Alaska DigiTel

Basic Network Information

•CMDA 1X network

•Single Lucent 5E R.26

•Paired with Lucent VCDX

•Covers most of the “beaten path”

Alaska Geography

• 586,000 mi2 (1,517,733 km2)– Nearly three times the size of Texas– One-fifth the size of the entire Lower 48

• Very limited highway system– Only 4,634 mi (7,456 km) of paved roads

Alaska’s Primary Industries

• Petroleum– North America’s largest oil field at Prudhoe Bay

• Commercial Fishing– Dutch Harbor-Unalaska is #1 US fishing port– Kodiak is home to 770 commercial fishing vessels

• Tourism– Most roamers in Alaska are tourists.

Alaska Tourism• 1.6 million out of state visitors during

summer 2006– 1 million cruise visitors (Southeast AK)– 600,000 visitors entered and exited the

state by air (Southcentral AK)– 82% of visitors on vacation/pleasure

Top Tourist Destinations• Juneau (63%)

• Ketchikan (53%)

• Skagway (53%)

• Anchorage (50%)

• Denali (28%)

• Glacier Bay/Gustavus (27%)

• Fairbanks (24%)

Roads and Cities

Juneau

Fairbanks

SkagwayGlacier Bay

Denali Nat’l Park

Anchorage

Unalaska/Dutch Harbor

Ketchikan

Prudhoe Bay

Kodiak

COVERAGEPrudhoe Bay

Denali Nat’l Park

Fairbanks

AnchorageSkagway

Juneau

Ketchikan

Kodiak

Unalaska/Dutch Harbor

Existing Coverage

‘08 Coverage

Contact InformationSteven D. Cinelli, P.E.

Carrier Relations Manager

Scinelli@akdigitel.com

(907) 240-0713

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