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Cable Repairs Underway

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2008 -- Repairs on two undersea communication cables -- between Alexandria, Egypt, and Palermo, Italy, and between Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Al Seeb, Oman -- should be completed by Sunday, Flag Telecom reported today in an online bulletin. A repair crew of marine experts and optical engineers has reached the Egypt-Italy site of damage to the Flag Europe Asia cable, reported about 8.3 km from the Alexandria cable landing station between that segment. A ship loaded with spares, marine experts and optical engineers reached the United Arab Emirates-Oman site yesterday and is expected to...Read full article

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    Published: February 2008
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    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
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