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Advanced Products, LLC., also pro- vides full service and support for opti- cal underwater mateable connectors and electrical underwater mateable connectors as well as consultancy services and is committed to working closely with customers to determine appropriate optical and electrical con- nection systems.

Plymouth Marine Laboratory

Prospect Place, The Hoe

Plymouth, Devon UK PL1 3DH

Tel: +44 1752 633100

Email: [email protected] www.pml.ac.uk

PML is an independent, impartial provider of scientific research, con- tract services and advice on the marine environment, with a focus on understanding marine ecosystems and reducing uncertainty about the complex processes and structures that sustain life in the seas and their role in the Earth system. To help deliver its knowledge transfer most effective- ly PML has a wholly owned trading subsidiary, PML Applications Ltd, which has been created to facilitate the exploitation and application of

PML research and to provide a more appropriate interface for working with end users, industrial and com- mercial partners.

Woods Hole Group www.woodsholegroup.com

The Woods Hole Group, Inc. was founded in 1986 by Dr. David

Aubrey, who assembled a team of coastal sciences, engineering, and planning personnel. Earliest projects involved shore protection, coastal measurements, numerical modeling, and environmental permitting in the

U.S., Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean.

The firm then established an interna- tional reputation for improving trans- boundary environmental policy with projects in the Black and Caspian

Seas. To bolster offshore capabilities, an oceanographic equipment compa- ny was acquired in 1991, adding oceanographic and engineering per- sonnel. An analytical chemistry labo- ratory also was acquired in 1996.

Building upon a standard product line of wave, tide, and current meters (WHISL), the emerging oceanogra-

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Tyco Telecommunications 60 Columbia Road, Morristown, NJ 07960

Tel: 866.892.6611

Email: [email protected] • www.tycotelecom.com

President: David Coughlan

Number of Employees: 1200

Annual Sales (US$): $1 billion

Tyco Telecommunications, an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology and marine services, is a leading global supplier for undersea com- munications requirements. With more than five decades of operation, Tyco Telecommunications has designed, manufactured, and installed more than 80 undersea fiber optic systems around the world. Technology Profile: To meet the needs of the world's demand for reliable bandwidth capacity and marine services, Tyco Telecommunications continues to develop and build on its technology, with a com- mitment to forward-looking, customer-focused solutions. Current research and development efforts are driven by cus- tomer demand for lower-cost solutions that enable long-term growth. Most recently, those efforts have focused on cre- ating solutions to serve the oil and gas industry. As production-demands increase, oil and gas platforms are moving far- ther offshore and into deeper waters, therefore also increasing the demand for reliable and robust communications net- works. To meet those demands, Tyco Telecommunications installs cable connecting rigs to rigs and rigs to land. Using

Optical Add/Drop Multiplexing (OADM) technology and its own developed suite of interconnect devices and sub- marine line terminal equipment, Tyco Telecommunications deploys self-healing ring topologies, ensuring systems con- tinue to operate even if one rig's connectivity suffers a breakdown. With its combined focus on traditional and offshore cable installation, Tyco Telecommunications has deployed more than 402,000 km of cable worldwide: an amount that would circle the earth 10 times. Tyco Telecommunications also offers complete marine support for undersea networks of any size, including route survey and engineering; cable installation; terrestrial constructions; cable data management; deep and shallow water repair; cable recovery and retrieval. The company's fleet of Reliance-class vessel cable ships and remote-operated vehicles (ROVs) not only provide the most efficient means for cable installation, but also ensure the rapid recovery and repair of damaged cable.

Cable Installation.

Coughlan

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