at & t alascom buildings in fairbanks in june 2012 . type subsidiary of at & t inc. industry telecommunications founded 1900 as the washington alaska military cable and telegraph system wamcats headquarters anchorage alaska key people mike felix president & ceo christopher james brown coo products telecommunications number of employees unknown parent rca 1970 1979 pacificorp 1979 1995 at & t corp. 1995 2005 at & t inc. 2005 present slogan n a website www.attalascom.com alascom inc. d b a at & t alaska is an alaskan telecommunications company ; specifically an interexchange carrier ixc . at & t alascom is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of at & t inc. at & t alascom previously known as alascom and many other names was the first long distance telephone company in alaska . at & t alascom has extensive telecommunications infrastructure in alaska including three satellites undersea and terrestrial cables containing optical fiber and numerous earth stations . unlike most of the united states at & t had no role in alaskan telecommunications as a local or long distance telephone provider until the purchase of alascom in 1995 . alaska was also never served by any of the regional bell operating companies . alascom and general communications inc. have been the two primary competitors for long distance telephone service in alaska since gci s founding in 1979 . contents 1 history 2 competitors 3 see also 4 external links history edit alascom then owned by rca building in unalaska in august 1972 . as with much of rural alaska in the 1970s this building contained the community s only telephone at the time . the company began in 1900 when the u.s. congress authorized the u.s. army signal corps to create the washington alaska military cable and telegraph system or wamcats . during the 1940s and world war ii the u.s. army completed the system and it became known as the alaska communications system acs and the white alice communications system . in 1970 rca corporation purchased acs and renamed it rca alascom . alascom greatly built up the telecommunications infrastructure in the state during this time due to rca s major involvement in communications satellites . in 1979 pacific power & light company later known as pacificorp thru its subsidiary pacific telecom inc. purchased rca alascom and it became known as alascom inc. the company launched three communications satellites into orbit aurora i on october 27 1982 aurora ii on may 29 1991 and aurora iii in 2000 . all three satellites are dedicated solely to providing telecommunications services to alaska . the original at & t purchased alascom in 1995 and gave the company its current name . alaska regulatory approval of both that purchase and sbc s later purchase of at & t required that at & t alascom continue to exist as a separate entity . competitors edit alaska communications general communications inc. see also edit list of united states telephone companies external links edit at & t alascom corporate website at & t alascom corporate history yahoo at & t alascom company profile v t e at & t corporate directors chairman ceo and president randall l. stephenson gil amelio august busch iii martin k. eby jr. james a. henderson charles f. knight lynn morley martin john b. mccoy mary s. metz toni rembe s. donley ritchey joyce m. roche laura tyson patricia p. upton acquired companies at & t corporation ameritech bellsouth directv pacific telesis southern new england telecommunications at & t mexico unef n bell operating companies bellsouth telecommunications illinois bell indiana bell michigan bell nevada bell ohio bell pacific bell southwestern bell wisconsin bell competitive local exchange carrier sbc telecom long distance services alascom at & t corporation bellsouth long distance sbc long distance at & t mobility alltel ameritech cellular at & t wireless services bellsouth mobility bellsouth mobility dcs centennial wireless dobson communications houston cellular pacific bell wireless pacific bell wireless northwest sbc wireless snet mobility southwestern bell mobile systems southwestern bell wireless internet services ip services voip iptv u verse at & t internet services ameritech interactive media services pacific bell internet services prodigy southwestern bell internet services other isps at & t business internet bellsouth fastaccess dsl directories anywho.com yellowpages.com television channels at & t sports networks root sports northwest 40 % pittsburgh rocky mountain southwest utah other game show network 42 % mlb network 16.67 % audience telephone directories yp holdings 47 % at & t intellectual property at & t intellectual property i at & t intellectual property ii at & t intellectual property marketing at & t properties ameritech properties research and development at & t labs 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. 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