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Sacred Wind on NM Indian Affairs Dept. Podcast
Sacred Wind External Affairs Manager, Catherine Nicolaou, was honored to sit down with the New Mexico Indian Affairs Department to talk about our work to provide telecommunications and broadband internet services to rural tribal areas in New Mexico. This is about giving access to educational opportunities for the next generation, and creating ways to find…
Read MoreBasic Broadband for “Homes” on Tribal Lands
One Rural Telco’s Uphill Battle to Provide Basic Broadband Services to Tribal Communities in Need “The sprawling reservation, which touches parts of rural Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, is by any measure one of the poorest places in America. Studies have found more than 30,000 families need new homes to live by modern standards.” Sacred…
Read MoreSacred Wind Communications and Microsoft to Deploy TV White Spaces Technology in Rural NM
Sacred Wind Communications, Inc. and Microsoft Corp. announced a new agreement to bring broadband connectivity to rural New Mexico. As part of the Microsoft Airband Initiative, Sacred Wind will use fixed wireless technologies, including TV white spaces (TVWS), the unused UHF and VHF spectrum, to deliver fast and reliable internet service to rural, under served…
Read MoreSacred Wind Employee Selected as ’40 Under 40′ Honoree
Nectarios “Neo” Nicolaou, General Manager at Sacred Wind Communications, Inc. (“Sacred Wind”), has been selected as one of Albuquerque Business First’s ’40 Under Forty’ honorees for 2019. The award honors outstanding and talented young professionals and leaders throughout the state. Neo began his career in February 2007 with Sacred Wind, a leading New Mexico rural…
Read MoreSacred Wind Donates Firewood
A large percentage of households on the Navajo Nation burn wood and coal in indoor stoves especially during harsh winter conditions like the ones that recently hit parts of New Mexico. Sacred Wind Communications is a company with heart and compassion for those we serve and their families. Sacred Wind has purchased 10 cords of…
Read MoreSW DinehNet, an affiliate of Sacred Wind Communications, will receive $2 million FCC Award to Provide Connectivity to Areas of NW New Mexico
SW DinehNet, an affiliate of Sacred Wind Communications, Inc., New Mexico’s award-winning telecommunications and broadband service provider in rural northwestern New Mexico, was a winning bidder in a Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) auction to provide broadband and voice telecommunications services to underserved areas in McKinley County, mostly on Navajo tribal lands. This week the NM…
Read MoreSacred Wind CEO Wins Connectivity Hero Award
Visionary leaders who share their talents to connect the unconnected around the world Sacred Wind Communications acquired a service territory of 3,200 square miles with less than 7,000 occupied homes, most of which had no access to any telecommunications services. Sacred Wind took it upon itself to deliver basic voice and broadband service to those homes…
Read MoreRow of satellites turned Native American baskets goes up along Route 66
Sacred Wind to Sponsor Gallup McKinley County Chamber of Commerce
Provides High Speed Internet, Increases Connectivity for Local Chamber Sacred Wind Communications, Inc. (“Sacred Wind”) and Connect 66 Internet (a division of Sacred Wind Communications, Inc.) are proud to announce their official sponsorship of the Gallup McKinley County Chamber of Commerce. As part of the partnership, Sacred Wind will provide high speed internet to the…
Read MoreGrants Basket Array a Reality
From the Gallup Independent: The first-ever Native Basket Array, a culturally-oriented, outdoor public art project, was unveiled Friday at the Chamber of Commerce and New Mexico Mining Museum. Grants Basket Array PDF
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