THE NORTH PACIFIC CABLE GETS GO AHEAD

The Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications has given the go-ahead for the laying of the North Pacific Cable – PPAC-1 – by International Digital Communications Corp, Cable & Wireless Plc and Pacific Telecom Cable Inc: the cable will run 9,510 miles, and the IDC consortium will bear over one third of the $334m cost, with completion set for end-1990.

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