Corning wins PGN's contract

Corning wins PGN's contract

NEW YORK: Corning Inc. won a contract to supply undersea
optical cables to a state-owned gas company in Indonesia.

A Corning spokeswoman wouldn't disclose the value the
contract, although she said it was "relatively small."

Corning said in a press release Tuesday that Indonesia's PT
Perusahaan Gas Negara will use the company's Vascade L1000 fiber,
which is designed for short-haul undersea routes.

The Corning spokeswoman noted that this marks the first time
this type of cable will be used in the region. The project should
help the company further develop inroads into the market there,
she said.

Corning, which makes optical fiber, cable and photonic
products for the telecom industry, said the network will connect
Sumatra to Singapore via the Indonesian island of Batam. The gas
company, which will use about 9,400 kilometers of the Corning
fiber, is developing a real-time gas-distribution management
system that will require the cable's capacity of 10 gigabytes per
second. -- Dow Jones