News and Announcements

INTELLIGENT ENERGY SYSTEMS CUSTOMER STORY

5/14/2013

For thousands of years the Yup'ik people of Southwest Alaska have used their wits to survive in their harsh northern environment.

NOME NUGGET: GCI TERRA PROJECT COMPLETE IN UNALAKLEET AND SHAKTOOLIK

5/09/2013

GCI announced last week that it completed a significant portion of the expansion of the TERRA terrestrial broadband network into Northwest Alaska.

PRESS RELEASE: GCI TERRA PROJECT COMPLETE IN UNALAKLEET AND SHAKTOOLIK

4/24/2013

ANCHORAGE – GCI (NASDAQ:GNCMA) announced today that it completed a significant portion of the expansion of the TERRA terrestrial broadband network into Northwest Alaska.

KNOM RADIO: HIGH-SPEED INTERNET COMING TO NOME NEXT YEAR - OCTOBER 16, 2012

10/16/2012

KNOM Radio story on the TERRA-NW expansion into Nome next year.

PRESS RELEASE: GCI TERRA PROJECT FORGES AHEAD WITH EXPANSION INTO KOTZEBUE AND THE NORTHWEST ARCTIC REGION OF ALASKA

10/15/2012

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 15, 2012 -- GCI (NASDAQ:GNCMA) announced today that it is moving ahead with the expansion of the TERRA terrestrial broadband network into Northwest Alaska.

PRESS RELEASE: TERRESTRIAL BROADBAND INTERNET SERVICE OPERATIONAL IN 40 REMOTE RURAL COMMUNITIES

10/10/2012

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 10, 2012 -- General Communication Inc., (GCI) (NASDAQ:GNCMA) and its wholly owned subsidiary, United Utilities, Inc.

PRESS RELEASE: GCI ANNOUNCES PLAN TO DEPLOY TERRESTRIAL BROADBAND INTERNET SERVICE IN 65 REMOTE RURAL COMMUNITIES

4/16/2012

General Communication, Inc. (GCI) (NASDAQ:GNCMA) and its wholly owned subsidiary, United Utilities, Inc.

BRISTOL BAY TIMES: TECH UPGRADE IN SOUTHWEST ON A ROLL

2/03/2012

Southwest Alaska is logging on to Terra-Southwest's broadband Internet connection one step at a time, after two years of work and hundreds of miles of cable.

TERRA-SOUTHWEST: FULL VERSION

2/01/2012

United Utilities, a wholly owned subsidiary of GCI, has completed Terra Southwest.

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY: STIMULUS SUCCESS STORY: ‘MIDDLE MILE’ BROADBAND IN ALASKA

1/18/2012

While many recipients of stimulus cash distributed last year have either given it back or continue to build out their broadband projects, last week, Alaska Gov.

USDA BLOG: TERRESTRIAL BROADBAND CONNECTS NATIVE COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHWEST ALASKA TO THE WORLD FOR THE FIRST TIME

1/17/2012

Recently, Alaska Governor Sean Parnell hosted the first live terrestrial videoconference between the State Capital of Juneau and Bethel’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC), which administer

ALASKA DISPATCH: BROADBAND INTERNET FORGES INTO RURAL ALASKA

1/13/2012

Thousands of remote Alaskans will soon be able to enjoy high-speed Internet thanks to an $88 million project -- funded partly with a federal stimulus grant -- that laid hundreds of miles of fiber-o

ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE: GCI TO CONNECT SOUTHWEST WITH BROADBAND

1/13/2012

Southwest Alaska is ready to get online a year after General Communications Inc. broke ground on a historic project to bring high-speed internet access to the region.

KTVA, CBS 11: NEW PROJECT TO MAKE BROADBAND IN SOUTHWEST MORE AFFORDABLE

1/13/2012

Broadband service in Southwest Alaska could be more affordable.

ALASKA BUSINESS MONTHLY: TERRESTRIAL BROADBAND CONNECTS SOUTHWEST ALASKA TO THE WORLD FOR THE FIRST TIME

1/12/2012

ANCHORAGE, AK-- General Communication, Inc. (“GCI”) (NASDAQ:GNCMA) announced today that on Thursday, January 12, Alaska Gov.

PRESS RELEASE: TERRESTRIAL BROADBAND CONNECTS SOUTHWEST ALASKA TO THE WORLD FOR THE FIRST TIME

1/12/2012

ANCHORAGE, Ala., Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- General Communication, Inc. ("GCI") (NASDAQ: GNCMA) announced today that on Thursday, January 12, Alaska Gov.

ABOVE GROUND LEVEL: BRINGING BROADBAND TO REMOTE, RURAL ALASKA

12/09/2011

A great engineering and construction feat is being undertaken in southwest Alaska.

PRESS RELEASE: TERRA-SW PROJECT CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE

10/17/2011

TERRA-SW Project Construction Complete GCI Will Turn Up High-Speed Terrestrial Broadband Service for Schools, Hospitals and Businesses Next Month

USDA BLOG: HISTORIC STIMULUS PROJECT TO EXTEND TERRESTRIAL BROADBAND SERVICE IN ALASKA

9/09/2011

It's a bit boggling to imagine so much broadband technology could be woven into the far reaches of Alaska's vast wilderness, but on August 25th it became a reality.

KYUR 13: FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CHAIR TO VISIT ALASKA - 8/25/2011

9/08/2011

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission will be in Alaska this week.

MSNBC: FCC CHAIRMAN SEES RURAL REALITIES IN SOUTHWEST ALASKA - 8/30/2011

8/30/2011

An internet super highway is under construction in Southwest Alaska this year, but will the average household be able to afford access?

KTUU: FCC CHAIRMAN TRAVELS TO BRISTOL BAY REGION - 8/30/2011

8/30/2011

FCC Chairman Travels to Dillingham and New Stuyahok to explore using Universal Service Fund to expand high speed internet access. Footage of trip courtesy of GCI

KDLG RADIO: TERRA SOUTHWEST MILESTONE EVENT IN DILLINGHAM 8/25/2011

8/26/2011

State, Federal and local officials gathered in Dillingham Thursday for what was billed as a milestone event for a massive project to bring broadband internet to the Bristol Bay and Y-K Delta region

TMCNET.COM: FCC CHAIRMAN GENACHOWSKI JOINS SEN. BEGICH IN ALASKA

8/25/2011

Aug 25, 2011 -- August 24, 2011 Contact: Julie Hasquet, Press Secretary (907) 258-9304 2011-156 FCC Chairman Genachowski Joins Sen.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CHAIR TO VISIT ALASKA

8/25/2011

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission will be in Alaska this week.

PRESS RELEASE: FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL OFFICIALS TO GATHER IN DILLINGHAM TO MARK PROGRESS ON HISTORIC STIMULUS PROJECT

8/22/2011

Anchorage, Alaska (PRWEB) August 22, 2011

THE BRISTOL BAY TIMES: INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY GETTING CLOSER FOR 65 VILLAGES

8/18/2011

If you live in southwest Alaska, the information superhighway is coming closer and closer to your home, and likely to be part of your lifestyle by year's end 2012.

CORDOVA TIMES: INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY GETTING CLOSER FOR 65 VILLAGES

8/15/2011

If you live in southwest Alaska, the information superhighway is coming closer and closer to your home, and likely to be part of your lifestyle by year's end 2012.

KTUU - AUG 8, 2011: GCI'S PROJECT TERRA CABLE NETWORK MOVES CLOSER TO COMPLETION

8/05/2011

If you live in Anchorage or another urban area with high-speed internet, think back to the days of the dial-up modem. Remember how slow and annoying that was?

ALASKA PUBLIC RADIO NETWORK: BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY FOR RURAL ALASKA - 8/5/2011

8/05/2011

It’s a new frontier in the telecommunications world.

KDLG RADIO: LOOK FOR A HUGE HELICOPTER IN THE SKIES ABOVE DILLINGHAM THIS WEEK

7/11/2011

Residents of the Dillingham, Togiak, Manokotak, and Platinum will likely see a huge helicopter flying around this week. Listen to the audio clip below:

HOMERNEWS.COM: CONNECTING COMMUNITIES

7/06/2011

The International Telecom ship Intrepid maneuvers off Bishop's Beach and the Homer bluff late last month in preparation for laying a fiber optic cable from Homer to Williamsport.

KTUU, NBC ANCHORAGE, CHANNEL 2 - GCI CREWS LAY CABLE ACROSS COOK INLET

7/04/2011

Coverage of TERRA-SW construction progress on KTUU

HOMER TRIBUNE: HIGH SPEED BUZZ LINE

6/02/2011

Crews tore into a small portion of Bishop’s Beach last week to lay the foundation cable for a broadband link that will connect 65 western Alaska villages in an historic telecommunications project.<

KDLG RADIO: TERRA SOUTHWEST PROJECT UPDATE 05/23/11

5/24/2011

Equipment and workers are starting to be deployed for a large communications project set for construction this spring and summer in the Bristol Bay and Y-K Delta areas.

THE BRISTOL BAY TIMES: BROADBAND SUMMER CONSTRUCTION BEGINS IN SOUTHWEST ALASKA

5/24/2011

A telecommunications project to extend terrestrial broadband service for the first time to Bristol Bay and the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta is taking another step forward with the start of construction of

PRESS RELEASE: ARRIVAL OF MATERIALS KICKS OFF SUMMER CONSTRUCTION FOR STIMULUS BROADBAND PROJECT IN SOUTHWEST ALASKA

5/23/2011

Arrival of Materials Kicks off Summer Construction for Stimulus Broadband Project in Southwest Alaska

KDLG RADIO: "FONSI" ISSUED FOR GCI'S TERRA SOUTHWEST PROJECT

4/22/2011

The highly anticipated project to bring true broadband internet service to the Bristol Bay and Y-K Delta regions has received the go ahead from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

THE ALASKA NEWS: RURAL ALASKA ONE PHASE CLOSER TO A DEPENDABLE BROADBAND SERVICE

4/13/2011

GCI officially announced the completion of the first phase of the TERRA-Southwest project on April 12, 2011.

ALASKA DISPATCH - GCI'S TERRESTRIAL BROADBAND SERVICE PROJECT TAKES A BIG STEP FORWARD

4/13/2011

A telecommunications project that will extend terrestrial broadband service for the first time to Bristol Bay and the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta has reached its first milestone, and GCI officials said t

PRESS RELEASE: FIRST MILESTONE IN HISTORIC PROJECT BRINGS SOUTHWEST ALASKA 43 MILES CLOSER TO A NEXT GENERATION BROADBAND NETWORK

4/12/2011

Fiber Laying between Igiugig and Levelock for TERRA-SW Completed

ERICSSON AT CTIA WIRELESS 2011; INTERVIEW WITH GCI SVP RICHARD DOWLING

4/06/2011

At the CTIA Wireless trade show in Orlando, Florida, Ericsson presented its views on the Networked Society and how its latest technology supports people, business and society.

ALASKA BUSINESS MONTHLY - MARCH 2011: CONNECTING SOUTHWEST ALASKA - GCI’S TERRA-SW HYBRID NETWORK

3/31/2011

Compared to the other communities in Bush Alaska, AlexAnna Salmon thought the Village of Igiugig was technologically advanced. Then she saw what the rest of the world had at their fingertips.

PRESS RELEASE: ERICSSON SELECTED TO HELP DELIVER BROADBAND TO RURAL COMMUNITIES IN ALASKA

3/24/2011

Project will connect 65 rural communities in southwest Alaska to broadband Part of the TERRA-Southwest project by United Utilities Inc. Ericsson to supply a Marconi LH microwav

VIDEO OF FIBER OPTIC CABLE LAYING BETWEEN IGIUGIG AND LEVELOCK

3/24/2011

The first phase of the TERRA-SW project, laying fiber optic cable underground along a 43 mile route between Igiugig and Levelock, is nearing completion. Click below to watch the video.

TERRA-SW ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT RELEASED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT

2/15/2011

On February 9, 2011, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service released a Public Draft Environmental Assessment of the TERRA-SW project.

FAIRBANKS DAILY NEWS MINER - RURAL ALASKA COMMUNITIES TO GET BROADBAND

1/08/2011

With the first phase of construction on General Communication Inc.'s TERRA-Southwest project set to start this month, the telecom company announced in December that contractor Marsh Creek LLC was s

ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE: GCI STARTS WORK TO GET BROADBAND TO 65 RURAL COMMUNITIES

1/07/2011

With the first phase of construction on General Communication Inc.'s TERRA-Southwest project set to start this month, the telecom company announced in December that contractor Marsh Creek LLC was s

UUI SELECTS ALASKAN-OWNED MARSH CREEK FOR CIVIL WORK ON NEXT GENERATION BROADBAND NETWORK IN SOUTHWEST ALASKA

1/03/2011

KTUU, NBC ANCHORAGE, CHANNEL 2: GRANTS BRINGING FASTER LIBRARY INTERNET

1/03/2011

In the Interior Alaska village of Lake Minchumina, the library offers the only Internet access -- and it's pretty slow.

PRESS RELEASE: UUI SELECTS ALASKAN-OWNED MARSH CREEK FOR CIVIL WORK ON NEXT GENERATION BROADBAND NETWORK IN SOUTHWEST ALASKA

12/27/2010

Anchorage, AK (PRWEB) December 27, 2010

BRISTOL BAY TIMES BROADBAND STORY

12/08/2010

Bristol Bay Times recently ran a story on broadband programs and projects including Terra-SW.

ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE: ORGANIZATION WORKS TO PREPARE SOUTHWEST BUSINESSES FOR BROADBAND

8/27/2010

Broadband connectivity is coming to Southwest Alaska, and a local economic development organization wants to make sure businesses are ready to take advantage of it.

KDLG RADIO STORY ON LAKE SURVEY

7/22/2010

On July 16, 2010 local Dillingham radio station, KDLG 670 AM, aired a story on the TERRA project's survey of Lake Iliamna and Lake Clark.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: HIGH SPEED FOR THE SPARSELY WIRED

7/09/2010

Government stimulus spending is a contentious issue right now in Washington.

PRESS RELEASE: GCI SUBSIDIARY AWARDED $88 MILLION IN FEDERAL BROADBAND STIMULUS FUNDING

1/25/2010

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GCI (Nasdaq: GNCMA) received notice today that the U.S.

GCI ANNOUNCES BROADBAND STIMULUS AWARD FOR TERRA-SW PROJECT

6/05/2010

On January 25, 2010 GCI received notice that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service approved United Utilities Inc's application for an $88 million loan/grant combination to extend terrestrial broadband service for the first time to the Bristol Bay and Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta regions of Alaska.