The nenana tribal broadband project provides a comprehensive solution aimed at improving lives on tribal lands through high-speed broadband connectivity

The initiative is a strategic partnership between the applicant and federally recognized tribe, nenana native association (NNA), subrecipient alaska communications systems holdings, INC. (the parent company of wholly owned subsidiary ACS of the northland, LLC, which is the incumbent local exchange carrier (ilec) in nenana), and the regional tribal non-profit corporation, tanana chiefs conference (TCC). Together, these organizations pledge to provide broadband access with minimum 100 mbps download and 20 mbps upload speeds and network capacity scaling to 2.5GBPS as needed. The proposal also contemplates strategic workforce development through paid apprenticeships, which will benefit households, businesses, and anchor institutions across the region through enhanced technical capacity and economic development. The broadband infrastructure deployment project will generate 31 jobs, with 13 of those jobs held by alaska native individuals. Once deployed, the high-speed fiber network will serve a total of 258 households (approximately 144 unserved, 114 UNDERSERVED1), 30 businesses (four unserved, 26 underserved), and eight community anchor institutions (five unserved, three underserved). This transformative effort is poised to bridge the digital divide, catalyze economic growth, and elevate the overall quality of life for nenana residents on tribal lands.