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The consortium received a 25-year UK license, outlined near-term London intra-links and longer-term expansion, and detailed expected operations, topology, fiber requirements, and costs, alongside competitive bidding. 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Drexlercutting optical memory disc prices,p.3...  Calendar,FIBER/LASER People in the News,p.  \n4...Business Opportunities,p.5..   Insider Trading,Pp.6-7..  Laser videodisc invest-ments top $400 million with more on the way,p.8.  \n## BRITAIN's.MERCURY CONSORTIUM READYING OPTICAL FIBER LINK FOR 7 ENGLISH CITIES\n\nBritain's Project Mercury consortium,which plans to link 7 major English cities withan optical fiber communications network,disclosed that it plans to spend $3.6 million im-mediately for intra-London links and as much as $1.8 billion over the next 25 years.  \nThe organization recently received a 25-year license from the British government,mak-ing it a rival to British Telecom in the domestic market.  \nAs reported Sept.16 in FIBER/LASER NEWS,the consortium consists of Cable and Wire-less,British Petroleum(each with 40%)and Barclays Merchant Bank(20%).Following gov-ernment approval,the organization named Derek Evans,a former Cable and Wireless regiona1manager,to be the managing director of Mercury.  \nThe initial $3.6 million London segment of the network,aimed at business users,isexpected to be operational in 1 year.From London,Mercury plans to 1ay an optical fibercable to Birmingham and have that portion of the network operational by the end of 1983.By 1985 the entire network,which resembles a figure 8 double loop will link Sheffield,Leeds,Liverpool,Manchester and Bristol to the original 2 cities.The network will becontrolled from an operations center to be established in Birmingham.  \nThe figure 81oop will require more than 1,000 km of fiber cable,and total cost isestimated at around $36 million.Four companies have submitted bids:ITT's Standard Tele-phone and Cables subsidiary,BICC Ltd.,(formerly known as British Insulated CallenderCables),General Electric(U.K.)and Pirelli.A winner is expected to be named in a fewmonths.  \nMercury has more ambitious plans for the future,however,and the total cost of facil-ities could go as high as $1.8 billion.The British government did not grant permissionfor Mercury to have its own communications satellites,requiring it to lease channels fromBritish Telecom instead,but the new firm will have its own earth station.  \n## CONTROL DATA,PHILIPS JOIN FORCES TO PUSH OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY FOR COMPUTER STORAGE\n\nThe American computer firm Control Data Corp.has joined forces with N.V.Philips ofthe Netherlands to apply the Dutch firm's laserdisc technology from the consumer market tonew data processing applications in competition with conventional magnetic storage media.  \nThe agreement establishes 2 joint venture organizations to develop the new technology:Optical Peripherals Laboratory,Colorado Springs,Colorado,for the optical disc drives;and Optical Media Laboratory,Eindhoven,the Netherlands,to develop the optical media.Neither wil1 manufacture,but they will grant manufacturing rights under license to otherorganizations.  \nOptical Peripherals Laboratory will be managed by Magnetic Peripherals Inc.,a subsid-iary of Control Data in which Honeywel1 of the United States and CII-Honeywell Bull ofFrance also participate.MPI will have a 52%interest and Philips Optical Storage Corp.,a subsidiary of the United States Philips Trust,will have the other 48%.  \nThe Optical Media Laboratory will be managed by N.V.Philips,which will have a 52%interest.The remaining 48%will be held by CDC subsidiary,Control Data Optical MediaInc.  \n## ITALIAN OPTICAL FIBER PLANT IN NAPLES PLANNED BY PIRELLI GROUP\n\nThe Italian industrial group Pirelli is entering the optical fiber business with anew plant to be built near Naples.  \n## BRITISH FIRM TO TEST OPTICAL FIBERS IN DEMANDING HELICOPTER ENVIRONMENT\n\nFiber/Laser News(ISSN 0275-6099)is published by Phillips Publishing,Inc.,7315Wisconsin Avenue,BethesdaMD 20814.Phone 301-986-0666.Frequency:Bi","cbCaid5tVVttcGVB","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaid5tVVttcGVB","pdf",2860279,"English","# BRITAIN's.MERCURY CONSORTIUM READYING OPTICAL FIBER LINK FOR 7 ENGLISH CITIES\n## CONTROL DATA,PHILIPS JOIN FORCES TO PUSH OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY FOR COMPUTER STORAGE\n## ITALIAN OPTICAL FIBER PLANT IN NAPLES PLANNED BY PIRELLI GROUP\n## BRITISH FIRM TO TEST OPTICAL FIBERS IN DEMANDING HELICOPTER ENVIRONMENT\n## Laseron: new Israeli firm announces first product","[{\"question\":\"What is the Project Mercury consortium planning to build in Britain?\",\"answer\":\"Project Mercury plans to build an optical fiber communications network linking seven major English cities.\"},{\"question\":\"How did Project Mercury obtain authorization and what are its near-term steps?\",\"answer\":\"The organization received a 25-year license from the British government and plans immediate spending for intra-London links with the initial London segment expected to be operational within about a year.\"},{\"question\":\"What collaborations are mentioned for optical technology in computer storage?\",\"answer\":\"Control Data has partnered with N.V. 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