Capital Efficient Fixed Wireless from Alaska Communications Delivers Competitive Broadband to Alaskans
November 02 2018 - 5:00PM
Business Wire
Alaska Communications (NASDAQ: ALSK) is taking a leadership role
in delivering high-speed, reliable broadband to its Alaska
customers using Fixed Wireless Access (FWA). FWA technology
advancements provide Alaska Communications a capital-efficient
approach to improve its competitive positioning for residential and
small business customers.
“FWA enables us to deliver high-quality service to Alaska
consumers and small businesses in a capital and cost-efficient
manner, as we continue to expand the reach and density of our fiber
network to support our business and serve enterprise and carrier
customers,” said Randy Ritter, Alaska Communications’ senior vice
president, shared services.
As an important validation of FWA deployment, Alaska
Communications has reached a milestone in its deployment of
high-speed broadband service to underserved areas of Alaska under
the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Connect America Fund
Phase II (CAF-II). Alaska Communications expects to cover
approximately 6,000 households by the end of 2018 covering both CAF
II eligible and other locations in the respective communities.
“Combined with an innovative online customer interaction model,
we are seeing positive market reception to our solution. With FWA,
we are reaching more Alaskans with higher speeds and giving
Alaskans a choice in the market,” said Ritter.
Ritter shared an update on Alaska Communications’ FWA
deployment, leveraging RADWIN’s FWA solutions, with the
telecommunications community at two recent industry events,
Wispapalooza and the Telecom Infra Project’s TIP Summit.
At those events both companies also announced a mmWave mesh
technology trial leveraging Facebook’s Terragraph technologies
that will bring the latest technology to Alaska, allowing faster,
more cost-effective deployments in select markets and giving
customers higher speeds at competitive rates.
About Alaska Communications
Alaska Communications (NASDAQ: ALSK) is the leading provider of
advanced broadband and managed IT services for businesses and
consumers in Alaska. The company operates a highly reliable,
advanced statewide data network with the latest technology and the
most diverse undersea fiber optic system connecting Alaska to the
contiguous U.S. For more information, visit
www.alaskacommunications.com or www.alsk.com.
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