Members of the Guam-Philippines Ltd. Partnership and a consortium of suppliers have signed an

Members of the Guam-Philippines Ltd. Partnership and a consortium of suppliers have signed an agreement for the construction and operation of a submarine fiber-optic cable system linking the Philippines and Guam. Suppliers include Tyco Submarine Systems Ltd., Morristown, NJ, kdd Submarine Cable Systems of Tokyo, and Kanematsu Corp. of Tokyo. The 3600-km, 20-Gbit/sec cable system is scheduled for service in March 1999, and ownership of the cable system is to be turned over to users by Guam-Philippines Ltd. Partnership after 10 years.