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美国电报电话(AT&T)公司宣布:它已经签订了一份价值1.91亿美元的合同,承担全长9843km第四条太平洋(TPC-4)光缆的一半任务,该光缆从日本直接通到美国和加拿大。TPC-4工程预定在1992年底竣工,将要花费3.72亿美元。合同签约的宣布是在加拿大温哥华由37家单位参加的一次会议之后。参加这次会议的37家电信局和公司将共同拥有这条TPC-4系统,其中AT&T约占25％,其余部分由在北美、亚洲和欧洲的23个国家的36个单位分亨。AT&T担负远离北美海岸的海底分支装置到加拿大和美国登陆点的分支系统,以及一部分从北美分支装置到日本登陆点之间的主光缆。据AT&T发言人说:日本国际电信
AT&T announces that it has signed a contract valued at 191 million U.S. dollars to undertake half of the mission of a 9843-km fourth Pacific (TPC-4) fiber-optic cable from Japan directly to the United States and Canada. . The TPC-4 project is scheduled to be completed by the end of 1992 and will cost US$372 million. The signing of the contract was announced after a meeting attended by 37 companies in Vancouver, Canada. The 37 telecommunications bureaus and companies participating in the conference will jointly own the TPC-4 system, of which AT&T will account for about 25%, and the remainder will be distributed by 36 units in 23 countries in North America, Asia and Europe. AT&T is responsible for the branch systems of the submarine branch off the North American coast to landing points in Canada and the United States, and a portion of the main cable from the North American branch to the Japanese landing site. According to AT&T spokesman: Japan International Telecom