Alaskan operator GCI turned up its first 5G network sites on Friday, which the company said makes it the northernmost 5G wireless carrier in the U.S. and the first operator in Alaska to offer 5G.
GCI made good on a 2019 promise to launch 5G service in the spring of 2020, noted GCI CEO and co-founder Ron Duncan, in an effort that it has named “Hometown 5G”.
“We have upgraded our wireless core, and we intend to upgrade the vast majority of cell sites in Anchorage, Eagle River and Girdwood to our 5-band 5G [New Radio] solution by the end of the year,” Duncan added.
