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Representatives of the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUS) had meetings...

Representatives of the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUS) had meetings at the FCC last week to ask that NTUA Wireless be approved as eligible telecommunications carrier under the FCC’s Universal Service Fund program. Among those NTUA Wireless met with were…

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Commissioner Robert McDowell and Zac Katz, aide to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, said an ex parte filing (http://xrl.us/bmmqub). NTUA Wireless officials discussed the build-out of the company’s broadband infrastructure project covering parts of the Navajo Nation, the filing said. “The group discussed the services to be enabled by the broadband project, as well as services that would be enabled through participation in USF programs,” the filing said. “The Tribal members of the group representing NTUA Wireless discussed the need for ETC designation to enable potential funding to address various communications needs on the Navajo Nation. The NTUA Wireless business representatives reiterated their desire for the FCC to act on NTUA Wireless’ pending petition for ETC designation, acknowledging the FCC’s workload."