RSL COM Expands Latin American International Phone Call Capacity Through Purchase of MAYA-1 Submarine Cable Circuits.HAMILTON, Bermuda and NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 1998-- RSL RSL - RAISE Specification Language Communications, Ltd. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : RSLCF) has signed an agreement to purchase 44 megabits of capacity -- equal to more than 2,800 simultaneous phone calls -- in the Caribbean-based Maya-1 cable due to go into service in March 2000. The 4,400 kilometer-long cable will have a 20-gigabit capacity, more than twice that of cables in service today, and planned landing points in Florida, the Cayman Islands Cayman Islands (kā`mən), British dependency (2005 est. pop. 44,300), 100 sq mi (259 sq km), comprising three islands in the West Indies. , Colombia, Costa Rica Costa Rica (kŏs`tə rē`kə), officially Republic of Costa Rica, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,016,000), 19,575 sq mi (50,700 sq km), Central America. , Honduras, Mexico and Panama. The cable may be extended to Venezuela and will be built in a "collapsed ring" configuration, which offers protection in case of cable breaks. "MAYA-1 will play an important part in RSL COM's expansion in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. ," said Rodolfo Garcia, President of RSL COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. Latin America. "Already RSL COM has operations in Mexico and Venezuela which will be ideally served by this new cable. As RSL COM continues its expansion into Latin America, the capacity of Maya-1 will continue to play an ever more significant role." The new capacity will be added to circuits already purchased in many other cables. These include TAT-14, the Japan-U.S. cable system, the transatlantic Gemini cable system, the United Kingdom-Germany 6 cable, the United Kingdom Netherlands 14 cable, the Finland-Sweden cable and various circuits in other cables, including Pan-American, Flag, Cantat-3, CanUS-1 and Kattegat. RSL Communications, Ltd. is a global facilities-based telecommunications company that provides international services, including long distance, calling card, private line, value-added and Internet-based services for businesses, consumers and other carriers worldwide. The Company operates on four continents in twenty countries that account for more than 70 percent of the world's international traffic. Note to Editors: ARSL ARSL Association of Rural and Small Libraries ARSL Atmospheric Remote Sensing Laboratory COM@ is a licensed trademark. It includes capital letters separated by a space. To protect our trademark, please use its legally approved form: RSL COM |
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