Ships to Repair Damaged Undersea Cables

January 2, 2007

(AP) -- Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom Co. said Tuesday two repair ships will soon start fixing undersea cables damaged last week by an earthquake off the island's coast that resulted in a major disruption to telephone and Internet links across Asia.

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