Alaska Communications Systems

TekMate provides managed information technology (IT) services in Alaska. Its services include Technology-as-a-Service, service desk, staffing and outsourcing, and video conferencing. The company also offers other IT solutions, including broadband, cabling, consulting, customer relationship management, disaster recovery and business continuity planning, email, emergency, IP video surveillance, IT assessment and planning, messaging and collaboration, network security, networking and mobile computing, phone system, remote storage, voice over IP services, and voice services; web, application, and database development services; and data and networking solutions, which include network design, installation and support, LAN and WAN connectivity, security, and wireless solutions.

Crest is a facilities-based provider of high-bandwidth, fiber optic communications infrastructure to carrier and corporate/government customers in the Pacific Northwest. Crest consists of three subsidiaries that own the infrastructure: WCI Cable, Inc., Northern Lights Holdings, Inc. and World Net Communications, Inc. The primary assets of the Company consist of an integrated terrestrial and submarine fiber optic network that links the Alaskan market to interconnection points in Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington. Crest sells capacity through long-term IRU contracts through which it receives upfront fees at contract signing and monthly O&M recurring fees over the life of the contract and through short-term bandwidth leases.

MosquitoNet, an Internet Service Provider (ISP) located in Fairbanks, Alaska for an undisclosed sum. MosquitoNet serves approximately 5,000 customers in the Fairbanks area with dial-up and high speed Internet access, as well as hosting solutions and other advanced services.