Alaska Communications.

• Author: Slaten, Russ
• Position: INSIDE ALASKA BUSINESS - Brief article

More than twenty-two thousand State of Alaska employees will have increased network bandwidth and faster Internet thanks to the State of Alaska awarding Alaska Communications a five-year contract for Wide Area Network (WAN) services, including network management, as part of the states core telecommunications Request for Proposal.

Under this agreement, Alaska Communications will provide secure and dedicated network connectivity between the state's core locations in Anchorage, Juneau, and Fairbanks as well as high-speed, high-capacity Internet.

Alaska Communications competed against local and national carriers through the best value procurement process where bidders competed not only on price, but on overall value, including competency, network quality, and past performance.

The company demonstrated its work with clients such as the Anchorage School District, NANA...