The NPC (North Pacific Cable) started operating. It is a submarine telecommunications cable system that links USA and Japan through the North Pacific Ocean.
With a transmission capability to up to 1,260 Mbit/s, the 8,400 km-long cable system has landing points in Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan; Pacific City, Tillamook County, Oregon, U.S.; and Seward, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, U.S..
The cable that was also included to Alaska, ceased operating in 2004.
