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== ACS, GCI wait for regulatory approval on new network ==

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 Vadapalli said the ACS has been making steady progress on regulatory matters related to the AWN transaction, and the company is still targeting second quarter closing.
 The two parties wrote a letter to the FCC March 28 asking for expedited consideration so that the network can take advantage of Alaska s short construction season, which is quickly approaching.
 In GCI s call, also held May 2, GCI General Counsel Tina Pidgeon said the merger is in final rounds of discussion with the FCC, and that ACS is working on one piece of the process specifically.
 If approved, the two companies will share infrastructure but market their products separately.
 Opposition to the deal was late-filed, and officials said it was not likely to change or slow the regulatory process any further.
 Fireweed Communications filed a petition to deny the deal in February, after GCI announced that it was also seeking to purchase certain television stations. The two projects combined raised questions about the company s dominance in the market, and the possibilities of a monopoly.
 Both companies have said the new network is the best way to provide a competitive rate and comprehensive coverage and services for Alaska.
 ACS is working on some issues with regulators, while GCI was focused more internally on preparing for the deal this past quarter.
 GCI Chief Financial Officer John Lowber said GCI was also making progress toward certain metrics as part of the transaction, including recently finishing its senior debt refinancing.
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 Both companies also spoke about Verizon s upcoming entrance to the Alaska market, which will affect their individual operations and the new network.
 Verizon has not made any announcements about its rollout plans recently, but spokesman Scott Charlston said the company is excited to enter the Alaska market.
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 The company should have more info about its timeline in the future.
 Vadapalli said ACS will likely lose some of the market when Verizon enters, particularly due to the loss of roaming traffic. But it ll retain a focus on the niche markets it serves, including the business community, he said.
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 When any major player enters Alaska, the new network will also be poised to acquire additional backhaul traffic, which could offset other customer losses, Lowber said during the May 2 call.
 GCI expects to be providing fairly significant amounts of backhaul in the future.
 Because Verizon s network is largely long term equivalent, or LTE, which is a data network, the company will still need to use voice services from existing carriers, Lowber said. That roaming will be a subset of the AWN network, and should help with the Alaska companies financials until Verizon rolls out it s own voice, which Lowber said was likely in 2014.
 Despite their progress, both companies said in investor calls that they were waiting to provide guidance for the rest of 2013 until the AWN transaction closed.
 With both that and Verizon s entrance looming, too many pieces were considered moving parts to make any estimates of how their financials will pencil out at the end of the year.
 Molly Dischner can be reached at molly.dischner@alaskajournal.com.</html>

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== Retailers report strong January sales ==

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 Overall, 20 retailers reported on Thursday that revenue at stores opened at least a year an indicator of a store s health rose an average of 5.1 percent, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers. That s above the trade group s 3 percent estimate and the 4.5 percent increase posted in December. It also marks the highest reading since last August when the figure was up 6 percent.
 Only a small group of stores that represent about 13 percent of the $2.4 trillion U.S. retail industry report monthly revenue. But the data offers a snapshot of consumer spending, which has been heavily influenced by big discounts during the economic downturn.
 Retailers are coming off a ho-hum holiday season in which they had to do a lot of discounting to get shoppers to buy. And January, which marks the end of retailers fourth quarter, typically is the time when stores have clearance sales on winter merchandise to make room for spring items.
 But once the clearance goods disappeared last month, so did shoppers. Analysts say the absence of big discounts coupled with gas prices that have risen for the past 20 days and the higher payroll tax caused sales to taper off in the last week or so of the month. Such pressures also hurt consumer confidence last month, which fell to the lowest reading in 14 months, according to the Conference Board.
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 Meanwhile, Target Corp., a discounter that sells everything from clothes to home goods to groceries, reported a solid 3.1 percent increase in revenue, helped by strong sales of clearance items. That beat the 1.7 percent estimate from Wall Street.
 Despite the strong showing, Gregg Steinhafel, Target s CEO, said its customers continue to shop with discipline in the face of a slow economic recovery and new pressures, including recent payroll tax increases. 
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== Setoguchi excited at opportunity for offence with Jets ==

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