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Internet, Modern Media

Far North Fiber Formed to Tackle Arctic Cable Project

October 26, 2022

Via: Telecom Ramblings

The ongoing attempts to build subsea fiber through the Arctic Ocean have reached a new stage. Finland’s Cinia Oy, Alaska’s Far North Digital, and Japan’s ARTERIA Networks have teamed up to form a joint development corporation to drive the project […]


News

T-Mobile brings 5G to Alaska through GCI partnership

June 3, 2020

Via: RCR Wireless News

Alaskan operator GCI turned up its first 5G network in April, making good on a 2019 promise to launch 5G service in the spring of 2020. Now, GCI is working with T-Mobile to allow T-Mobile customers with 5G smartphones to […]


Internet, Modern Media

High-speed internet to bring big change in remote Alaska

January 3, 2018

Via: Phys.org

Jeff Kowunna used his drone to record this year’s celebration of another successful bowhead whaling harvest for one of the oldest Alaska Native settlements. The video from the three-day event in remote Point Hope, at the edge of the Arctic […]


Regulations

Alaska broadband plan wastes $365M, doesn’t address middle mile, commissioners complain

November 22, 2016

Via: Fierce Telecom News

The Federal Communications Commission has committed to improving broadband access, both wireline and wireless, to at least 245,000 Alaska residents over the next 10 years. But in a rare move, two FCC commissioners who often face off on opposite sides […]