Attachment Exhibit E

This document pretains to SES-ASG-20111022-01252 for Assignment on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESASG2011102201252_922408

Response to Question A20 Exhibit E As shown in the accompanying corporate structure attachment, Alaska Telecom, Inc. is a wholly- owned subsidiary of Calista Corporation ("Calista"), which is owned by Native Americans in Alaska. See also www.calistacorp.com. The address of Calista Corporation is 301 Calista Court, Suite A, Anchorage, Alaska 99518. Its telephone number is (907)-279-5516. The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) was signed into law on December 18, 1971. ANCSA required that in order for Alaska Natives to receive benefits from the settlement they needed to enroll by submitting an application to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). The BIA then assigned which regional corporation an applicant would be enrolled in. It was a daunting task, but Calista assisted over 13,300 shareholders in completing their BIA enrollment applications, and helped village corporations meet filing requirements by the deadline. There are currently some 20,000 shareholders. There are no stockholders holding 10 percent for more of Calista's voting stock. Calista, which means in the Yup'ik language "someone who works," is the second largest of 13 regional corporations formed under ANCSA and state law to increase shareholder benefits and economic opportunities through innovation, growth, leadership, execution and financial discipline. Indeed, the Calista Vision Statement is: "To increase financial prosperity through diversified, global investments and business ventures - adhering to our Native values and corporate responsibility." One of the companies created by Calista in furtherance of these goals is Alaska Telecom, Inc. Its purpose is the designing, building, and integration of complex communications systems in remote locations; and provision of VSAT, microwave, wireless, radio systems, communications site-development construction - all in support of the public interest as outlined in Exhibit F of this application.


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