AT&T Christens New Cable Ship at FELS

The new American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) cabel ship was christened at the Far East Levingston Shipbuilding Pioneer Yard. The cable ship, the Global Link, is the first of three cabnd is due for deliveryle ships being built by FELS. The second is due for delivery in mid-1991 and the third by the end of 1992. The Global Link, which cost S$100m, will be employed in laying a new TAT-9 Trans-Atlantic fiber optic cable. The new TAT-9 is capable of carrying 80,000 simultaneous conversations compared with only 48 by traditional copper cable.

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