RSL Communications Ltd. Expands Transatlantic Capacity With Gemini Cable.HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 1998--RSL 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), a global telecommunications company, today activated a 45 Megabit circuit on the new state-of-the-art Gemini transatlantic cable, quadrupling RSL COM's capacity for carrying telephone calls between the United States and 14 European countries over RSL COM's own network. "Last year at this time, RSL COM had a presence in only eight European countries," said Itzhak Fisher, President and Chief Executive Officer of RSL COM. "Today, RSL COM has operations in 14 countries in Europe. Most of them already have state of the art switches in operation, are licensed and have local interconnection agreements. "RSL COM's Gemini circuits alone can handle over 2500 uncompressed simultaneous telephone calls using standard RSL COM telephony service," said Roland Mallcott, Vice President of Engineering of RSL Communications, Ltd. "The circuits could provide more than 10,000 simultaneous phone calls using our subsidiary Delta Three's Voice over Internet service. Because of our low rates and end-to-end network, we expect to fill these circuits quickly. RSL COM also owns circuits in other cable systems, including PTAT PTAT Proportional to Absolute Temperature (electronic circuit transistor biasing) PTAT Private Trans-Atlantic Telecommunications PTAT Pesticides, Toxics and Air Team PTAT Pharmacy Technician Assessment Test , TAT 12/13, CANUS CANUS Canada - United States 1, CANTAT-3, ODIN Odin, Norse god: see Woden. Odin or Wotan One of the principal Norse gods. A war god from earliest times, Odin appeared in Scandinavian heroic literature as the protector of heroes. 1, ODIN 2, Rioja 2, Rioja 3, UK-Netherlands 14, UK-Germany 6, Antillas 1, Americas 1, Taino-Carib, Kattegat 1, NPC 1. (complexity) NPC - NP-complete. 2. (architecture) NPC - Next Program Counter. , Jasuraus, APCN APCN Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience APCN Asia Pacific Cable Network , MCC (The Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation, Austin, TX) The first high-tech research and development consortium in the U.S., created in 1982 by leading companies within the electronics industry. , FLAG and CMC. RSL COM is also planning to invest in other cable systems including LEV 1, Pan American and MAYA. 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 nineteen countries that account for nearly 70 percent of the world's international traffic.
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