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Jason Rohl, President Hans Bongers, CEO
rural even by today’s standards. Providing access BEC: Please tell me about ROHL Global Networks’
to communications for communities such as my commitment to working alongside First Nations.
hometown is a main factor in the quality of life every Please give me a recent example of a positive
North American citizen has. The primary focus of working relationship.
many organizations has been wireless and the JR: Approximately five years ago I brought Hans
deployment of fiber optics in urban environments, Bongers on as our CEO. One of the things that really
while we dedicated ourselves to serving the connected us was growing up in rural Canadian
underserved and focusing on the remote regions. communities. With his firsthand experience as
We are also very dedicated to the environment. The a visible minority, and our combined passion for
rural and remote portions of North America are working with the First Nations and connecting their
filled with natural beauty, and we do our part to help communities to urban centers, our unique approach
preserve it. We invest a significant amount of capital to working with First Nations groups has grown
to minimize the impact to the environment, such immensely. ROHL has been working with First
as equipment like our specialized plow train, which Nation groups for over 20 years, and is proud of the
allows us to trench in utilities while simultaneously fact that many of our construction methodologies
restoring the soil as if we had never been there. have been developed through the knowledge
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