US SPRINT COMPLETES SECOND FIBER OPTIC ROUTE
US Sprint, a joint venture of
GTE Corp <GTE> and United Telecommunications Inc <UT>, said its
second transcontinental fiber-optic route now is fully
operational.
    "The cable placement was completed in mid-March abd
commercial traffic began moving on the route April 1," Charles
Skibo, US Sprint president, said.
    The new Southern route network runs from Los Angeles to
Fairfax, S.C., US Sprint said, adding it plans a third route in
the North from New York to Seattle.
    US Sprint completed its first route, known as the Central
route, in October 1986.
    The company also said its customer base now exceeds five
mln customers. When it was formed in June 1986 it had 2.7 mln
customers, US Sprint said.
 Reuter
