AT&T completes TPC-5 fiber optic ring; $1.24 billion network largest to connect U.S., Asia.BANDON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 1997--AT&T today announced activation of the northern segment of TPC-5, concluding construction of the largest and fastest transpacific trans·pa·cif·ic adj. 1. Situated on or coming from the other side of the Pacific Ocean. 2. Spanning or crossing the Pacific Ocean. undersea fiber optic network to connect the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Asia. TPC-5 links Guam, Hawaii, Japan and the United States mainland. The newly completed northern segment connects the Bandon cable station, located about 400 miles southwest of Portland, to landing points at Miyazaki, Japan, and San Luis Obispo, California San Luis Obispo (IPA: [sæn 'luɪs ə'bɪspoʊ]; Spanish for St. Louis, the Bishop) is a city in California, located roughly midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles on the Central Coast. . The network's southern route, placed into service in 1995, continues from San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo (săn l  `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. to landing points at Keawaula, Hawaii; Tumon Bay, Guam; and Miyazaki and Ninomiya, Japan. More than double the length of the 9,850-kilometer TPC- 4, the 22,560-kilometer TPC-5 is also four times faster, having the ability to transmit 5 gigabits per second over one fiber pair -- capacity equal to 320,000 simultaneous phone calls. It is also considered to be the first undersea fiber cable network in the Pacific to feature a closed loop rather than a point-to-point system, thereby offering added restoration capabilities. In the unlikely event of a network disruption, service can be restored by shifting voice, data and video signals to the spare fiber on the network. "TPC-5's high capacity, self-healing capabilities and the added route diversity offer customers the greatest reliability for communications across the Pacific," said William B. Carter, president of AT&T Submarine Systems, Inc. (AT&T-SSI). AT&T-SSI and KDD KDD Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (International Conference) KDD Knowledge Discovery in Databases KDD Kokusai Denshin Denwa (Japan) KDD Key Distribution Device of Japan designed, engineered and installed the network, which utilizes SL2000 undersea fiber optic technology jointly developed by AT&T and KDD. TPC-5 cost $1.24 billion to build and involved 78 carriers worldwide. AT&T is the leading investor in the network, with a 29 percent stake, or a total $366 million investment. AT&T-SSI, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of AT&T, supplies undersea telecommunications systems worldwide. It operates a fleet of seven cable ships and has installed enough undersea cable to circle the earth six times. CONTACT: AT&T Patricia Robinson, 908-221-8541 (Office) pcrobinson@attmail.com or Elizabeth Park
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