Alaska Communications Systems Announces Appointment of Brian Rogers To Board of Directors and Audit Committee.

Business Editors/Technology Writers

ANCHORAGE, Alaska--(BUSINESS WIRE)--February 19, 2001

Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. ("ACS") (Nasdaq:ALSK) announced today that Brian Rogers of Fairbanks, Alaska, has joined the ACS Board of Directors and will serve on the Board's Audit Committee. Mr. Rogers is a former state legislator, who served in the Alaska State House of Representatives from 1979 to 1982. He has extensive experience in finance and audit activities in both the public and private sectors. Mr. Rogers is currently Principal Consultant and Chief Financial Officer for Information Insights, Inc., a management and public policy consulting firm. He served as Vice President of Finance for the University of Alaska Statewide System from 1988 to 1995. Among his many civic, charitable and professional appointments, Mr. Rogers chaired the State of Alaska Long-Range Planning Commission during 1995 and 1996, and currently, as a Regent of the University of Alaska, serves as Chair of the University's Audit Committee. He holds a Master in Public Administration degree from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

ACS is the leading diversified, facilities based telecommunications carrier in Alaska offering local telephone service, wireless, long distance, data, and Internet services to business and residential customers throughout Alaska. ACS currently serves approximately 330,000 access lines and almost 76,000 cellular customers throughout the State. Members of the ACS senior management team have played significant roles in bringing advanced technology to Alaska for more than four decades. ACS is traded on NASDAQ under the symbol "ALSK."

Statements contained in this press release that are not historical fact are "forward-looking statements" that involve a number of known and unknown risks or uncertainties. Additional factors, which may affect actual results, are contained in the Company's filings with the SEC. Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.