ALMRS (Alaska Land Mobile Radio System) was the direct result of the FCC no longer allowing analog radios to be produced, mandating Digital. The exclusive, non disclosed contract rings very loud alarm bells, Motorola got the original to develop Project 25 (P25) digital protocols as an open source item.  They did not, instead releasing a framework system publicy but privately had provisions that were not part of the public one.  The result: Stifling of the mobile competing companies as they struggled to perform with the largely Motorola base stations.  A ton is left unexplained in this piece such as what is the frequency bands?  Alaska and a few other States were unique in geographical needs, dictating a VHF band while the rest of the nation was at UHF in the same area as a lot of cell traffic.  UHF is much shorter in range, in Alaska the base site count would have skyrocketed to unaffordable funding levels. The expense of the installed user base of ALMRS is very high, funding is low