Offers Residential and Business DSL services
• Frontier Communications Acquired Verizon Assets,
  Creating Nations Largest Pure Rural
  Communications Services Provider
• Now starting to offer Internet Wi-Fi as business
  service

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Navajo Communications Company Serving Rural
America IS our business

• Built over 400 Miles of Fiber Optics on the
  Navajo Reservation
• Have nearly 100 more miles of project ready fiber
  projects in New Mexico and Arizona
• Serves at least 5000 customers with broadband
• Employs and Trains Navajo Residents in
  telecommunications while offering corporate
  benefits

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Navajo Communications Company Serving Rural
America IS our business

• Needs assistance in over coming the Rights-of
  way to get better service to outlying areas
• Willing to engage in Fiber Swap and/or Bandwidth
  leasing with other partners
• T1 lines are expensive because they are heavily
  regulated
• Now receiving requests for Metro Ethernet
• 5Mbps, 10 Mbps, 20Mbps and 50Mbps rates
• Establishing more and expanded DSLAM for
  broadband access

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Frontier CommunicationsServing Rural America IS
our business
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Navajo Communications Company Serving Rural
America IS our business

• Directors and Managers
• Lynne Petersen, Area General Manager
• Joe Hausner, General Manager
• Victoria Begay, Account Manager

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Commnet Wireless Offering highly-reliable,
feature-rich coverage in a variety of technical
environments

• Commnet Wireless is the nation's leading provider
  of wholesale voice and data services to the
  wireless telecommunications industry
• Manages wireless networks in 14 states
• Provide support for both CDMA / GSM
• Purchase 700 Mhz Range formly TV channels
  60,61,65,66 ( Upper C Block of 700Mhz )

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Commnet Wireless Offering highly-reliable,
feature-rich coverage in a variety of technical
environments

• Established Partnership with NTUA
• Co-location on NTUA Tower Fort Defiance
• DO NOT want to build towers or fiber network
• Rather Co-locate on existing structure
• Lease Bandwidth to access phone switch located in
  Colorado
• Purchased 700 Mhz Range formly TV channels
  60,61,65,66 ( Upper C Block of 700Mhz )

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Commnet Wireless GSM CoverageOffering
highly-reliable, feature-rich coverage in a
variety of technical environments
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Commnet Wireless CDMA CoverageOffering
highly-reliable, feature-rich coverage in a
variety of technical environments
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Commnet Wireless Offering highly-reliable,
feature-rich coverage in a variety of technical
environments

• Management
• Lou Tomasetti, President CEO
• John Champagne, VP Planning and Development
• Brian Gilbert, Director of Business Development

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Navajo Technical College

• Experience with Motorola Wireless Wi-Fi Canopy
  System
• Acquired 1024 real IP addresses from ARIN
• American Registry of Internet Numbers
• Wireless Path From Crownpoint to ABQ
• Advanced Computing Research
• Super and Distributed Computing
• Desk Virtualization

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Hopi Telecommunications Incorporated (HTI)

• Own Fibers on Hopi Reservation
• Regulates all communications on and from/to Hopi
  Reservation
• Planning Fiber Connection to Flagstaff / Winslow
• Serves the Jeddito Area
• Possible Service for Hardrock and Redundancy

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Other Application Partnerships

• Hopi Tribe
• Acoma Tribe
• Coconino County
• San Juan County (UTAH)
• Endorsements
• State of Arizona
• State of New Mexico

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Next Major Steps

• Alignment of Partnerships
• MOU/MOA and Non Disclosure Agreements
• Setting of Common Goals and Targets
• Basis for Engineering Requirements and
  Specifications
• Identify Major Risks
• Mitigating Major Barriers
• Rights of Way on Navajo Reservation

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Next Major Steps

• Identify and Contract Communication Engineer
• Guide and approve developed engineering plans
  among the Major Partners
• Reset Policies for Co-location and NTRC
• Working Land Department and Resources Committee
  for appropriate actions
• Develop Statistics for job creations and
  sustainability
• Develop Planning and Reporting mechanism for
  coordinating this build out

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Leveraging Past Efforts _at_ Broadband

• Internet to the Hogan
• Harold Skow (NNDIT), Navajo Technical College,
  State of New Mexico, Americas Engineering
• Navajo Nation Core Trunk Project
• Norbert Nez (NNCDC), US GSA, NNTRC, State of
  Arizona, Aspen Communications
• Providing Key Engineering Data for Developing a
  Wireless Data Network Plan for Navajo

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From the Aspen Report
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Technology Developments

• WiMax and 4G LTE
• Technologies designed for Mobile Broadband
• 700 Mega Hertz Frequency Availability
• The Transition to Digital TV releases frequencies
• Channels 52 to 69
• 52 to 59 Lower 700 MHz Band
• 60 to 69 Upper 700 MHz Band
• Former Channel 63,64,69,89 now reserved Public
  Safety
• Broadband over Powerline Solution

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Workgroups Initial Focus

• Backhaul or Backbone
• If a microwave system is used to enable the
  DS-3 services, work should begin as quickly as
  possible to identify funding sources that provide
  an even higher bandwidth path for future use
  i.e., fiber. By obtaining the funding to
  accomplish installation of fiber, the Navajo
  Nation will be enabling its own future.
• - Aspen Report 2004

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Fiber Build-out Map
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Last Mile Services and Applications

• Dial Tone Phrase referring to access to land
  line phone. Highly regulated and require high
  levels service standards
• Major of Revenues in this sector
• Cell phones, home phones, Internet Access
• Growth Potentials
• Local Geek Squads

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Potential Geek Squad Names
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Online Certifications
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Sustainability
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Chapter Support Letters

• Contact Will Tsosie
• Email wtsosie_at_citlink.net
• Phone Number 928.871.7748
• Chapter Support Resolution for Broadband
  Development
• http//www.nnrecovery.navajo.org
• Check for downloadable version

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Navajo Broadband Workgroup

• Thank You
• Questions?