The Navajo Nation has opened an $8
million data center that will make wireless Internet available to 70 percent of
the reservation's population.
The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority has partnered
with a wholesale wireless provider to upgrade telecommunications services on
the Navajo Nation. The tribe has majority ownership of the venture, NTUA
Wireless LLC., while Commnet Wireless owns the rest.
The Farmington Daily Times
reports that the data center in Shiprock opened on Tuesday, with officials
opening up a laptop and quickly connecting to the Internet.
NTUA spokeswoman
Deenise Becenti says the broadband project is in the final testing phases and
Internet service should be available to residents later this year.
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