News Summary:
GCI Communication is set to receive $121.2 million in Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) grant award funding following the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) approval of Alaska's final proposal on March 17, 2026. This funding aims to improve connectivity in unserved and underserved locations across Alaska. Earlier, on January 26, 2026, GCI provided high-speed, low-latency fiber internet to the University of Alaska Fairbanks Esports Center, powering its esports programs. Previously, on December 2, 2025, GCI partnered with Cordova Telecom Cooperative (CTC) to enhance CTC's planned 560-mile subsea fiber project, "Fiber Internet Serving Homes in Southeast Alaska" (FISH in SEAK), which will add critical network redundancy between Juneau and Southcentral Alaska. In late 2025, the AIRRAQ Network, a partnership between Bethel Native Corporation and GCI, contributed $50,000 to KYUK, Bethel's public radio station, for its fall fundraiser on September 30, 2025. This followed GCI's reaffirmation of its decade-long partnership with Careline Alaska on September 16, 2025, providing immediate access to crisis support through the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
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