澳大利亚电信公司签订了价值1.6千万(澳元,下同)的第一条长距离光纤线路的合同。这项合同由澳大利亚标准电缆厂和Olex电缆厂共同承包,前者为1千万元,后者为5.6千万元。这两个厂家都将在澳生产光缆。合同中规定的光缆将于86年初开始交给澳大利亚电信公司,敷设工程将用约十五个月时间。至于按计划在86年4月与87年8月之间安装电子传输设备的下一个合同也将签订。60000个信道的光缆线路计划于88年澳大利亚国庆节前开始服务。目前,探测队已沿着基本上是现有同轴电缆系统的路径开始工作。光纤开发机构 Plessey Pacific Pty Ltd宣称,已在堪培拉建立一个开发公司来实施研究国防和其它政府机构的工程。这家公司活动的详细决议尚未作出,但是打算涉及到研究有关宇宙计划的地面台站、通信和控制系统、软件应用及光纤技术。该公司首先将承揽目前正在堪培拉技术公园为Plessey Pacific DefenceSystemes Pry Ltyd建造的一部分大楼的工程项目,并将由公司经理负责领导。与此同时,澳大利亚的最大 Australian Telecom signed a contract for the first long-distance fiber-optic line worth 16 million Australian dollars. The contract was jointly contracted by the Australian Standard Cable Plant and the Olex Cable Plant, the former being 10 million yuan and the latter being 56 million yuan. Both manufacturers will produce optical cables in Australia. The fiber optic cable specified in the contract will be handed over to Telecom Australia in early 86 and the laying process will take about 15 months. The next contract for the installation of electronic transmission equipment between April 86 and August 87 as planned will also be signed. The 60,000-channel optical cable line is scheduled to begin service before the Australian National Day in the year 88. Currently, the probe team has begun to work along a path that is basically an existing coaxial cable system. The optical fiber development agency Plessey Pacific Pty Ltd announced that it has established a development company in Canberra to conduct research projects on defense and other government agencies. A detailed resolution of the company’s activities has not yet been made, but it is intended to involve the study of terrestrial stations, communications and control systems, software applications, and fiber optics technologies related to the space program. The company will first undertake the construction of a part of the building currently under construction at Plessey Pacific Defence Systemes Pry Ltyd in Canberra Technology Park and will be led by the company manager. At the same time, Australia’s largest