Christ, Johannes, is Google to difficult for you to use? Let me guess, you will next argue that the billions of trillions of photons that escape the cables are warming our oceans...

You are intellectually limited and lazy.
You have others do the work for you and if you dont like the answers then you ignore them and keep spewing nonsense...

"CAMBRIDGE, MA - November 10, 1998 - The transatlantic market has led the submarine cable industry from its inception, when a telegraph cable was first laid from New York to London one hundred and thirty years ago. In the past decade 11 submarine fiber optic cables have been installed across the Atlantic, leading all other major submarine cable markets. As the submarine cable market progresses into the next century the Atlantic will remain a region of intense competition, innovation and investment.
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http://www.pioneerconsulting.com/pressrelease.php3?report=11

and:

"Over the next few years the company solidified its industry leadership and success through a series of high-profile technological advances, including the nation's first coast-to-coast fiber-optic transmission and the first transatlantic fiber-optic phone call. Sprint International then emerged in 1989 to promote the company's growing presence in the global marketplace. "

http://www.sprint.com/sprint/ir/sd/sh.html