In less than a week’s time, a fourth submarine cable was severed in West Asia, disrupting voice and telecommunication traffic between Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
They reason that three major cable systems bringing in internet traffic to the sub-continent have already been damaged, resulting in the companies moving traffic to other cable systems. Now, with the fourth one being damaged, the load on the existing systems would be high.
Meanwhile, internet service providers (ISPs) in India, such as Sify, have begun issuing warning that the Net access of some international websites could be slow due to the cable ruptures.
FLAG Telecom said its repair ship was expected to reach the accident spot, 8 km off the Alexandria coast, by February 5. FLAG has arranged a part of the restoration capacity on i2i system east of India and restored the internet and IPLC traffic.
Tata group-owned Videsh Sanchar Nigam, a consortium partner and network administrator for SMW-4, said it restored a majority of its IP connectivity in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region.
Meanwhile, internet service providers (ISPs) in India, such as Sify, have begun issuing warning that the Net access of some international websites could be slow due to the cable ruptures.
FLAG Telecom said its repair ship was expected to reach the accident spot, 8 km off the Alexandria coast, by February 5. FLAG has arranged a part of the restoration capacity on i2i system east of India and restored the internet and IPLC traffic.
Tata group-owned Videsh Sanchar Nigam, a consortium partner and network administrator for SMW-4, said it restored a majority of its IP connectivity in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region.
Source: Business Standard
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