Alaska Communications Systems Announces Executive Officer Assignments.

Business Editors

ANCHORAGE, Alaska--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 2000

Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. ("ACS") (Nasdaq:ALSK) announced today a reorganization of the senior management of the corporation.

Chuck Robinson, chairman and CEO of ACS, said, "We are effecting these assignments to better match the strengths and talents of our senior officers to support strategic ACS initiatives. I am enthused about what this team can accomplish for the benefit of our shareholders and customers."

The following changes are effective immediately.

Wesley E. Carson, president & chief administrative officer, will be responsible for regulatory affairs, external relations, human resources, labor relations, administration and information technology. Carson, who with Robinson was a founder of ACS in 1998, had since October 1999 served as the Company's president & chief operating officer. Previously, he had been executive vice president of ACS and its predecessor, LEC Consulting Corporation.

John R. Ayers, executive vice president & chief operating officer, assumes responsibility for sales & marketing, network operations & engineering, and the Company's local exchange, wireless, Internet, interexchange, customer premise equipment, and directory business units. He joined ACS in June 1999 as senior vice president of sales & Marketing. From 1990 until 1995 Ayers had been executive vice president & general manager of Alascom, Inc., and then founded and served as chief executive officer of e.Net, Inc., a telecommunications consulting and services firm.

Kevin P. Hemenway, senior vice president & chief financial officer, will direct the corporation's treasury, finance, revenue requirements, tax and business planning functions. He served as the Company's treasurer since joining ACS in July 1999. He had previously held the positions of chief financial officer and treasurer for Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. based in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Hemenway succeeds Michael E. Holmstrom, who had since February 1999 served as the Company's senior vice president & chief financial officer. Holmstrom is departing Alaska to accept a similar position with a company in the Lower 48 States

Donn T. Wonnell continues to serve in his role as executive vice president, general counsel & corporate secretary, reporting directly to Robinson, with responsibility for all of the Company's legal activities.

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 74,000 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.