8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORTPursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 1, 2013

ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	000-28167	52-2126573
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

600 Telephone Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska	99503
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 907 - 297 - 3000

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 2.02     Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On August 1, 2013, Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. (the “Company”) reported its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2013.  The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.  A presentation of supplemental information reviewed on the Company’s earnings call is available on the Company’s Investor Relations website at http://www.alsk.com. and incorporated herein by reference.  A letter from Anand Vadapalli, Alaska Communications President and CEO is available on the Company’s Investor Relations website at http://www.alsk.com and incorporated herein by reference.

Pursuant to General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Item 2.02 is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. Furthermore, the information in this Item 2.02 shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the Corporation under the Securities Act of 1933.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
Exhibit 99.1	Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. Press Release dated August 1, 2013.
Exhibit 99.2	Presentation of supplemental information for earnings release conference call, available on the Company’s Investor Relations website at http://www.alsk.com.
Exhibit 99.3	Letter from Anand Vadapalli, Alaska Communications President and CEO

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date:   August 1, 2013	Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc.
	/s/ Leonard A. Steinberg
	Leonard A. Steinberg
	Corporate Secretary

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. Press Release dated August 1, 2013.
99.2	Presentation of supplemental information for earnings release conference call, available on the Company’s Investor Relations website at http://www.alsk.com.
99.3	Letter from Anand Vadapalli, Alaska Communications President and CEO, available on the Company’s Investor Relations website at http://www.alsk.com.

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Alaska Communications Systems Reports Second Quarter 2013 Results

Total revenues increased $7.7 million or 8.6%

Broadband revenue as percentage of Retail service revenue exceeds 50% for the first time

Deleveraging continues with $30.4 million of repayments of long-term debt YTD June 30, 2013

Milestone AWN transaction resulting in $65.0 million in additional debt repayments in July 2013

Commencing a fiber-to-the-node build out in major markets to enhance broadband capabilities

ANCHORAGE, Alaska--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 1, 2013--Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. (“ACS”) (NASDAQ: ALSK) today reported financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2013.

“We are extremely pleased with our performance in the first half of the year. We achieved very strong rates of growth, with retail broadband revenues increasing 21% over last year. Debt reductions have been solid, with over $30 million through free cash flow generation in the first half of the year and $65 million from the AWN transaction in July. We are on track to achieve our goal of $100 million of net debt reductions this year. These results are evidence of our business plan at work.

“This quarter we also initiated a fiber-to-the-node build plan to significantly improve our broadband capabilities for business customers and sustain our long-term growth. We start with Anchorage this year and roll out to other areas of the state over the next couple of years. We are delivering on our business plan of growth and deleveraging, with an uncompromising focus on creating long-term value for our shareholders, customers and employees,” said Anand Vadapalli, President and CEO of Alaska Communications.

Financial Highlights: Second Quarter 2013 Compared to Second Quarter 2012

• Revenues of $97.7 million increased by $7.7 million, or 8.6%, from $90.0 million in the prior year. $6.1 million of the growth was due to higher roaming revenue. Excluding this element of growth, overall revenue achieved 2.1% year over year growth.
  • Business and wholesale revenue increased $2.2 million, or 8.7%.
  • Consumer revenue increased $0.7 million, or 7.1%.
  • Wireless revenue increased $5.4 million, or 15.8%.
  • Access and CETC revenue declined, as expected, $0.6 million, or 3.0%.
  • Broadband revenue, as a percentage of total service revenue, was 52.3%, compared to 45.0% in the prior year.
• Adjusted EBITDA of $34.0 million increased $8.4 million, or 32.8%, from $25.6 million in the prior year.
  • Cost of services and sales of $37.2 million declined $2.9 million or 7.2%, driven primarily by a $4.3 million decrease in device and accessory costs in 2013 caused by our launch of the iPhone in the second quarter of 2012, offset by an increase in roaming payables.
  • Selling, general & administrative, excluding the impact of AWN transaction costs, increased $1.9 million, or 7.5%, resulting primarily from an increase of $1.7 million in labor associated with higher incentive compensation expense in 2013 as compared to the prior year.

Metric Highlights: Second Quarter 2013 Compared to First Quarter 2013

• Wireless subscribers increased by 328 to 114,419.
• Wireless average monthly retail service revenue per subscriber (“ARPU”) increased by 1.0% or $0.51 to $52.68. Wireless broadband ARPU increased by 8.5% or $1.92 to $24.55.
• Business broadband connections increased to 19,539 from 19,233 and business broadband ARPU increased by 4.2% or $6.94 to $171.29 from $164.35.
• Consumer broadband connections increased to 39,559 from 39,334 and consumer broadband ARPU increased by 5.9% or $2.62 to $47.37.
• Consumer access lines declined to 52,438 from 54,037, and business access lines decreased to 80,517 from 80,770.

“Alaska Communications continues to target free cash flow for debt reduction, and we are pleased to have made debt payments through June 30, 2013 of $30.4 million, achieving record debt reductions. Further, upon closing of the AWN transaction, we reduced debt by another $65 million, moving net debt to $444.9 million. The quarter was favorably impacted by a reversal of a previous reserve for an ongoing tax matter. We are pleased with the outcome of this matter as it further strengthens our balance sheet. On our upcoming conference call we will provide detailed guidance for the rest of the year in addition to discussing our longer term directional view now that we have the AWN transaction closed,” said Wayne Graham, ACS Chief Financial Officer.

High level guidance for the full year 2013 is as follows:

Total revenue is expected to be $340 - $350 million

EBITDA is expected to be $105 - $110 million

Capital spending is targeted to be around $50 million

Free Cash Flow is expected to be $20 - $25 million

Conference Call and On-Line Presentation

The company will host a conference call and live webcast today at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time to discuss these results. Parties in the United States and Canada can access the call at 1-800-762-9058. Parties outside the United States and Canada can access the call at 1-480-629-9645. The live webcast of the conference call will be accessible from the "Events Calendar" section of the company's website (www.alsk.com). The conference call will also include a slide presentation that can be accessed in the “Events Calendar” section of the company’s website (www.alsk.com).

The webcast will be archived for a period of 90 days. A telephonic replay of the conference call will also be available two hours after the call and will run until Thursday, August 8, 2013, at midnight Eastern time. To hear the replay, parties in the United States and Canada can call 1-800-406-7325 and enter pass code 4627862. Parties outside the United States and Canada can call 1-303-590-3030 and enter pass code 4627862.

About Alaska Communications

Alaska Communications is a leading provider of advanced broadband solutions for businesses and consumers in Alaska. We operate a highly reliable, advanced statewide data and voice network with the latest technology and the most diverse undersea fiber optic system connecting Alaska to the contiguous United States. For more information, visit www.alaskacommunications.com or www.alsk.com.

Non-GAAP Measures

Adjusted EBITDA, as defined by the Company, may not be similar to Adjusted EBITDA measures used by other companies and is not a measurement under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Management believes that Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to investors about the Company’s performance because it eliminates the effects of period-to-period changes in costs associated with interest, loss on extinguishment of debt, depreciation and amortization, loss on the sale of short-term investments, loss on the disposal of assets, taxes, long-term incentive compensation expense, loss for Equity method investments and AWN transaction related costs that are not directly attributable to the underlying performance of the Company’s operations. Management believes the most directly comparable GAAP measure would be “Net cash provided by operating activities.”

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes certain “forward-looking statements,” as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s beliefs as well as on a number of assumptions concerning future events made using information currently available to management. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are not a guarantee of performance and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside ACS’ control. Such factors include, without limitation, Verizon’s continued build out of their wireless network in Alaska, Universal Service Fund changes, AWN’s future financial and operational performance, adverse national economic conditions, adverse conditions in the credit markets impacting the cost, including interest rates, and/or availability of financing, adverse local economic conditions, including an unexpected downturn in the Alaskan oil and gas or tourism markets, changes in capital expenditures, the effects of competition in our markets, the entry of one or more additional facilities-based carriers into the Alaska market; the Company’s ability to complete, manage, integrate, market, maintain, and attract sufficient customers to the products and services it may derive, adverse changes in labor matters, including workforce levels, labor negotiations, and benefits costs; disruption of our suppliers’ provisioning of critical products or services; the impact of natural or man-made disasters; changes in Company’s relationships with large carrier or enterprise customers; unforeseen changes in public policies; changes in accounting policies, including the Company’s application of regulatory accounting rules, which could result in an impact on earnings; or disruptive technological developments in the telecommunications industry. For further information regarding risks and uncertainties associated with ACS’ business, please refer to the Companys SEC filings, including, but not limited to, the sections entitled "Risk Factors” and “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Copies of the Company’s SEC filings may be obtained by contacting its investor relations department at (907) 564-7556 or by visiting its investor relations website at www.alsk.com.

Schedule 1
ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited, In Thousands Except Per Share Amounts)
	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Operating revenues	$	97,736		$	90,012		$	188,795		$	175,959
Operating expenses:
Cost of services and sales		37,204			40,094			72,651			75,256
Selling, general & administrative		27,646			29,442			54,443			54,937
Depreciation and amortization		11,450			12,578			24,082			25,520
Loss on disposal of assets, net		585			139			626			419
Total operating expenses		76,885			82,253			151,802			156,132
Operating income		20,851			7,759			36,993			19,827
Other income and expense:
Interest expense		(10,156	)		(9,376	)		(20,185	)		(18,935	)
Loss on extinguishment of debt		(276	)		-			(276	)		(323	)
Interest income		8			12			18			22
Other		(13	)		-			(13	)		-
Total other income and expense		(10,437	)		(9,364	)		(20,456	)		(19,236	)
Income (loss) before income tax (expense) benefit		10,414			(1,605	)		16,537			591
Income tax (expense) benefit		27,280			818			24,625			(249	)
Net income (loss)	$	37,694		$	(787	)	$	41,162		$	342
Net income (loss) per share:
Basic	$	0.81		$	(0.02	)	$	0.89		$	0.01
Diluted	$	0.80		$	(0.02	)	$	0.88		$	0.01
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic		46,550			45,505			46,304			45,434
Diluted		46,875			45,505			46,699			45,648

Schedule 2
ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited, In Thousands Except Per Share Amounts)
	June 30,			December 31,
Assets	2013			2012
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	16,445		$	16,839
Restricted cash		3,827			3,875
Short-term investments		525			2,050
Accounts receivable-trade, net of allowance of $5,781 and $6,231		44,079			39,713
Materials and supplies		9,940			9,409
Prepayments and other current assets		5,884			5,566
Deferred income taxes		1,317			8,301
Total current assets		82,017			85,753
Property, plant and equipment		1,466,366			1,463,320
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization		(1,067,505	)		(1,052,459	)
Property, plant and equipment, net		398,861			410,861
Goodwill		8,850			8,850
Intangible assets, net		24,118			24,118
Debt issuance costs		9,204			10,558
Deferred income taxes		102,491			69,049
Equity method investment		2,007			2,028
Other assets		477			3,510
Total assets	$	628,025		$	614,727
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term obligations	$	11,302		$	21,628
Accounts payable, accrued and other current liabilities		56,785			56,378
Advance billings and customer deposits		8,913			8,970
Total current liabilities		77,000			86,976
Long-term obligations, net of current portion		515,050			533,772
Other long-term liabilities		26,895			28,662
Total liabilities		618,945			649,410
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' equity (deficit):
Common stock, $.01 par value; 145,000 authorized		467			458
Additional paid in capital		145,587			144,377
Accumulated deficit		(129,117	)		(170,279	)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(7,857	)		(9,239	)
Total stockholders' equity (deficit)		9,080			(34,683	)
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficit)	$	628,025		$	614,727

Schedule 3
ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited, In Thousands)
	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income (loss)	$	37,694		$	(787	)	$	41,162		$	342
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		11,450			12,578			24,082			25,520
Gain on ineffective hedge adjustment		(596	)		-			(1,016	)		-
Amortization of debt issuance costs and debt discount		1,614			1,396			3,040			3,002
Amortization of ineffective hedge		436			-			866			-
Stock-based compensation		499			976			1,718			1,693
Deferred income taxes		(27,280	)		(814	)		(24,625	)		249
Provision for uncollectible accounts		171			979			439			1,529
Loss from equity method investment		21			-			21			-
Other non-cash expense, net		781			114			862			543
Changes in operating assets and liabilities		(4,874	)		3,025			(1,065	)		4,160
Net cash provided by operating activities		19,916			17,467			45,484			37,038
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Capital expenditures		(7,629	)		(12,790	)		(13,597	)		(22,443	)
Capitalized interest		(387	)		(464	)		(870	)		(829	)
Change in unsettled capital expenditures		(678	)		(1,238	)		(3,829	)		(4,369	)
Proceeds on sale of assets		-			-			1,935			-
Net change in short-term investments		1,512			-			1,512			-
Net change in restricted accounts		49			(412	)		48			(544	)
Net cash used by investing activities		(7,133	)		(14,904	)		(14,801	)		(28,185	)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Repayments of long-term debt		(15,366	)		(1,508	)		(30,381	)		(7,925	)
Debt issuance costs		(181	)		-			(181	)		-
Payment of cash dividend on common stock		-			(2,278	)		-			(4,546	)
Payment of withholding taxes on stock-based compensation		-			(8	)		(630	)		(239	)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock		115			179			115			180
Net cash used by financing activities		(15,432	)		(3,615	)		(31,077	)		(12,530	)
Change in cash and cash equivalents		(2,649	)		(1,052	)		(394	)		(3,677	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		19,094			17,865			16,839			20,490
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	16,445		$	16,813		$	16,445		$	16,813
Supplemental Cash Flow Data:
Interest paid	$	11,219		$	9,987		$	18,383		$	17,003
Income tax paid (refunded)	$	-		$	(24	)	$	-		$	(24	)
Supplemental Non-cash Transactions:
Property (retired) acquired under capital leases	$	-		$	(24	)	$	2		$	(24	)
Dividend declared, but not paid	$	-		$	2,285		$	-		$	2,285
Additions to ARO asset	$	107		$	32		$	137		$	54

Schedule 4
ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP, INC.
ADJUSTED EBITDA AND FREE CASH FLOW
(Unaudited, In Thousands)
	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	19,916		$	17,467		$	45,484		$	37,038
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		(11,450	)		(12,578	)		(24,082	)		(25,520	)
Gain on ineffective hedge adjustment		596			-			1,016			-
Amortization of debt issuance costs and debt discount		(1,614	)		(1,396	)		(3,040	)		(3,002	)
Amortization of ineffective hedge		(436	)		-			(866	)		-
Stock-based compensation		(499	)		(976	)		(1,718	)		(1,693	)
Deferred income taxes		27,280			814			24,625			(249	)
Provision for uncollectible accounts		(171	)		(979	)		(439	)		(1,529	)
Loss from equity method investment		(21	)		-			(21	)		-
Other non-cash expense, net		(781	)		(114	)		(862	)		(543	)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities		4,874			(3,025	)		1,065			(4,160	)
Net income (loss)	$	37,694		$	(787	)	$	41,162		$	342
Add (subtract):
Interest expense		10,156			9,376			20,185			18,935
Loss on extinguishment of debt		276			-			276			323
Interest income		(8	)		(12	)		(18	)		(22	)
Depreciation and amortization		11,450			12,578			24,082			25,520
Loss on sale of short-term investments		13			-			13			-
Loss on disposal of assets		585			139			626			419
Income tax (expense) benefit		(27,280	)		(818	)		(24,625	)		249
Stock-based compensation and long term cash incentives		660			976			2,048			1,693
Loss from equity method investment		21			-			21			-
AWN transaction related costs		427			4,131			1,272			4,459
Adjusted EBITDA	$	33,994		$	25,583		$	65,042		$	51,918
Less:
Incurred capital expenditures		(7,629	)		(12,790	)		(13,597	)		(22,443	)
AWN transaction related capital costs, net change		14			-			(41	)		-
Cash interest expense		(11,219	)		(9,987	)		(18,383	)		(17,003	)
Free cash flow	$	15,160		$	2,806		$	33,021		$	12,472
Revenue	$	97,736		$	90,012		$	188,795		$	175,959
Adjusted EBITDA Margin		34.8	%		28.4	%		34.5	%		29.5	%

Note: In an effort to provide investors with additional information regarding the Company's results as determined by GAAP, the Company also discloses certain non-GAAP information which management utilizes to assess performance and believes provides useful information to investors. The Company has disclosed Adjusted EBITDA as net income before interest, loss on extinguishment of debt, depreciation and amortization, loss on short-term investments, gain or loss on asset purchases or disposals, provisions for taxes, stock-based compensation and long-term cash incentive expense, AWN Transaction related costs, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin, defined as Adjusted EBITDA divided by Operating Revenues. Additionally, the Company has disclosed Free cash flow as Adjusted EBITDA, less capital expenditures that create an obligation to pay (“Incurred capital expenditures”) less cash interest expense, less non recurring capital items we have incurred to preliminarily establish infrastructure with AWN (“AWN non recurring capital expenditures”). These measures are provided because the Company believes they are important indicators regarding our ability to make principle payments on debt and fund working capital. Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin and Free cash flow are non-GAAP measures and should not be considered a substitute for net cash provided by operating activities and other measures of financial performance recorded in accordance with GAAP.

Schedule 5
ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP, INC.
REVENUE MIX
(Unaudited, In Thousands)
	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
Operating revenues:	2013			2012			2013			2012
Business and wholesale
Retail service revenue
Voice	$	5,790		$	6,039		$	11,513		$	12,079
Broadband		9,962			8,425			19,429			16,543
Equipment sales		306			280			860			616
Wholesale and other		11,820			10,906			23,242			22,859
Total business and wholesale revenue		27,878			25,650			55,044			52,097
Consumer
Retail service revenue
Voice		4,353			4,848			8,672			9,784
Broadband		5,605			4,507			10,847			8,856
Equipment sales		37			42			75			84
Other		383			291			797			558
Total consumer revenue		10,378			9,688			20,391			19,282
Wireless
Retail service revenue
Voice		10,730			12,209			21,831			24,876
Broadband		7,300			6,001			14,103			11,552
Equipment sales		1,282			1,685			2,530			2,857
Foreign roaming		19,409			13,301			34,435			22,077
Other		1,049			1,149			2,150			2,095
Total wireless revenue		39,770			34,345			75,049			63,457
Access and CETC
CETC		6,030			5,163			10,954			10,690
High cost support		4,412			5,005			8,574			9,954
Switched, special and other access		9,268			10,161			18,783			20,479
Total access and CETC		19,710			20,329			38,311			41,123
Total revenues	$	97,736		$	90,012		$	188,795		$	175,959
Revenue Mix:
Business and wholesale		28.5	%		28.5	%		29.2	%		29.6	%
Consumer		10.6	%		10.8	%		10.8	%		11.0	%
Wireless		40.7	%		38.2	%		39.8	%		36.1	%
Access and CETC		20.2	%		22.6	%		20.3	%		23.4	%
Retail service revenue % of total revenues		44.8	%		46.7	%		45.8	%		47.6	%
Broadband % of Retail service revenue		52.3	%		45.0	%		51.4	%		44.2	%

Note -	Broadband contains the following dial-up revenue:
	Three and six months ended June 30, 2013: $77 Consumer and $21 Business, and $160 Consumer and $44 Business, respectively.
	Three and six months ended June 30, 2012: $99 Consumer and $26 Business, and $204 Consumer and $53 Business, respectively.

Schedule 6
ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP, INC.
KEY OPERATING STATISTICS
(Unaudited)
	Three Months Ended
	June 30,			March 31,			June 30,
	2013			2013			2012
Voice:
Consumer access lines		52,438			54,037			59,480
Business access lines		80,517			80,770			82,083
Voice ARPU consumer	$	27.25		$	26.21		$	26.73
Voice ARPU business	$	23.93		$	23.61		$	24.49
Broadband:
Consumer connections		39,559			39,334			38,583
Business connections*		19,539			19,233			19,069
ARPU consumer	$	47.37		$	44.75		$	39.01
ARPU business*	$	171.29		$	164.35		$	147.25
Wholesale lines		18,595			19,228			21,278
Wireless:
Postpaid connections		88,876			90,363			95,322
Lifeline connections		9,859			9,494			12,382
Prepaid connections		15,684			14,234			12,346
Total		114,419			114,091			120,050
Retail wireless ARPU	$	52.68		$	52.17		$	51.26
Wireless broadband ARPU	$	24.55		$	22.63		$	18.74
Churn:
Voice access lines		1.4	%		1.3	%		1.4	%
Broadband connections		2.0	%		1.9	%		2.5	%
Wireless connections		2.4	%		2.6	%		2.0	%
Wireless equipment subsidy	$	3,463		$	3,527		$	7,318

*	Business broadband connections counts have been restated to correct how certain high bandwidth circuits types are measured. These change have no affect on our financial results, but will affect connection count and ARPU amounts presented above as compared to their presentation in prior periods.
Note -	Broadband contains the following dial-up connections:
	June 30, 2013: 1,948 Consumer and 435 Business.
	March 31, 2013: 2,024 Consumer and 439 Business.
	June 30, 2012: 2,482 Consumer and 499 Business.

CONTACT:
Alaska Communications
Investor relations: Wayne Graham, 907-564-7756
Media relations: Heather Cavanaugh, 907-564-7722

EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

Alaska Communications:Investor Presentation August 2013

Safe Harbor Statement Other Placeholder: Forward-Looking Statements We have included in this presentation certain "forward-looking statements," as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management's beliefs as well as on a number of assumptions concerning future events made using information currently available to management. You are cautioned not to put undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are not a guarantee of performance and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside Alaska Communications' control. For further information regarding risks and uncertainties associated with ACS' business, please refer to the Alaska Communications’ SEC filings, including, but not limited to, our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q filed subsequently, and other filings with the SEC, included under headings such as “Risk factors” and “Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations.”

 Business Updates as of July 2013

Value creation for shareholders through growth and debt reduction Title: Q2 2013 Performance and 2013 Outlook  Our focus is on broadband products and business salesCommencing fiber-to-the-node investment in strengthening broadband Access Network, starting in AnchorageFramework for process improvements using LEAN methodology drives customer service improvements and better marginsFree cash flow targeted to debt reductions (every dollar of debt reductions creates value for shareholders)  Transaction closed July 22, 2013AWN improves our competitive position in wirelessPreferred distribution structure mitigates previous risk of decline of wireless cash flows from Verizon entry and CETC reformsVerizon is operating its  4G LTE Alaska network33% ownership interest in AWN is an attractive long term investment  2013 YEAR-TO-DATE  REST OF 2013  SOLID FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE  8.6% revenue growth, with broadband revenues growing 20.8% year over year$95M in YTD debt reductions, with $30.4M through June and $65M of pay down with AWN close in July  Milestone reached in closing Alaska Wireless Network (AWN) transaction

AWN RETURNS FCF TO ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS  AWN GENERATES REVENUE  AT TRANSACTION CLOSE  AWN receives wholesale revenues from its retail parents. Alaska Communications and GCI pay AWN about 70% of wireless revenues, and pass through high cost support revenues (CETC) to AWN.AWN generates  roaming revenues on its network.AWN sells wireless backhaul to other carriers. Title: Our Recent Milestone:  Closing the Alaska Wireless Network (AWN) Transaction      $100M cash received $65M debt paid  How AWN Works  Independently serve their respective customers  How AWN Creates Value for Alaska Communications  Share a common network offered by AWN  Year 1 and 2:Eligible to receive  $100M in  preferred distributions ($50M per year)Year 3 and 4:Eligible to receive $90M in total preferred distributions ($45M per year)Year 5 and beyond:We receive distributions proportional to its 1/3 share   THROUGH ONGOING OPERATIONS

Alaska Communications:Strategy for Value Creation

Creating Value Through Growth and Deleveraging  World-class Ethernet core, now extending into our access networkManaged service extensionsCustomer experience measured by NPS  Simplifying business via LEAN means expense growth will be managed (Gp:) Grow retail broadband revenues  (Gp:) EnhancingEBITDA  (Gp:) FREECASH FLOW (Gp:) DEBT

A Strong Economy in Alaska Supports Growth Other Placeholder: Stable economyThe 2012 Gross State Product of $53BGDP per capita: $65,143 - 3rd highest in the  U.S. and 37% higher than the U.S. averageLower unemployment than the U.S. averageHealthy state and local government outlook. With nearly $43B in assets,  the state’s permanent fund acts as a stabilizing force in the economyProximity to global marketsTokyo is closer than New York Anchorage has the 5th busiest airport, worldwide, in terms of air cargo traffic  (Gp:) Unemployment Rates, Alaska and U.S. January 2003 to March 2013   Source: Google Maps, straight line distances  Source: NEI Estimates, 2013  Source: Department of Labor and Workforce Development

A $1 Billion and Growing Market Supports Top Line Growth  We are focused on the Business market segment, and opportunistic about Consumer  6%  9%  5%  CAGR  Source: Company sponsored research

Title: A Resilient Ethernet Network is a Foundation for Our Business Products (Gp:) MERICA (Gp:) CARRIER ETHERNET 1.0 CERTIFIED PROVIDERS WORLDWIDE   CARRIER ETHERNET 2.0 CERTIFIED PROVIDERS WORLDWIDE  Carrier Ethernet 2.0 certification We are the first company in Alaska, and the second in the U.S. / third in the world to become a certified Carrier Ethernet 2.0 carrier through the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF).The power of two – resiliency is built inTwo metro area fiber paths between Anchorage and Fairbanks.Two Integrated Network Management Centers.Two connections to the Internet (Seattle and Portland).Two fiber paths in Oregon and Washington State.Two submarine cables connecting Alaska to Lower  48. We own and operate two of the four cables into Alaska, and have the most survivable fiber optic systems.

Title: A Comprehensive Set of Solutions for Business (Gp:) ConstantlyOn IT (Helpdesk support)OnSite IT (Break/Fix support)Professional ServicesIT EquipmentHosted Colocation (Gp:) IT SOLUTIONS (Gp:) DATA (Gp:) Business EthernetMetro EthernetEnhanced Metro EthernetMPLSVPLSPrivate Line Data Backup (Gp:) WIRELESS (Gp:) Wireless Phones, Routers, and Mobile Broadband DevicesFleet ManagementCustom wireless and telemetry solutions (Gp:) INTERNET (Gp:) Business InternetInternet Over EthernetDedicated Internet AccessMobile Broadband (Gp:) VOICE (Gp:) VOIPDSS / PRI / BRICentrexLocal and Long DistancePBX solutions

Title: Consumer Products Allow us to Target Specific Segments (Gp:) WIRELESS (Gp:) Mobile VoiceMobile Broadband DataPostpaid, Prepaid, Lifeline (Gp:) INTERNET (Gp:) Dedicated Home InternetMobile Broadband (Gp:) VOICE (Gp:) LocalLong DistanceInternational

Title: With AWN, the Most Advanced and Extensive Network in Alaska  4G LTE (GSM) Network Coverage Premier networkOver 300 cell sites in virtually every rural and urban location.Extensive Wi-Fi network in urban markets.Devices from top manufacturersWireless phones.Fixed broadband wireless routers serving communities across the state and up to 10Mbps of broadband speeds.Mobile broadband wireless dongles and MiFis including 4G LTE wireless routers.Competitive plansData plans, minutes plans, business minute bucket plans and family plans.

Title: Process Improvement and Customer Service Focus Provide Differentiation and a Strong Operating Model Body: Process Improvements through LEAN Other Placeholder: A front line driven approach to process improvementFocus on eliminating wasteSmall, incremental improvements add up over timeSimplifies how we do business while improving customer experienceRate of expense growth will be lower than rate of revenue growth Body: Customer Service measured byNet Promoter Score (NPS) Other Placeholder: Retaining our existing customers is as or more important compared to gaining new customersSatisfied customers who are our “promoters” are the best way to gain market shareNPS is a proven methodology for companies that grow revenues by providing exceptional service  Empowering and investing in our people is at the heart of both programs.

Q2 2013 Results andPost-AWN Financial Guidance

Title: Strong Revenue Performance

Title: Strong Cash Flow Performance Note: Net Debt is Long Term Debt + Current Maturities – Cash

CONSUMER BROADBAND ARPU  BUSINESS BROADBAND ARPU  WIRELESS CONNECTIONS  CONSUMER CONNECTIONS  BUSINESS CONNECTIONS Title: Customer Metrics  -1.6%  3.8%  10.2%  WIRELESS ARPU

Title: 2013 Revenue Guidance  Full Year 2013 Revenue Guidance of $340 - $350M.

Title: 2013 Financial Guidance

Title: Post AWN first full year directional view

Title: Reconciliation of EBITDA  FY2011 set as the baseline since 2011 was last year of segment level EBITDA reporting.All numbers are rounded to the nearest million  Baseline Year: 2011  Post AWN Comparable  AWN Distributions: $50  Wireline EBITDA: $58  Less: SG&A increase       $15Net backhaul move to AWN $  3  Wireline EBITDA: $40  Wireless EBITDA: $68  Less:2011 Wireless CapEx $18  Total EBITDA:  $126  Total EBITDA:  $90  AWN structured to provide wireless cash flow predictability at historical levels, mitigating anticipated roaming/CETC declines. As a part of our long-term plan we increased our SG&A expenses by $15M in areas of product and marketing, SMB sales, customer experience, and process improvement. This investment in our capabilities will drive future EBITDA and FCF expansion.

In Summary: A Plan to Create Value, and a Track Record to Support the Plan

Title: Creating Long-Term Shareholder Value (Gp:) Broadband growth: FY2012 11.9% vs FY2011; 1H2013 20.8% vs. 1H 2012Fiber-to-the-Node investments supplements world-class Ethernet coreCustomer experience focus via Net Promoter Score (NPS) (Gp:) RESULTS:   RESULTS:  $95.4M in total debt reductions YTD through July 2013$30.4M through cash flow from operations and $65M from AWN close  Predictable cash flows from AWNBroadband revenue growth combined with LEAN process improvement will drive broadband margin expansion  RESULTS: (Gp:) FREECASH FLOW (Gp:) DEBT  (Gp:) Grow retail broadband revenues  (Gp:) EnhancingEBITDA

Appendix

REVENUE MIX  NETWORK AND PEOPLE  FINANCIAL METRICS  CONSUMER METRICS Title: An Overview of Alaska Communications: June 2013 YTD  Access Lines:Business      80,517Consumer      52,438Broadband Connections:Business      19,539Consumer      39,559Wireless Connections:    114,419  YTD Revenue    $188.8MYOY Broadband Growth            20.8%YOY Total Revenue Growth              7.3%YTD EBITDA      $65.0MNet Debt     $509.9M  Leading provider of reliable Ethernet and other data services to Alaskan businessUbiquitous statewide network with substantial and highly diverse long haul fiber networkWith AWN, the most extensive and advanced wireless network in Alaska820 employees providing local and trustworthy customer service

Title: Business Services Growth ($ in thousands)  Total YOY Revenue Growth = 8.9%Total YOY Broadband Revenue Growth = 18.2%

Title: Consumer Services Growth (in thousands)  YOY Revenue Growth = 7.2%YOY Broadband Growth = 24.4%

EX-99.3

Exhibit 99.3

August 2013

Letter from Anand Vadapalli, President & CEO, Alaska Communications

Dear Investors:

We recently reached a milestone when we closed on the Alaska Wireless Network (AWN) transaction. Coincident with the recent release of our Q2 2013 operating and financial results, this milestone allows us to share with you our view of how we think about your company long term, and why we believe our long term plan will create value for you.

You will see presentations, earnings releases and regulatory filings. All these are important documents and can be found at our investor relations web site www.alsk.com.  I ask that you begin with this letter, and then you can refer to these other documents for more detail and information. If you still need more information, I will tell you at the end of this letter how to contact us so we can talk.

Some context

As a new management team starting a little over 2 years ago, we were facing two external events – one, competitive, with the planned entry of a national provider into our wireless market, and two, regulatory, with significant changes  in the wireless high cost support revenue (“CETC”) program.  We shared with you that roaming revenue and CETC alone represented $66 million in revenue in 2011, while our free cash flow was $41 million.  The anticipated declines in these high margin revenue streams over time put our financial future at risk.  When considered in combination with the fact that we had net debt of 4.4X EBITDA and were paying out about 94% of our free cash flow in dividends, we knew we had to take decisive action in the near term to create long term value for you, our customers and our employees.  We suspended our dividend as a protective measure, painful though that was to our shareholders, including many of our own employees. As a value creating step, we entered into a joint venture transaction to form AWN, a step we announced in June 2012. 2012 also happened to be the first full year of operating under our new business plan aimed at creating long term value, which I will detail later in this letter.

First, what is AWN?

This may be a good place to start since AWN is relatively new and an important part of our future earnings will come from AWN.  AWN is an infrastructure company operating the largest and best wireless network in the State of Alaska.  We own 1/3 of this company, and another company (GCI) owns the remaining 2/3 of AWN. AWN began operations July 23, 2013 and was formed when Alaska Communications and GCI contributed their wireless networks into this venture. Alaska Communications elected to receive certain cash payments for a lesser share in the entity, but we also made sure we had the right levels of protection as a minority shareholder. While AWN operates the network, Alaska Communications and GCI operate as the retail entities actually selling the wireless services in the market, competing with each other and other wireless players in the market.

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AWN earns revenues in three different ways. First, indexed to the number of wireless connections, AWN receives wholesale revenues from its two retail owners, Alaska Communications and GCI, who will pay about 70% of their wireless retail revenues to AWN and pass through 100% of their wireless high cost support (CETC) to AWN. Second, AWN will receive roaming revenues from other wireless carriers.  Third, AWN will receive revenues by selling backhaul services to other wireless carriers.

AWN has two operating objectives, 1) to operate the best wireless network in the State of Alaska and 2) to provide the most compelling wireless wholesale plans – collectively allowing the retail owners to compete effectively in the market. AWN has one financial objective – maximize its cash flow. AWN will seek to find the right balance between the operating and the financial objectives.

AWN creates value to Alaska Communications in two ways 1) right out of the gate we received $100 million upon closing of which we used $65 million to pay down debt, and 2) on an ongoing basis, we are eligible to receive preferred distributions of $50 million each in years 1 and 2, $45 million each in years 3 and 4, and after four years we will receive distributions proportional to our 1/3 share in AWN. As you will see in the next section, these distributions represent a major source of future earnings for Alaska Communications.

How we think about the company:

We operate primarily in Alaska. Our State has a stable and robust economy.  Our customers, at work and at home, are consuming increasing amounts of our product – broadband. It is great to be in a market where the demand for your product is growing as it gives us an opportunity to grow with the market. We have a 120 year history of operating in our State, and we have 800 plus wonderful and dedicated employees who care deeply about our customers. We estimate our market at about a $1 Billion a year and growing, and we have about 20% market share.

So, how do we do grow both top and bottom line? We are investing in our network and developing quality products. We are improving customer experience by investing in our people and simplifying how we do business. When we empower our people and simplify our business, we will need to spend less to grow and improve profitability. We are training our people in LEAN methodologies so we can eliminate waste every single day – which improves customer experience at the same time as it simplifies how we do business. We care as much, or more, about retaining our customers as we do about gaining new customers. That is how we grow revenues. Satisfied customers will bring in more customers – that is why we use Net Promoter Score (NPS) to measure if our customers are saying good things about us, and doing more of the things that make our customers happy.

Looking ahead, we will generate earnings in two different ways. First, by selling broadband on our top-quality network in the State, and a variety of services associated with broadband. Second, from distributions we get as an investor in AWN, which start at higher levels during the preference period and will reduce once we get into steady state pro-rated distributions after four years.  We expect our earnings to be about $90 million of EBITDA in our first full year of operations following the close of AWN. We expect EBITDA to grow over time, as we expect our broadband revenues to grow faster than our expenses. Growing top line faster than growing expenses is, in our view, the only good way to grow earnings.  This growth in top and bottom line is one way we create value for you.

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The other way we create value for you is by paying down our debt.  Like our homes, every dollar we pay down on our mortgage increases the value of our equity in our home.  Our business is the same way. We are a growing business (i.e., the value of our home is increasing), and then when we pay down debt, we transfer more value to you, our investors.

We are a conservative team of people here at Alaska Communications. What that means is we are very careful about how we spend money. In our first full year of post-AWN operations, we expect our free cash flow after interest payments and capital expenditures to be about $15 million. Since we expect EBITDA to grow and debt to reduce over time, we expect that our free cash flow will also grow over time.  We think carefully about how we invest a $1 in cash we generate – what part of that dollar goes towards investing in our business and what part goes towards paying down debt.  We may not get this decision right at all times, but I am confident we get this right most of the time.

So, why do we think we can do all this? I look at the data points from our performance over the last year and half since we started performing to our new business plan.  Broadband revenues for full year 2012 have grown 11.9% over full year 2011; and for six months 2013 have grown 20.8% over the same period 2012. At the same time, since 2012 we have paid down $115 million in debt, $50 million of which came from cash flow from operations and $65 million from the closing of the AWN transaction. We are doing what we set out to do.

Bottom line

We intend to grow both our broadband revenues and our bottom line EBITDA.  We expect this to result in free cash flow growth over time, which we intend to deleverage creating further value for our investors.

We are running a quality business. We have great people and our customers value us for the local, trustworthy and reliable customer service we offer.

Looking ahead, we ask you to always ask three questions of us: One, are you growing broadband revenues? Two, are you improving profitability and cash flows? And three, are you paying down debt? As long as we are answering yes to these questions, you are investing in a company that will deliver value to you over the long-term.

What to do if you have more questions? Email us at investors@acsalaska.com. We like to hear from you and ask you to contact us.  We will get back to you.  

Sincerely,

Anand Vadapalli

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Forward-Looking Statements

This letter includes certain “forward-looking statements,” as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s beliefs as well as on a number of assumptions concerning future events made using information currently available to management. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are not a guarantee of performance and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside ACS’ control. Such factors include, without limitation, Verizon’s continued build out of their wireless network in Alaska, Universal Service Fund changes, AWN’s future financial and operational performance, adverse national economic conditions, adverse conditions in the credit markets impacting the cost, including interest rates, and/or availability of financing, adverse local economic conditions, including an unexpected downturn in the Alaskan oil and gas or tourism markets, changes in capital expenditures, the effects of competition in our markets, the entry of one or more additional facilities-based carriers into the Alaska market; the Company’s ability to complete, manage, integrate, market, maintain, and attract sufficient customers to the products and services it may derive, adverse changes in labor matters, including workforce levels, labor negotiations, and benefits costs; disruption of our suppliers’ provisioning of critical products or services; the impact of natural or man-made disasters; changes in Company’s relationships with large carrier or enterprise customers or its roaming partners; unforeseen changes in public policies; changes in accounting policies, including the Company’s application of regulatory accounting rules, which could result in an impact on earnings; or disruptive technological developments in the telecommunications industry. For further information regarding risks and uncertainties associated with ACS’ business, please refer to the Company’s SEC filings, including, but not limited to, the sections entitled "Risk Factors” and “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Copies of the Company’s SEC filings may be obtained by contacting its investor relations department at (907) 564-7556 or by visiting its investor relations website at www.alsk.com.

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