SES Americom and OnSat will extend service to the Navajo Nation u...
SES Americom and OnSat will extend service to the Navajo Nation until Aug. 22 while OnSat shifts to another provider, OnSat said. “No service will be lost to any of the safety networks,” said OnSat CEO Dave Stephens. OnSat…
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was serving the Navajo Nation via SES transponders, an arrangement that collapsed when OnSat didn’t pay its bills because the Universal Service Administrative Co. hadn’t paid it money owed for servicing Navajo Nation libraries, OnSat said. The Navajo Nation applied for and was approved for E-rate money. Disbursement of the funds has lagged while USAC investigates whether the Navajo Nation adheres to its rules. SES told the FCC earlier this month that it definitely would end OnSat’s service because a customer wanted the capacity (CD Aug 6 p13). SES provides transponder service to OnSat, which provides the gear and runs the Navajo Nation communications network. Non-USAC funds paid for the Navajo safety agency network, but the satellite transponder service for the entire Navajo Nation network was to be covered by E-rate funds, officials have said. SES’s contract with OnSat expired June 30. SES twice extended service after the FCC intervened. A third extension was to expire Friday.