AT&T High Seas Radiotelephone Service provides lifesaving communication.FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 30, 1996-- Experienced operators at the AT&T High Seas high seas In maritime law, the waters lying outside the territorial waters of any and all states. In the Middle Ages, a number of maritime states asserted sovereignty over large portions of the high seas. Radiotelephone Facility - WOM WOM - write-only memory , the only facility of its kind in the world, provide lifesaving, two way voice communication between ships at sea, or aircraft, and telephones on land, sea, or in the air. Staffed 24-hours a day, 365-days per year, AT&T operators provide mainland telephone connection. In many circumstances, operators handle distress calls. The operations staff is trained for all emergency situations and alerts the Coast Guard of pending crises. "Most boaters are unaware of this invaluable service," said AT&T High Seas Operation Supervisor Larry Langley Lang·ley , Mount A peak, 4,227.9 m (14,026 ft) high, in the Sierra Nevada of southern California. lang·ley n. pl. . "For many individuals, we are their only means of communication in life or death situations." Recently, Langley and his staff assisted a caller whose 44-foot sailing vessel began to sink off the coast of Aruba. The caller's only means of communication was with AT&T High Seas radio operators who were able to save the man's life. Similar to 911 operators, the AT&T high seas operations staff, composed of three to four FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. licensed operators, fields more than 6,000 calls each month. Calls peak during hurricane season Hurricane season refers to a period in a year when hurricanes usually form. For more information see: Tropical cyclone#Times of formation. For a lists of past seasons, see:
AT&T is the only major long-distance carrier in the U.S. to provide ship-to-shore service. AT&T High Seas Radio Telephone Service is part of the AT&T Network, the world's largest communication services provider. CONTACT: Rubin Barney & Birger Stephanie DeThomas or Sherri Pfefer 305/448-7450 |
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