Talkeetna Alaska Teleport (TAT), located in Talkeetna, Alaska, is an international provider of satellite and fiber-based communications, providing connectivity for the Pacific Ocean Region and neighboring landmasses. Strategically located in interior Alaska, it creates a unique ability to utilize Alaska's Arctic climate and northern latitude, while simultaneously providing low-cost space and power for critical gateway and data center infrastructure. Talkeetna's Arctic environment provides the opportunity for reduced cooling requirements for many months of the year. The facility is positioned at 62.333 degrees N latitude enabling connection to polar-orbiting satellites for longer durations than lower latitudes while maintaining significant reductions in utilities and infrastructure expenses compared to higher latitude locations. TAT's knowledge of satellite communications allows us to leverage our location and critical infrastructure to offer an unmatched facility in the Arctic for antenna hosting, co-location, construction, pad space, engineering, and maintenance and technical support.

TAT is owned and operated by Microcom. Microcom's telecom infrastructure and teleport development began in the 1980s in Alaska and expanded to Hawaii in the year 2000. Microcom has focused on finding unique solutions to its customers’ diverse communications needs for over 35 years. Where others thought it could not be done, Microcom has forged ahead to develop new residential and small-business satellite communication systems. Microcom’s first focus was on building rural cable television systems in communities throughout Alaska. These early facilities consisted of community owned and operated systems that distributed services purchased from cable television programmers and connected each community to the world. Microcom’s unique methods of antenna construction and system design have met the test of the wide variety of geographic challenges encountered along the way. Microcom pioneered the development of direct-broadcast home satellite television service in Alaska and Hawaii. At first, it was thought satellite technology would never be available in Alaska & Hawaii, but Microcom proved it could be done, and developed the first systems for use in Alaska. This has led to the growing number of direct-broadcast subscribers in Alaska and Hawaii today. Microcom directly influenced a key element of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, which allowed the service to develop in Alaska the same as in the Lower 48, without restrictions on the larger antenna size required. Microcom worked with Congress to overcome obstacles to the success of this important, multi-channel video programming service. Without Microcom’s direct participation, satellite technology in Alaska would not have achieved the level of success seen today.