TresCom Announces Participation in Antillas I Cable.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 3, 1997--TresCom International (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 :TRES TRES Tree Swallow (bird species Tachycineta bicolor) TrES Transatlantic Exoplanet Survey TRES Threat Radar Emitter Simulator ) announced today its ownership participation in the Antillas I Cable. ANTILLAS I is a submarine fiber optic system that links Puerto Rico with the Dominican Republic, being the first fiber optic system implemented with the Sincronous Diguital Herarchy (SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) The European counterpart to SONET. See SONET. SDH - Synchronous Digital Hierarchy ) interconnecting the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean. ANTILLAS I has been designed as a highly reliable international underwater repeaterless network, providing greater communication capacity between both islands. The system interconnects at the Cacique ca·cique n. 1. An Indian chief, especially in the Spanish West Indies and other parts of Latin America during colonial and postcolonial times. 2. A local political boss in Spain or Latin America. Cable Station in Santo Domingo (operated by CODETEL), and both the Isla Verde (operated by ULTRACOM) and Miramar (operated by AT&T) Cable Stations in Puerto Rico. The submersible submersible, small, mobile undersea research vessel capable of functioning in the ocean depths. Development of a great variety of submersibles during the later 1950s and 1960s came about as a result of improved technology and in response to a demonstrated need for plant consists of a six pairs 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 covered with special protection to avoid the entrance of water, hydrogen, etc. Two of this six fiber pairs will be initially illuminated with a 2.5 Gbps signal between Cacique and Isla Verde and Miramar respectively. TresCom Vice President of Business Development, Mr. Edward H. Hamilton, said, "TresCom strategy is to build infrastructure while specializing in the Caribbean and Latin America, involvement in this project ties in nicely with our goals." TresCom's growing number of retail and wholesale customers in Puerto Rico will enjoy better service with the Dominican Republic. TresCom International is one of America's fastest growing, facilities-based international telecommunications companies with headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The company specializes in the Caribbean and Latin American markets and offers a broad array of competitively-priced services, including international and domestic long distance, travel and prepaid calling cards, and specialized international products and services. TresCom provides long distance service to more than 230 countries and territories worldwide through its international network. At the moment twenty three international communication companies are participating in the ANTILLAS I cable system, with a total investment of about US $30 million dollars. For more information contact Jan Mangos at TresCom International 954/627-6429 or visit our web page www.TresCom.com. CONTACT: TresCom International Jan Mangos, 954/627-6429 |
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