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Our Services: Cellular Telephone Services

In September 2005, the University engaged in a contract with ACS for cellular telephone service.

The ACS contact for this service is:

To report service problems, please call 611 (instate) or 866-550-4999 (out of state).

Per the new contract, the following applies to all phones on any rate plan:

  • Phone purchases are priced at ACS Wireless "no contract retail price," less 20% or the 12 month service agreement rate, whichever is less.
  • Accessories are invoiced at 20% off retail price
  • No additional contracts are allowed
  • Monthly Servce Plan Charge (does not apply to the Local Per Minute Plan)
  • Regulatory compliance fee (applied per phone to recover wireless local number portability and E911 costs - Monthly $1.25
  • Alaska Universal Service Fund Charge (applied per phone number): Monthly $0.70.
  • Federal Universal Service Fund Charge (applied on basic service and airtime usage): Monthly 3.16% (this rate is adjusted quarterly)
  • Emergency 911 (applied per phone number, not to exceed more than 100 E911 charges per account/month). Inside Anchorage Municipality Monthly: $0.50, Outside Anchorage Municipality Monthly: $0.75.

Please contact ACS for the current available phones and accessories.

CLICK HERE to view the Monthly Service Plans available from ACS.

Note: if ACS is unable to provide adequate cellular service to meet your communications needs, documenation is required to validate usage of another provider. For details, see Steve Smith''s ACS Cell Phone Waiver Memorandum.


Interested in Blackberry Technology? CLICK HERE for information about requesting blackberry phones (available through the State of Alaska's contract). Also available is the State of Alaska TSR Form.

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