STATEMENT OF 
ACTING CHAIRWOMAN MIGNON L. CLYBURN
Re: Applications of GCI Communication Corp., ACS Wireless License Sub, Inc., ACS of 
Anchorage License Sub, Inc., and Unicom, Inc. For Consent To Assign Licenses to The 
Alaska Wireless Network, LLC, WT Docket No. 12-187; WC Docket No. 09-197.
Ensuring robust competition in all sectors of the wireless market is a priority for the Commission.  
For this reason, we should continue to review carefully all transfer of control and assignment of license 
applications and prioritize them for timely decision-making.  The FCC has approved 95 percent of 
transaction applications within the 180-day informal timeline.  Careful review is, however, especially 
important in a transaction like this one, which combines the facilities of two of the largest carriers that 
have long served Alaska.  Of course, our ability to act expeditiously depends in large part on the 
responsiveness of the parties to the application.  In this case, I am pleased that the Commission was able 
to approve the underlying transaction within two weeks of the parties’ providing final amended language 
to protect against the inappropriate use of competitively sensitive information.