Global Photons Systems Inc. (Idyllwild, CA) selected Tyco Submarine Systems Ltd. (Morristown, NJ)

Global Photons Systems Inc. (Idyllwild, CA) selected Tyco Submarine Systems Ltd. (Morristown, NJ) to construct the first portion of the Global West Network--a Pacific coast fiber-optic undersea cable system connecting metropolitan areas between Canada and Mexico. Global West Network, with an initial contract value of approximately $95 million, is scheduled for service in the summer of 1999. The network will be implemented in three phases with multiple landings and connections to central offices and network access points from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The total system length will be 3100 km of sea cable and 500 km of land cable.