ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- General
Communication, Inc.'s (GCI, NASDAQ: GNCMA) LTE wireless network
just got bigger thanks to a launch with a national wireless
operator, providing for the nation's first LTE roaming
partnership.
While roaming agreements across the country are nothing new,
this is the first of roaming on LTE, a network's top speed. The new
deal allows GCI wireless subscribers access to LTE from
Fairbanks, Alaska to Miami, Florida.
"GCI is committed to meeting the growing technology needs of
Alaskans, and now our capabilities of providing top data speeds on
a LTE network is extended across the country," said Paul Landes, GCI senior vice president and
general manager of consumer services. "Alaskans want access to the
LTE network whether they're at the Alaska State Fair or at
CenturyLink Field in Seattle
cheering the Seahawks, today, we can provide that."
GCI is the largest Alaska-based
and operated integrated telecommunications provider offering voice,
data and video services statewide. Learn more about GCI at
www.gci.com/about.
SOURCE General Communication, Inc. (GCI)