<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Following are two recent news items on deployments and services being provided <div>by Sacred Wind Communications in Navajo communities.</div><div>RL</div><div><br></div><div>------</div><div><br></div><div><!--StartFragment--><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; "><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:
18.0pt">2 Navajo Chapters Get Phone Service</span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">The
Associated Press </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Posted: 07/28/2011</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><a href="http://www.daily-times.com/farmington-news/ci_18566795">www.daily-times.com/farmington-news/ci_18566795</a></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">NAGEEZI,
N.M.—Two Navajo chapters in New Mexico are joining the modern age. The
infrastructure is in place in the Nageezi and Huerfano chapters that will
provide phone and Internet services to 1,500 people in Navajo Housing Authority
communities.</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">The Farmington Daily-Times reports
Sacred Wind Communication is using a combination of all available technology to
link the most remote homes on the 27,000-square-mile reservation into the
digital communication network. <o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Sacred Wind chief operating officer Jon
Landstrom says the company is using cable, fiber, radio to provide phone and
Internet services to all or part of 22 Navajo chapters. <o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Landstrom says an estimated 94 percent
of American households have basic communication services. On the Navajo Nation,
fewer than 30 percent can make phone calls from home.</font></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">------</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></p>
<h1 style="margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:
0in"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Remote
Navajos Get Solar Phones</span></font></h1><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="meta-author"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">By
</font><a href="http://www.abqjournal.com/main/author/admin"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Journal Staff</font></a></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"> </font><span class="meta-date"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">on Mon, Jul 18,
2011 </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="meta-date"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><a href="http://www.abqjournal.com/main/2011/07/18/biz/outlook/remote-navajos-get-solar-phones.html">www.abqjournal.com/main/2011/07/18/biz/outlook/remote-navajos-get-solar-phones.html</a></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="color: blue; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"> </font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Sacred
Wind Communications has added solar-powered phone service to its product line
available on the Navajo Nation. <o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Sacred
Wind, in a news release, said it is the first company in New Mexico to offer
solar-powered phone service — allowing people without electricity in their
homes to now have telephone service. <o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">The
first Sacred Wind solar customer is Mary Woody of the Huerfano Chapter of the
Navajo Nation. She has not been able to get electric service to her home
because of right-of-way issues, the company said. <o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">“Mary
is a grandmother who takes care of her daughter and granddaughter,” said John
Badal, Sacred Wind Communications CEO. “She has had no telephone service, and
been unable to communicate with people outside the home. This was especially
worrisome in the case of an emergency. We are so thrilled to have been able to
connect her and provide this much-needed service.” <o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Sacred
Wind’s solar technology provides 7 amps and 20 volts of power with a battery
that holds a charge for seven days, he said. It is installed for phone service.
The company is working on expanding its solar offering to include broadband
service as well. <o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">“Our
intent is to offer these units for elderly customers and people with medical
problems who do not have electric service,” Badal added. “Having them connected
will provide peace of mind for the customers and their families.”</font></div>
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