NAVAJO NATION BROADBAND OFFICE

CONNECT DINÉ

The Navajo Nation Broadband Office (NNBO) was established to provide the Navajo Nation Residents with access to affordable high-speed broadband connectivity by developing a comprehensive strategic broadband plan for the Navajo Nation and working with the Navajo Nation and outside vendors to achieve broadband initiatives.
The Navajo Nation's Telecommunication Regulatory Commission will assist the NNBO with the development of proposed laws, regulations, policies, and procedures that will govern how the Office will manage and oversee current and future broadband infrastructure projects that will facilitate the Navajo Nation's control over it's broadband goals.
The NNBO will represent the Navajo Nation government’s best interests in negotiating with developers seeking to provide broadband services in the Navajo Nation by; centralizing and streamlining the planning, actively seeking funding, serving as the sole conduit of information regarding funds for broadband infrastructure projects in the Navajo Nation: including but not limited to maps, access points, connection speeds, rights-of-way, and lease and connection rates for all existing and future broadband infrastructure projects in the Navajo Nation.
The NNBO may serve as a co-designee on grants for the development of broadband infrastructure projects on the Navajo Nation by entities within, owned, and/or controlled by the Navajo Nation government.

Bridging
Communities

The Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President (OPVP) and its Broadband Office (NNBO) is proud to report that 2024 was a year of significant progress in bridging communities and bridging the digital divide for the Diné people thanks to the support and collaboration of many telecom carriers, technology companies, and community stakeholders.

Expanding

Horizons

As a result, over the 12 months of 2024, a collaborative endeavor driven by NNBBO, the Office of the President, and forward-thinking Tribal leaders, there is now a strong foundation for enhanced broadband connectivity expanding horizons across the Navajo Nation.

FAQs

CONNECT DINÉ

Bridging
Communities

The Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President (OPVP) and its Broadband Office (NNBBO) is proud to report that 2024 was a year of significant progress in bridging communities and bridging the digital divide for the Diné people thanks to the support and collaboration of many telecom carriers, technology companies, and community stakeholders.

Expanding

Horizons

As a result, over the 12 months of 2024, a collaborative endeavor driven by Navajo Nation Broadband Office, the Office of the President, and forward-thinking Tribal leaders, there is now a strong foundation for enhanced broadband connectivity expanding horizons across the Navajo Nation.

FAQs

2024 ACHIEVEMENTS

Broadband Infrastructure Development

The Navajo Nation Broadband Office (NNBBO) Plan focuses on constructing critical “middle-mile” infrastructure to enable residential broadband access and mobile 5G services across the Nation. i.e. 78 towers and over 1,500 miles of fiber.

Navajo Nation Telecom Regulatory Reforms

NNBBO is lending its support to the Navajo Nation Land Department and the Navajo Nation Division of Natural Resources on key policy and regulatory advancements in 2024 to set the stage for expedited deployment of broadband infrastructure.

RATE Interim Solution

for Chapters

NNBBO is implementing a Low Earth Orbit (LEO)-based interim connectivity project to provide broadband access to approximately 54 Chapters that currently have no service or unreliable service.

2024 ACHIEVEMENTS

Broadband Infrastructure Development

The NNBBO’s Navajo Nation Broadband Plan focuses on constructing critical “middle-mile” infrastructure to enable residential broadband access and mobile 5G services across the Nation. i.e. 78 towers and over 1,500 miles of fiber.

Navajo Nation Telecom Regulatory Reforms

ERATE Interim Solution

for Chapters

NNBBO is implementing a Low Earth Orbit (LEO)-based interim connectivity project to provide broadband access to approximately 54 Chapters that currently have no service or unreliable service.