GCI, Ericsson To Bring High-Speed Access to Alaska’s North Slope
General Communication Inc. is partnering with Ericsson to bring advanced, high-speed fixed and mobile connections to Alaska’s North Slope, GCI announced. GCI has 20 active towers so far and the only terrestrial fiber connection in Prudhoe Bay, it said. Construction…
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and installation of the new advanced, high-speed wireless data network has begun and will include a total of nine sites stretching more than 3,738 square miles, GCI said. The new network will use LTE technology with data download speeds in excess of 30 Mbps, it said. This high-speed connectivity, it said, will support advancing oil field data requirements and improve overall oil field operations.