Alaska Communications Signs Memorandum of Understanding with OneWeb to Become the First Reseller in Alaska
25 May 2017 - 10:55PM
Business Wire
Alaska Communications (NASDAQ: ALSK) announced today that it has
signed a non-exclusive memorandum of understanding (MOU) to become
the first reseller of OneWeb enabled broadband access in Alaska.
Starting in 2019, this new high-speed, low latency broadband
service will be available to every Alaska home, school, business,
and community center.
OneWeb’s system is unprecedented in scale, including 900
ultra-high throughput Low Earth Orbit satellites capable of
providing more than 7 Tbps of new global capacity. Even more unique
is that OneWeb is specifically designed with a polar orbit to
ensure coverage of 100 percent of the United States, including
Alaska which has historically, because of its high latitude, had
poor coverage from the satellite industry.
“We are building this system exactly for this purpose,” said
Greg Wyler, OneWeb’s Founder and Executive Chairman. “OneWeb is
designed to connect the world’s rural and underserved populations,
so connecting every school, health center and community will be
extremely exciting.”
With tens of thousands of Alaskans lacking broadband access
across the state, OneWeb will provide a service that matches
terrestrial quality latency of less than 50ms. This low latency
service enables seamless connectivity and the same user experience
and lag-free web browsing, streaming capabilities, video
conferencing, voice communications, and enterprise applications
access you would expect from a fiber or cable network. Uniquely,
because of the polar orbit, OneWeb’s terminals can view the
satellites almost directly overhead at any time, providing clear
line of sight access.
“Alaska Communications is dedicated to providing high quality
broadband access across the state. Partnering with OneWeb this
early will allow us to prepare for an Alaska-wide roll out in
2019,” said Anand Vadapalli, CEO of Alaska Communications.
“Combined with the recent announcements we have made about
partnering for fiber access in Northwest Alaska, this partnership
with OneWeb demonstrates our commitment to quality and affordable
broadband access across Alaska.”
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.
About OneWeb
OneWeb’s mission is to enable affordable internet access for
everyone. To accomplish this goal OneWeb is building a
communications network of unprecedented size including nearly 900
Low Earth Orbit satellites and an integrated ground support
infrastructure. With more than 7 terabits per second of new
capacity, the first phase of OneWeb’s system will extend the
networks of mobile operators and ISPs to serve new coverage areas,
enabling broadband for businesses, schools, healthcare institutions
and other end users. Backed with over $1.7 billion of funding from
a diverse group of global investors, OneWeb will launch its first
satellites in early 2018. To learn more, please visit
www.oneweb.world.
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Alaska CommunicationsHeather Cavanaugh,
907-564-7722orTiffany Smith,
907-564-7556investors@acsalaska.comorOneWebChris Torres,
202-427-8770ctorres@oneweb.netorKatie Dowd,
202-415-4030kdowd@oneweb.net
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