telecommunications company . for the historical alaska communications see alaska communications system acs . alaska communications type public traded as nasdaq alsk industry telecommunications founded anchorage alaska 1999 1 headquarters anchorage alaska key people anand vadapalli ceo website www.alaskacommunications.com alaska communications retail store and service center in homer alaska alaska communications formerly alaska communications systems or acs is a telecommunications corporation headquartered in anchorage alaska . it was the first telecommunications provider in the state of alaska to maintain a third generation wireless network and the only provider in alaska that owned fully incorporated infrastructure for the major telecommunications platforms ; wireless communications internet networking and local and long distance phone service . alaska communications wireline operations include advanced data networks and a diverse undersea fiber optic system connecting alaska to the contiguous united states . the alaska communications wireless operations included a statewide 3g cdma network and coverage extended from the north slope to southeast alaska . history edit the company was formed in 1998 when centurytel announced the sale of its alaska operations newly acquired from pacificorp to local management and fox paine & company . 2 in 1999 alaska communications acquired anchorage telephone utility from the municipality of anchorage . 3 on december 4 2014 gci wireless agreed to purchase the wireless assets of alaska communications for 300 million . the deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2015 . 4 references edit acs alaska press release introducing new ceo . retrieved 2006 12 01 . company news ; century telephone to sell alaska operations . the new york times . 1998 08 18 . issn 0362 4331 . retrieved 2015 05 23 . fox paine & company s alaska communications systems to acquire anchorage telephone utility . retrieved 2015 05 23 . gci to purchase wireless subscriber base from alaska communications . 2014 12 04 . retrieved 2014 12 05 . external links edit alaska communications home page alaska communications investor relations business data for alaska communications group inc hoover s bloomberg reuters sec filings v t e united states landline telephone companies alaska communications at & t centurylink cincinnati bell claro puerto rico earthlink emery telcom fairpoint communications frontier communications gci gta teleguam hawaiian telcom tds telecom verizon communications windstream communications v t e united states wireless communications service providers national at & t mobility sprint corporation t mobile us verizon wireless public regional atlantic tele network gci u.s. cellular private regional c spire wireless cellcom cellular one claro puerto rico gta teleguam iconnect indigo wireless iwireless open mobile united wireless west central wireless mvnos virtual list of united states mobile virtual network operators defunct defunct virtual operators advanced mobile phone service airtouch alaska communications alltel at & t wireless services cincinnati bell dobson cellular edge wireless element mobile first cellular of southern illinois houston cellular midwest wireless nep wireless nextel communications northcoast pcs ntelos pocket communications powertel primeco revol wireless rural cellular suncom unicel upoc networks western wireless corporation this article about a telecommunications corporation or company in the united states is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this alaska related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title alaska communications & oldid 742959071 categories communications in alaskacompanies based in anchorage alaskatelecommunications companies of the united states1998 establishments in alaskatelecommunications companies established in 1998american companies established in 1998united states telecommunications company stubsalaska stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 october 2016 at 21 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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