Sunday, December 7, 2014

Consolidation up north: Alaska Communications bows out of wireless

Alaska Communications Systems Group, minority owner of the Alaska Wireless Network, is selling its 33% stake to the wireless carrier’s primary holder, General Communications, also known as GCI.



If GCI rings a bell, that would be because the company just signed an LTE roaming agreement with T-Mobile, Team Magenta’s first US LTE roaming agreement. It is a reciprocal roaming arrangement which makes T-Mobile’s network available to any of AWN’s approximately 260,000 subscribers.



Alaska Communication’s is getting about $300 million for its portion of AWN. The deal is expected to close ...



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