undersea cable / internet backbone
Are you aware? Really aware? Internet service disrupted in Mideast and India
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Damaged underwater cables in the Mediterranean Sea disrupted Internet service in large parts of the Middle East and India for a second day on Thursday, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Submarine communications cable - Wiki EntryDamaged undersea cable hits Net - The Times of India
Sea-Me-We-4 a 20,000 km optical submarine cable network which links the 14 countries of Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Italy, Tunisia, Algeria and France.
Middle East Internet outage: Do you have backups for your offshore ops?Countries across the Middle East are sans Internet connections due to a cable break on Wednesday. Two lessons: The Internet in some areas lack redundancy and telecommunications infrastructure is weak. And companies that outsource customer service operations offshore need to plan ahead.
Emergency Task Force Follows up Internet and Communications Disruption
Cairo, 30 January 2008Minister of Communications and Information Technology Dr. Tarek Kamel formed Wednesday an emergency task force to follow-up the consequences of a damage to a submarine cable in the Mediterranean causing cut off in internet services and international communications at contact centers in Egypt.
"A communication cable in the Mediterranean Sea was cut, which led to partial disruptions to internet and communications services in Egypt," Minister of Communication and Information Technology Dr. Tarek Kamel told the press.
The emergency task force is working on finding alternative communication channels as well as operating the internet and communications of call centers through the SEAMEWE 3 marine cable in the Mediterranean, Dr. Kamel added.
A partial 70% internet disconnection has occurred nationwide, while international communications at offshore call centers have been affected by 30%. Slight problems also erupted with phone calls to Europe and the US.
Minister Kamel, meanwhile, held a meeting with Telecom Egypt (TE) Chairman Eng. Aqil Beshir, TE Deputy Chairman for International Communications, National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) Executive Chairman Dr. Amr Badawy, NTRA Deputy Chairman Eng. Mostafa Abdel-Wahed and other officials, reviewing the TE report on the sudden cut off of communications at 6 am today in the Mediterranean, 10 kilometers from Alexandria.
