Among these were the securing of undersea cable capacity on a trans-Atlantic cable, the acquisition of dark fiber in Europe and the purchase of interests in undersea cables between the U.S. and China and the U.S. and Japan. Additional capacity agreements connecting Williams Communications' domestic network to key Asian markets were in the works early in the second quarter. Higher off-network costs and operations and maintenance costs contributed to the remainder of the variance. About Williams Communications Group, Inc. Based in Tulsa, Okla., Williams Communications has 9,000 employees primarily in North America, with offices in Europe and Asia and investments in South America and Australia.
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