Unicom, Inc.

Unicom, Inc., a for-profit telecommunications company based in Anchorage, Alaska, operates as a subsidiary of GCI Communication Corp. and serves as a federal grant recipient focused exclusively on rural broadband infrastructure deployment. Unicom operates as a prime recipient under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service, with no federal contract footprint—all ten recent awards are federal grants totaling $125 million in combined obligated dollars.

Unicom's grant portfolio concentrates entirely on rural broadband infrastructure and connectivity services in Alaska under three distinct federal grant programs. The Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855) anchors the majority of Unicom's recent work, funding the deployment of fiber optic and ethernet cabling, networking equipment procurement, and retail broadband service delivery to residences, businesses, schools, libraries, and healthcare facilities in underserved rural Alaskan communities. Unicom received a $31 million project grant under this program in June 2024 (completion deadline June 2026), a $25 million award in December 2024 (completion deadline December 2026), and a $2.5 million cost overrun grant in March 2023 (completion deadline March 2025). The Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752), part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding stream, awarded Unicom a $35 million project grant on May 6, 2026 (completion deadline May 6, 2028) to expand broadband access in rural Anchorage to areas lacking 25 megabits per second downstream and 3 megabits per second upstream connectivity. Unicom also received ReConnect 100% grants under the same IIJA authority in July 2023 (completion deadline July 2025) and a Community Connect grant in September 2024 (completion deadline September 2026). All ten awards fund broadband infrastructure, distance learning enablement, and telemedicine service capacity in rural Alaska.

Customer concentration is absolute—100% of awards flow from the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service. Three awards (combined potential value roughly $59 million) complete within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete opportunity in that window. Unicom operates with no subcontractor footprint and carries no federal contract vehicles; its federal footprint is purely grant-based and tied to rural broadband expansion in Alaska. The parent company, GCI Communication Corp., carries federal contract and grant prime awardee status, suggesting broader telecommunications capabilities within the corporate structure that Unicom itself does not exercise at the federal level.