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Alaska Communications Expands Network Footprint Through Fiber Strategy.

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INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2020 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

Alaska Communications (NASDAQ: ALSK) has surpassed 150,000 total fiber miles, the company said.

The company is expanding its fiber footprint in four main areas, including:

o Wireless backhaul project

o Owned satellite earth station to increase capacity

o Expanded fixed wireless presence

o Fiber to the home

o Wireless backhaul project

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Alaska Communications has made significant progress this year. Since January, the company has turned up an additional 24 sites for its carrier customer's 5G wireless network in Anchorage. These 24 new sites added 8,000 fiber miles to the company's network, allowing it to reach additional businesses and consumer customers.

Due to the remoteness of rural Alaska, many communities cannot be reached by fiber. Alaska Communications' satellite services provide reliable connections and immediate reach, making mission-critical communications possible in the most challenging and remote environments. The company is actively selling service on its fiber-fed satellite earth station, reducing costs and increasing capacity for customers.

A fundamental component of the company's rural broadband strategy is fixed wireless for the last mile. So far under its fixed wireless program, the company has lit up more than 13,500 locations through fixed wireless in rural communities. The fixed wireless service sites are mostly fed by extensions of the company's fiber network. Many of these builds are funded...

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