A cable layer at the Port of Astoria

A cable layer at anchor in Astoria, OR

CS Global Sentinal (Tyco) laying an undersea fiber optic cable system - Feb. Tata Communications, formerly known Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited or VSNL, is India 's largest Telecommunication company in international long 2008

A cable layer or cable ship is a deep-sea vessel designed and used to lay underwater cables for telecommunications, electricity, and such. A ship /ʃɪp/ is a large vessel that floats on water Ships are generally distinguished from Boats based on size A submarine communications cable is a cable laid beneath the sea to carry Telecommunications between countries A large superstructure, and one or more spools that feed off the transom distinguish it. A superstructure is an upward extension of an existing structure above a baseline In Naval architecture, a transom is the surface that forms the Stern of a vessel

See also

• Submarine communications cable
• List of international submarine communications cables
• Communications satellite
• Submarine power cable
• Transatlantic telegraph cable
• Transatlantic telephone cable
• Optical fibre

External links

• Photos of commercial cable layers
• Animation of underwater cable-laying
• Alcatel: Cable maintenance vessels
• Tyco Telecommunications - Marine Services

References

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