A Shout Out to Alaska Businesses Stepping Up to Combat COVID-19
Here is a look at some of Alaska’s businesses that are doing good for their communities.
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‘Eskimo Ninja’ Nick Hanson Leads Live, At-Home Workout Series with GCI
NBC “American Ninja Warrior” competitor Nick Hanson, known around the state as the Eskimo Ninja, will stream a series of live, at-home workouts on GCI’s Facebook page to promote activity and mental health while Alaskans are staying in their homes and practicing social distancing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
GCI Offers Free Internet Upgrades
To support Alaskans who are working from home, adopting new social-distancing behaviors, and managing students who are home from school due to closures, GCI announced special packages to support Alaskans’ expanding need for connectivity at home.
GCI Fiber Project Upgrades Port of Alaska Connectivity
Supporting Alaska’s maritime industry, GCI is wrapping up the first phase of a project to deliver fiber optic connectivity to the Port of Alaska in Anchorage and laying the groundwork to extend that service to other shipping stakeholders in the area.
GCI Crews Work in Sub-Zero Temperatures to Bring 5G to Alaska’s Largest City
Local crews and tower climbers from across the nation have converged on Anchorage to help GCI launch the nation’s northernmost 5G service in 2020.
GCI Network Upgrades Improve Broadband in Western Alaska
GCI crews recently finished upgrading equipment at forty-two microwave sites in Western Alaska to bring more capacity to the region and enable GCI to better manage and optimize network traffic.
GCI Suicide Prevention Fund Contributes $108,800 to Fund Nine Programs Statewide
The 2019 GCI Suicide Prevention Fund will distribute more than $100,000 to nine recipient organizations this year, funding suicide prevention programs across Alaska.
The Internet of Things
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a somewhat nebulous term associated with a plethora of technological advancements that are helping enhance the lives of consumers and business operations. These interconnected objects, which have unique identifiers, have the distinct capability of collecting and transferring data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction.
GCI Awards $100,000 in Scholarships to Fifty Alaska Students
Fifty Alaska students from communities across the state will receive $2,000 apiece in the 2019-2020 academic year through the GCI Scholarship Program in partnership with the Alaska Community Foundation.
GCI Partners with Ericsson to Deliver First 5G Service to Alaska
GCI announced a partnership with Ericsson to build the nation’s northernmost 5G network in Anchorage.