Reconnect 100% grant infrastructure investments and jobs act

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded $35 million to Unicom, Inc. on May 6, 2026, under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) to expand broadband access in rural Anchorage to areas lacking 25 megabits per second downstream and 3 megabits per second upstream connectivity. The award is structured as a Project Grant with a period of performance through May 6, 2028.

Unicom, Inc. is a for-profit telecommunications company and subsidiary of GCI Communication Corp. based in Anchorage, Alaska. The company operates exclusively as a federal grant recipient focused on rural broadband infrastructure deployment in Alaska, with no federal contract footprint. Performance takes place in Anchorage, AK 99518.

This award funds broadband infrastructure deployment to underserved rural communities. Unicom operates with no subcontractor footprint and carries out all work directly. The Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (also known as ReConnect) provides loans, grants, and loan/grant combinations to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas, with grant and loan/grant combination applications evaluated competitively based on rurality, number of farms and businesses served, service performance, state broadband activities, and presence of tribal lands in the funded service area.