Company Description
GCI Liberty, Inc. Series C GCI Group (Nasdaq: GLIBK) represents Series C GCI Group common stock of GCI Liberty, Inc. GCI Liberty is a communications company whose principal operating asset is GCI Holdings, LLC. According to company disclosures, GCI Holdings provides data, mobile, voice and managed services to consumer, business, government and carrier customers throughout Alaska under the GCI brand.
GCI Liberty is part of the Communication Services sector and operates in the telecom services industry. Through GCI Holdings, the business focuses on connectivity and related managed services across Alaska, serving residential users as well as institutional and commercial customers. The company highlights that its connectivity offering spans data and mobile services, voice communications and managed services tailored to different customer groups.
Business structure and operating focus
GCI Liberty states that its principal operating asset, GCI Holdings, is organized around serving multiple customer categories in Alaska. These include:
- Consumer customers, who use data and mobile services and historically used video services.
- Business customers, including enterprises that purchase data, mobile, voice and managed services.
- Government and education customers, such as schools and healthcare corporations in remote Alaska that require upgraded connectivity.
- Carrier customers, which use GCI’s network capacity.
Within GCI, management discusses two primary operating groupings: GCI Consumer and GCI Business. GCI Consumer focuses on residential data and wireless services. GCI Business focuses on data and wireless services for business, healthcare, education and other institutional customers. GCI Liberty has disclosed that GCI has exited its video business and describes itself as a pure play broadband connectivity provider.
Services and customer base
Company communications describe GCI Holdings as providing data, mobile, voice and managed services. These services are delivered to consumer, business, government and carrier customers throughout Alaska. In its financial reporting, GCI Liberty separates revenue into Consumer and Business categories and further discusses data and wireless revenue within each category. The company also refers to connectivity upgrades for schools and healthcare corporations in remote Alaska and to projects in rural Alaska markets.
For consumer customers, GCI Liberty reports metrics such as cable modem subscribers and wireless lines in service, reflecting the importance of broadband data and mobile connectivity in its consumer segment. For business customers, the company emphasizes data services and notes upgrade cycles for healthcare and education customers in remote Alaska.
Geographic and network focus
According to GCI Liberty’s public disclosures, GCI Holdings operates throughout Alaska, including rural communities and remote areas. The company refers to network investments in wireless and data networks in rural Alaska and mentions middle and last mile connectivity projects. GCI has also referenced specific fiber projects in rural Alaska in its discussions of capital expenditures and network expansion.
The company highlights its role in bridging the digital divide in Alaska and notes that it has been provisionally awarded grants from the Alaska Broadband Office under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. GCI Liberty also references build-out requirements under the Federal Communications Commission’s Alaska Plan, which relate to network expansion and connectivity obligations in the state.
Corporate history and structure
GCI Liberty has described a corporate history involving Liberty Broadband Corporation. The company states that on July 14, 2025, Liberty Broadband completed the spin-off of the GCI business into a new entity called GCI Liberty. Holders of Liberty Broadband common stock received shares of the relevant series of GCI Liberty common stock in that transaction. GCI Liberty consists of its wholly owned subsidiaries GCI, LLC, GCI Holdings, LLC and their subsidiaries.
GCI Liberty has also disclosed that certain intangible assets and goodwill associated with GCI were originally acquired during Liberty Broadband’s 2020 acquisition of GCI Liberty and were re-evaluated during the 2025 spin-off. The company has reported non-cash impairment charges related to these intangible assets and goodwill in its financial results.
Capital structure and rights offerings
GCI Liberty has multiple series of GCI Group common stock, including Series A, Series B and Series C. The Series C GCI Group common stock trades under the symbol GLIBK. The company has undertaken a rights offering focused on Series C GCI Group common stock. Under this offering, holders of Series A, Series B and Series C GCI Group common stock received subscription rights to acquire additional shares of Series C GCI Group common stock.
Company announcements describe the rights offering as having an intended aggregate offering size of $300 million. Each subscription right entitles the holder to a basic subscription privilege to purchase shares of Series C GCI Group common stock and an oversubscription privilege to request additional shares not purchased under basic subscriptions, subject to allocation procedures. GCI Liberty has stated that it expects to use net proceeds from the rights offering for general corporate purposes, which may include working capital, capital expenditures and repayment or refinancing of outstanding indebtedness. The company has also indicated that proceeds may be used for strategic acquisitions, investments or partnerships, including potential acquisitions in Alaska or diversification through opportunistic investments or partnerships.
GCI Liberty has reported that its rights offering was fully subscribed, with shares of Series C GCI Group common stock issued to rightsholders exercising basic and oversubscription privileges. The company has also indicated that the subscription rights are transferable and that it expects them to trade under a separate symbol during the offering period.
Financial reporting and metrics
GCI Liberty regularly reports financial results for GCI, including revenue, operating income or loss, Adjusted OIBDA, capital expenditures and cash flow metrics. The company discloses revenue by Consumer and Business categories and provides additional detail on data and wireless revenue within each category. It also reports operating metrics such as consumer cable modem subscribers and consumer wireless lines in service.
In its communications, GCI Liberty explains that GCI generated net cash provided by operating activities and free cash flow over trailing twelve-month periods. The company defines Adjusted OIBDA, Adjusted OIBDA margin and free cash flow as non-GAAP financial measures and provides reconciliations to GAAP metrics in its financial disclosures. GCI Liberty states that these measures are intended to provide additional information regarding operational performance by excluding certain items such as depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, litigation settlements, restructuring and impairment charges.
GCI Liberty also discloses information about its debt, including senior notes, a senior credit facility, tower obligations and other financial obligations. The company reports leverage ratios as defined in GCI’s credit agreement and notes undrawn capacity under its credit facility. It has described refinancing activities related to its revolving credit facility and term loan, with extended maturities under new agreements.
Regulatory and funding environment
GCI Liberty’s disclosures reference several regulatory and funding frameworks that affect its business in Alaska. The company notes that the Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Universal Service Fund, which it describes as providing clarity for GCI to continue its work on bridging the digital divide and supporting connectivity in rural communities. GCI Liberty also cites the Federal Communications Commission’s Alaska Plan, which includes build-out requirements that drive a significant portion of GCI’s capital expenditures.
In addition, the company highlights provisional awards of BEAD grants from the Alaska Broadband Office, which support broadband deployment efforts. GCI Liberty also discusses the impact of programs such as the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), noting that the termination of ACP contributed to data subscriber losses in its consumer segment.
Operational themes
Across its disclosures, GCI Liberty emphasizes several recurring operational themes for GCI Holdings:
- A focus on broadband connectivity, with GCI describing itself as a pure play broadband connectivity provider after exiting the video business.
- Ongoing network investment in wireless and data infrastructure, particularly in rural Alaska and remote communities.
- Service to consumer, business, government, education and healthcare customers, including upgrade cycles for schools and healthcare corporations.
- Use of federal and state programs, including the Universal Service Fund, BEAD grants and the Alaska Plan, to support network expansion and digital inclusion initiatives.
Investors analyzing GLIBK are therefore looking at an equity security tied to GCI Liberty’s Series C GCI Group common stock, whose value is closely linked to the performance of GCI Holdings’ Alaska-focused communications and connectivity business and to the company’s capital structure decisions, including rights offerings and debt financing.