{"id":27872,"date":"2022-09-21T12:40:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T12:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gtt.net\/resources\/press-releases\/gtt-caliber-financial-services-partner-to-upgrade-broadband-infrastructure-serving-the-otoe-missouria-reservation\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T13:02:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T18:02:23","slug":"gtt-caliber-financial-services-partner-to-upgrade-broadband-infrastructure-serving-the-otoe-missouria-reservation","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.gtt.net\/about-us\/press-releases\/gtt-caliber-financial-services-partner-to-upgrade-broadband-infrastructure-serving-the-otoe-missouria-reservation\/","title":{"rendered":"GTT &#038; Caliber Financial Services Partner to Upgrade Broadband Infrastructure Serving the Otoe-Missouria Reservation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GTT Communications, Inc., a leading global provider of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gtt.net\/gb-en\/services\/managed-networking\/\">managed network<\/a> and security services to multinational organizations, and Caliber Financial Services, a tribally chartered corporation wholly owned by the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, have partnered to bring high-speed internet to the Otoe-Missouria Reservation. This high-speed connectivity solution will improve the quality of internet services to the families and businesses located in and around the Otoe-Missouria Reservation in rural north central Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content elementor-inline-editing\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"blockquote_content\">&#8220;Broadband services are a vitally important lifeline for our schools, businesses, healthcare services &amp; all other aspects of community life that rely on. . . modern telecommunications. . .&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"e-q-footer\"><cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author elementor-inline-editing\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"author_name\" data-elementor-inline-editing-toolbar=\"none\">\u2014John Shotton, Otoe-Missouria Tribal Chairman<\/cite><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe pandemic has reinforced the urgent need to close the digital divide that many Native American tribes face,\u201d said John Shotton, Otoe-Missouria tribal chairman. \u201cWe are grateful for the partnership between Caliber and GTT to help elevate the quality of life enjoyed by the Otoe-Missouria people and drive further economic development for years to come. Broadband services are a vitally important lifeline for our schools, businesses, healthcare services and all other aspects of community life that rely on a modern telecommunications infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full jetpack-lazy-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gtt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/4612\/gtt-delivers-high-speed-internet-to-otoe-missouria-tribe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><noscript><img data-lazy-fallback=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gtt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/4612\/gtt-delivers-high-speed-internet-to-otoe-missouria-tribe.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe are very pleased that our partnership with GTT allows us to bring improved connectivity to Caliber Financial Services while also serving the Otoe-Missouria community as a whole,\u201d stated Doug Oliveira, chief technology officer at Caliber Financial Services. \u201cWe selected GTT not only for their expansive internet backbone and stellar track record as a provider of high-speed connectivity solutions, but the team at GTT demonstrated an exceptional passion and dedication to support this type of broadband development project. We are proud that Caliber, as a tribally chartered corporation wholly owned by the Otoe-Missouria Tribe, has self-funded an infrastructure project with such far-reaching benefits to the Otoe-Missouria community.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content elementor-inline-editing\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"blockquote_content\">\u201c. . . our partnership with GTT allows us to bring improved connectivity to Caliber Financial Services while also serving the Otoe-Missouria community as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"e-q-footer\"><cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author elementor-inline-editing\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"author_name\" data-elementor-inline-editing-toolbar=\"none\">\u2014Doug Oliveira, CTO, Caliber Financial Services<\/cite><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cGTT is honored to be partnering with Caliber to bring faster and more reliable internet services to the Otoe-Missouria community while also providing more resilient connectivity to vital data center and cloud resources,\u201d said Jim Delis, GTT division president, Americas. \u201cWe understand the importance of a modern broadband infrastructure to participate in the digital economy and keep our communities connected and thriving. We look forward to building on our partnership with Caliber, and we are passionately committed to pursuing other opportunities to contribute toward broadband improvements in Indian Country.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content elementor-inline-editing\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"blockquote_content\">\u201cWe selected GTT. . . for their expansive internet backbone and stellar track record as a provider of high-speed connectivity solutions. . .&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"e-q-footer\"><cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author elementor-inline-editing\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"author_name\" data-elementor-inline-editing-toolbar=\"none\">\u2014Doug Oliveira, CTO, Caliber Financial Services<\/cite><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A study published by the American Indian Policy Institute in 2019 estimated that 18% of tribal reservation residents have no internet access, while 33% rely on smartphones for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gtt.net\/gb-en\/services\/managed-networking\/internet\/\">internet service<\/a>. This is largely the result of most reservations having been established in remote locations with very limited infrastructure.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content elementor-inline-editing\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"blockquote_content\">&#8220;. . . the team at GTT demonstrated an exceptional passion and dedication to support this type of broadband development project.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"e-q-footer\"><cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author elementor-inline-editing\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"author_name\" data-elementor-inline-editing-toolbar=\"none\">\u2014Doug Oliveira, CTO, Caliber Financial Services<\/cite><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>GTT\u2019s connectivity solution includes a 10G Ethernet point-to-point circuit, connecting Caliber\u2019s data center facility located in Red Rock, Oklahoma, with its Kansas City, Missouri, data center. The solution also includes a 10G <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gtt.net\/us-en\/resources\/blog\/dedicated-internet-why-your-business-benefits\/\">dedicated internet<\/a> circuit connecting the Red Rock data center to GTT\u2019s industry-leading global Tier 1 IP network, which also provides direct connections to the major cloud service providers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content elementor-inline-editing\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"blockquote_content\">&#8220;We are proud that Caliber. . . has self-funded an infrastructure project with such far-reaching benefits to the Otoe-Missouria community.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"e-q-footer\"><cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author elementor-inline-editing\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"author_name\" data-elementor-inline-editing-toolbar=\"none\">\u2014Doug Oliveira, CTO, Caliber Financial Services<\/cite><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition, GTT deployed a 10G dedicated internet circuit at the Red Rock data center facility to connect a newly installed tower providing Wi-Fi access to users on the Otoe-Missouria reservation. The new Wi-Fi tower footprint upgrades the broadband infrastructure serving the Otoe-Missouria community, enabling businesses to connect to their customers and suppliers faster and allowing students to connect to the internet and the cloud more reliably and securely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how GTT and Caliber Financial Services are improving the quality of internet services for families and businesses located in and around the Otoe-Missouria Reservation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"service-type":[],"industry-type":[],"search_visibility":[],"class_list":["post-27872","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/gtt.net\/about-us\/press-releases\/gtt-caliber-financial-services-partner-to-upgrade-broadband-infrastructure-serving-the-otoe-missouria-reservation\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"GTT &#038; 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