A group of six international companies has announced plans to build an ultra-high speed, undersea, fiber-optic cable under the Pacific Ocean, between Japan and the United States. The project is meant to improve Internet and other telecommunication... ...full story at China Confidential
from China Confidential on Thu, Feb 28 2008
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