World's Submarine Telephone Cable Systems, 1990

摘要

Contents: The history of the submarine telephone cable; Fiber optic lightwave submarine telephone cables; Listings and indexes--Systems in being in 1990, systems expected to come into being, and projects once considered, not materializing; Seacable system data profiles--definition of data terms, data profiles of all category A systems, description of all category B projects; International cable protection committee; Abbreviations and short names; Glossary; Bibliography; List of cableships since 1900; Maps.