India's undersea turbulence; Anthropic's courtroom winThe government has asked telcos and subsea operators to assess risks to India's data cables amid the war in West Asia. This and more in tod...
27 Mar, 2026, 07.50 PM IST
Iran war: Billions of dollars at risk for US tech companiesIran’s threat against US technology companies in the Gulf region could expose billions of dollars in digital infrastructure to war risks, p...
13 Mar, 2026, 08.18 AM IST
Undersea cables cut in Red Sea, disrupting internet access in Asia, West AsiaInternet access faced disruption in Asia and the Middle East. This happened due to cuts in undersea cables in the Red Sea. Experts are inve...
08 Sep, 2025, 12.29 AM IST
Undersea cables cut in the Red Sea, disrupting internet access in Asia and the MideastUndersea cable cuts in the Red Sea disrupted internet access across parts of Asia and the Middle East on Sunday. Experts suspect the damage...
07 Sep, 2025, 10.54 AM IST
Under the sea, for sake of strategy: Why foreign powers hold India’s digital pulseIndia’s economic and political sovereignty hinges on subsea cables that carry almost all first-mile internet traffic, yet most are owned, l...
11 Aug, 2025, 10.54 PM IST
Submarine optic fibre infra booms as Google, Meta pour in dollars; data rivalry with local telcos in the offingGoogle and Meta are heavily investing in submarine fiber optic cables in India, setting up a competition with domestic companies such as Re...
11 Dec, 2024, 02.48 PM IST
Improved internet quality ahead: New subsea cable routes to widen India’s data highwayIndia's digital connectivity is set to expand significantly with three major undersea cable projects coming online between October and Marc...
21 Aug, 2024, 08.06 AM IST
One small update brought down millions of IT systems around the world. It's a timely warningThe outage was linked to a single update automatically rolled out to Crowdstrike Falcon, a ubiquitous cyber security tool used primarily by...
20 Jul, 2024, 11.04 AM IST
India must loosen the cords tying it too tightly to the pervasive influence of global Big TechIndia aims for self-sufficiency through autarky and atmanirbhar initiatives, focusing on nurturing the 13 markers of 'Viksit Bharat' for a ...
23 May, 2024, 10.53 PM IST
US, Japan, Philippines strike deals on defense, investment at leaders' summitJapanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, U.S. President Joe Biden, and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. unveiled agreements to boos...
12 Apr, 2024, 07.15 AM IST
Taiwan prepares for cyber D-Day in China invasion scenariosTaiwan faces a multifaceted threat from China, not only in terms of military invasion but also in cyber warfare. The island's cybersecurity...
11 Jan, 2024, 02.13 PM IST
The underwater cables remain the king for internet trafficRights laws and maintenance can keep critical underwater cables — and the internet — shipshape. There is a shift incontent providers prefer...
04 Aug, 2023, 12.46 AM IST
Inside the subsea cable firm secretly helping America take on ChinaOver the next month, the ship's crew covertly laid an underwater fiber-optic cable to the military base, an operation code-named "Big Wave,...
07 Jul, 2023, 09.11 AM IST
The spying that changed Big TechThe current climate of mistrust between Big Tech, politicians and the American public traces back partly to the Snowden revelations.
18 Sep, 2021, 10.30 AM IST
Wires that run the worldLast year, there were 4.28 billion mobile internet users on the planet, meaning that more than 90% of people who accessed the internet did ...
18 Sep, 2021, 09.12 AM IST
Tech giants seek meeting with new Malaysian PM on foreign ship cable waiverThe tech giants sent a letter on Wednesday to the office of the new premier to discuss the nation's "cabotage" policy.
04 Sep, 2021, 12.30 PM IST
See huge opportunities in Digital India & smart city plan: Tata CommunicationThere is demand for fibre-optic lines in tier 3, 4, 5 and 6 Indian cities, as tier 1 cities have been wired up and tier 2 were almost being...
06 Feb, 2015, 01.38 PM IST