Alcatel Breaks World Record in Deep-Sea Cable Repairs.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 2003 Alcatel (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALA), world leader in optical networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. , has successfully completed a fiber optic cable Noun 1. fiber optic cable - a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light fibre optic cable transmission line, cable, line - a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power repair in water depths close to 9400 meters -- breaking the world record for deep-sea cable repair operations. The Alcatel operated cable ship, C.S Heimdal, completed the fiber optic cable repair approximately 700 km off the coast of Japan on a 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. cable system connecting Japan to the U.S. continent. Because of the extreme water depths involved, Alcatel created a special grapnel to avoid the cable breaking under its own weight as the cable was raised from the seabed for repair. Based in Japan and fully mobilized with remotely operated vehicles, the C.S. Heimdal vessel enables Alcatel to help its customers respond to potential cable outages within 12 hours. "This achievement positions Alcatel as a premier wet maintenance service provider under extreme conditions such as rough volcanic terrain and steep slopes in water depths of up to 9400 meters," said Jean Godeluck, president of Alcatel's undersea activity. "Building on more than 150 years of experience in the undersea cable business, Alcatel is committed to further enhance its service offering and offer its customers the highest level of expertise." Alcatel is the worldwide leader of the undersea cable market(1) and has deployed more than 450,000 km of undersea networks -- 11 times the circumnavigation cir·cum·nav·i·gate tr.v. cir·cum·nav·i·gat·ed, cir·cum·nav·i·gat·ing, cir·cum·nav·i·gates 1. To proceed completely around: circumnavigating the earth. 2. of the globe -- stretching from Europe to Japan, along the length of the Americas and across the Pacific Ocean. (1) according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. RHK's 1Q 2003 report About Alcatel Alcatel provides end-to-end communications solutions, enabling carriers, service providers and enterprises to deliver content to any type of user, anywhere in the world. Leveraging its long-term leadership in telecommunications network A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. equipment as well as its expertise in applications and network services, Alcatel enables its customers to focus on optimizing their service offerings and revenue streams. With sales of Euro 16.5 billion in 2002, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, http://www.alcatel.com. |
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