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11
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 2008 ANNUAL REPORT
Connecting Nations Across the Globe
To meet the needs of businesses that operate around the world,
Verizon has made strategic investments to become a leading pro-
vider of global communications, IT and security solutions with the
world’s most connected public IP network. As a founding mem-
ber of the Trans-Pacific Express (TPE) Cable Consortium, Verizon
Business has played a key role in helping to design, engineer
and build the 18,000 kilometer (11,000 mile) TPE cable network,
which is now in service. The TPE cable connects the United States
to mainland China, South Korea and Taiwan.
As the only U.S.-based founding member of the consortium,
Verizon Business guided the direction of the TPE cable and
provided all U.S. operational needs for the TPE Consortium.
These include responsibility for activities at the cable station in
Oregon, on the U.S. network cable routes and in the TPE network
operations center, all of which allow us to provide a high level
of network management functions for our customers. The next
planned phase of the TPE system, with the addition of NTT
Communications to the consortium, will provide new connections
from Japan to China, Taiwan and South Korea.
Our involvement allows our customers to take full
advantage of the cable system and the Verizon Business network,
providing direct connectivity to our ultra-long haul and global
mesh networks.