Internet services in parts of the Middle East and South Asia have been disrupted due to damages to Mediterranean submarine cables. A spokesperson for ship owner and telecom operator France Telecom said Saturday that the undersea cables were damaged between 0728 GMT and 0806 on Friday, Reuters reported. Spokesman Louis-Michel Aymard said the cause of the cuts remain "unclear".
The SEA-ME-WE3, SEA-ME-WE4 and FLAG lines, near the Alexandria cable station in Egypt have been cut, causing varying degrees of disruption from Zambia to India and Taiwan. Iran, among other Middle Eastern countries, also suffers from slow Internet access. "There are two theories: either the anchor of a ship, which could have displaced them ... or an earthquake. We think it's the first theory," Aymard continued. France Telecom expects the lines to be repaired by the end of the year. In January, breaks in undersea cables off the Egyptian coast and in the Persian Gulf disrupted Internet access in the Middle East and South Asia. MD/AA
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