As Saipan recovers from Super Typhoon Soudelor\u2019s devastation, IT&E is gearing up to invest more in the CNMI.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe continue to be robust and aggressive in our outlook for the CNMI. \u00a0The total investment of an estimated $30 million will be used to build and improve our cellular, broadband, and wireline infrastructures with the overall thrust of bringing a greater data experience for all of the CNMI,\u201d said Jim Oehlerking, CEO of PTI, the holding company of IT&E.<\/p>\n
IT&E will begin to implement a cellular network expansion program that will include capacity increases of its existing 4G HSPA+ network as well as bring in a brand new 4G LTE network in conjunction with its partner, Ericsson. The cellular expansion will begin this month and will be finished by early 2016.<\/p>\n
IT&E will also embark on a six-year, multi-phased buried fiber optic network that will provide not just high-speed Internet access but also improve the network\u2019s resiliency against natural disasters, such as the recent Super Typhoon Soudelor. \u00a0Phase 1 of this buildup is targeted to be completed within 2016.\u00a0 To complement the fiber optic build, IT&E will also upgrade the capacity of its existing residential DSL network, a project that is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2016, together with the upgrades of its existing undersea cable using the latest state of the art technology.<\/p>\n
Given the importance of all of these investments and developments, John Compton, IT&E\u2019s CEO, is relocating to Saipan effective this month as IT&E\u2019s COO.<\/p>\n
Oehlerking, PTI\u2019s CEO, will serve concurrently as IT&E\u2019s CEO.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am excited about the move to Saipan and look forward to working closely with the CNMI community,\u201d Compton said. \u201cIT&E has always believed in the CNMI and has a long history of supporting the islands through all its ups and downs. We continue to firmly support the CNMI\u2019s growth and development through these new investments.\u201d (IT&E)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As Saipan recovers from Super Typhoon Soudelor\u2019s devastation, IT&E is gearing up to invest more…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[402,26,250,6712],"class_list":["post-210723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-ceo","tag-cnmi","tag-network","tag-super-typhoon-soudelor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210723\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}