Unalaska, AK – Alaska's largest telecommunications company has announced it will buy the Unalaska-based cellular and internet provider Alaska Wireless.

"We've been looking at Dutch Harbor for a while, in particular the operation of Alaska Wireless," said David Morris, vice president of Anchorage-based GCI, which announced the deal on Thursday. "[We] have been impressed by the management team, and what they've been able to pull together in just a few short years."

The deal is still pending FCC approval, and GCI isn't divulging how much it paid for Alaska Wireless, which provides internet and cellular service to Unalaska. Morris said it's too soon to tell if the change in ownership will mean a change in services or prices for Alaska Wireless customers. But he said that GCI tries to provide the same services across the state, a package which, in addition to the current Alaska Wireless offerings, includes long distance and cable.

"In general for the retail market, we try to roll out those main product lines: local, long distance, cable and internet," he said.

If GCI did start offering cable to its Unalaska customers, it would present a challenge to TelAlaska, which for now is the only cable provider on the island. That company's ownership has also shuffled in recent months. North Carolina-based American Broadband Communications announced its intentions to buy TelAlaska in July.