Tribal Broadband: Key Considerations and Expectations

Creating the Framework for Innovation and Enhanced Connectivity

Monday, June 2, 2025

2:40 PM – 3:20 PM CT

Location: Governor's Ballroom D

Moderator(s)

Sean P. Buckley (he/him/his)

Editor-in-Chief
Lightwave/Broadband Tech Report, Massachusetts, United States

Panelist(s)

Sachin Gupta

Director of Government Business & Economic Development
Centranet
Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States
RC

Randle Carter

Principal Chief
Sac and Fox Nation
MH

Meade Harbison

Business Development Manager
Southern Ute Growth Fund
Josh Snow

President
Trace Fiber Networks/ Chickasaw Nation
Ada, Oklahoma, United States

Broadband deployment on Tribal lands creates a unique set of challenges and opportunities for Tribal nations that are building and deploying their own networks or forming a partnership with one or more other entities, including other Tribes or other commercial providers. Providers wishing to develop broadband infrastructure on Tribal lands must secure rights-of-way to lay their lines. This panel of Tribal broadband experts will uncover sustainable paths forward to connect Tribal communities with fiber broadband in accordance with individual nation laws and customs.