Subsea Cable Network
Ship likely cut Red Sea cables that disrupted internet across Asia, Africa
A ship likely cut cables in the Red Sea that disrupted internet access in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, experts said Tuesday, showing the lines' vulnerability over a year after another incident severed them. The International Cable Protection Committee told The Associated Press that 15 submarine cables pass through the narrow Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the southern mouth of the Red Sea that separates East Africa from the Arabian Peninsula. Over the weekend, authorities in multiple countries identified the cables affected as the South East AsiaMiddle EastWestern Europe 4, the India-Middle East-Western Europe and the FALCON GCX cables. On Tuesday, that list expanded to include the Europe India Gateway cable as well, said Doug Madory, director of internet analysis at the firm Kentik. Initial reporting suggested the cut happened off the coast of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, something authorities in the kingdom have not acknowledged, nor have the companies managing the cables. That disrupted ..
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Meta to build 50,000 km subsea cable to connect US, India, Brazil, S Africa
Dubbed Project Waterworth, the undersea cable will be a multi-billion-dollar, multi-year investment to strengthen the scale and reliability of the world's digital highways
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Google, Meta set to challenge Jio, Airtel with new subsea cable projects
Google and Meta are investing billions in India's subsea cables, challenging telecom giants Jio, Airtel, and Tata Communications as the nation emerges as a key data hub
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Meta, Bharti Airtel to bring 'world's longest' subsea cable to India
World's longest subsea cable system aims to provide faster internet to almost 3 billion people
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Continental power grid spanning Japan to India inches closer to reality
Plans for a web of sub-sea cables that would create a continental power grid spanning Japan to India are rapidly becoming cheaper and more feasible
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TMS Ep130: Smartphone production, EPF rate, markets, submarine cable
Will lockdown in China impact India's phone production? What should you do after EPF interest rate cut? How will the market react to US Fed meeting? What are submarine cables? All answers here
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What are submarine cables?
The Pacific island nation, Tonga, went offline for over a month earlier this year, after a tsunami snapped the submarine cables. What are undersea fiber cables? Why are they critical to connectivity?
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Facebook's 2Africa to become world's longest subsea cable
Facebook has announced a new segment of subsea cable called 2Africa Pearls, which connects three continents
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7 things to know about a subsea cable network
Bay of Bengal Gateway subsea network has been built by six telcos to handle high bandwidth demand
