EXHIBIT 99.1


    CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Quarterly Report of Alaska Communications Systems Group,
Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2002 (the
"Report"), I, Charles E. Robinson, Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)     The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
        15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)     The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
        respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the
        Company.




Date: October 31, 2002                /s/  Charles E. Robinson
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                                      Charles E. Robinson
                                      Chief Executive Officer and
                                      Chairman of the Board of
                                      Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc.