Alaska Power & Telephone Gets Approvals for SEALink Fiber Optic Project.

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Alaska Power & Telephone Company (AP&T) has achieved key milestones for the SEALink fiber optic project undertaken by its subsidiary AP&T Wireless (APTW), the company said.

In December of 2021, US Department of Agriculture Rural Utility Services (RUS) provided the SEALink project with environmental clearance, authorizing construction. Shortly after RUS environmental approvals, APTW executed a contract with Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke, a German subsidiary of the submarine cable manufacturer Prysmian Group, for supply and installation of the submarine fiber optic cable in 2022 -- two years ahead of the project's original schedule.

The SEALink project will create a 214-mile submarine fiber optic cable from Prince of Wales Island to Juneau, with an overland crossing on Mitkof Island...

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