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The Divide: How Tarana and Choice Broadband are connecting Navajo Nation

Season 4

This week: Tarana CEO Basil Alwan, and Choice Broadband General Manager Velena Tsosie, discuss their partnership to deliver next-generation fixed wireless access for the Navajo Nation in Tohatchi, New Mexico.



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