Alaska Communications Brings Technology to Anchorage School District Schools
April 09 2014 - 4:05PM
Business Wire
More than 50,000 students and teachers in the Anchorage School
District (ASD) will have access and increased capacity to new
Web-based learning tools, virtual classrooms and faster, reliable
Internet thanks to the district’s new technology plan with partner
Alaska Communications (NASDAQ: ALSK), Alaska's leading broadband
solutions provider.
Alaska Communications and ASD signed a multi-year agreement that
extends a long standing relationship between the two organizations.
Under this agreement, Alaska Communications will provide enhanced
broadband services, including faster broadband speeds and a private
wireless network, to the district’s more than 100 locations to meet
ASD’s growing technology and educational needs.
Alaska Communications will assist ASD in meeting its educational
objectives by:
- Increasing bandwidth to all schools and
facilities, 95 of which will be served by fiber-optic cable by
early 2015.
- Deploying private network access to 4G
LTE wireless services to provide high-speed, secure and reliable
access to Web-based learning tools and student records.
- Providing a wireless affinity program
available to ASD students, families and employees with additional
discounts on wireless devices and plans, enabling more students to
access electronic learning tools at home and in the classroom.
- Partnering Alaska Communications
subject matter experts with ASD staff to develop technologies and
bring new learning tools to the classroom.
“We’re delighted to provide Anchorage School District with these
services to ensure our community’s students, teachers and parents
can access secure, high-speed, reliable Internet and to develop
technologies to pursue educational goals,” Alaska Communications
President and CEO Anand Vadapalli said.
About Alaska Communications
Headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska Communications (NASDAQ: ALSK)
is a leading provider of high-speed wireless, mobile broadband,
Internet, local, long-distance and advanced broadband solutions for
businesses and consumers in Alaska. The Alaska Communications
network includes advanced broadband and voice networks and the most
diverse undersea fiber optic system connecting Alaska to the
contiguous United States. For more information, please visit
www.alaskacommunications.com or www.alsk.com.
About Anchorage School District
The Anchorage School District (ASD) educates almost 48,000
students in the Southcentral Alaska communities of Anchorage, Eagle
River, Chugiak and Girdwood. ASD has more than 130 schools and
programs and is one of the 100 largest school districts in the
country.
Alaska CommunicationsMedia Contact:Hannah Blankenship,
907-564-1326Associate Manager, Corporate
CommunicationsHannah.Blankenship@acsalaska.comorInvestor
Relations:Tiffany Dunn, 907-297-3103Manager, Board and Investor
RelationsTiffany.Dunn@acsalaska.com
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