GCI.

• Author: Slaten, Russ
• Position: INSIDE ALASKA BUSINESS - General Communication, Inc. - Brief article

General Communication, Inc. (GCI) joined the American Television Alliance to work for retransmission consent reform. Retransmission consent fees are payments cable, satellite, and phone providers make to broadcasters to carry their signals. GCI is concerned with the pace of rising fees being sought by broadcasters, says GCI General Counsel Tina Pidgeon.

GCI's wireless network grew when a launch with a national wireless operator provided 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 speeds. The new deal allows GCI...