Alaska Communications Systems CEO Anand Vadapalli and others from the...
Alaska Communications Systems CEO Anand Vadapalli and others from the company met with FCC officials last week to explain what they see as the competitive benefits of the company’s proposal to merge its wireless assets with those of GCI to…
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form the new Alaska Wireless Network joint venture. “ACS explained that the AWN transaction will promote retail competition by allowing ACS and GCI to maintain their existing brands and expand their respective retail service offerings,” said a filing on the meeting (http://xrl.us/bn5pcx). “At the same time, the AWN transaction will enhance the ability of each party to compete against larger national providers, including AT&T, which currently controls more than 50 percent of the wireless market, and Verizon Wireless, which has plans to enter the Alaska market.” The executives met with commissioners Ajit Pai and Jessica Rosenworcel, as well as aides to Chairman Julius Genachowski, plus Wireless Bureau Chief Ruth Milkman and other FCC staff.