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The Hormuz digital chokepoint: How does the Iran war threaten subsea cables?Iran has highlighted the vulnerability of submarine cables in the Strait of Hormuz. These vital undersea links carry 99% of global internet...
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New domain in modern warfare? China’s deep-sea cable cutter test at 3,500 meters—where most internet cables lie—could give America an an internet blockade at China willChina deep-sea cable cutter test at 3,500 meters is now a proven capability. Over 95% of global internet traffic moves through submarine ca...
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- Bharti ramps up undersea cable connectivity plans
Bharti Airtel is set to take on Reliance's Flag and Tata Communications in the undersea cable business to carry voice and data between diff...
26 Mar, 2009, 01.17 AM IST
- Cable damage: TRAI seeks details of RCOM’s crisis management plan
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has asked Reliance Communications (RCOM) to submit details of its back-up plans for such e...
26 Dec, 2008, 12.07 AM IST
- Bharti to build Europe India Gateway cable
Bharti Airtel has joined 15 global telecommunications majors including South Africa’s MTN, British Telecom, US-based AT&T and Verizon to co...
08 May, 2008, 02.02 AM IST
- Bharti joins five global telcos for US-Japan undersea cable
Bharti Airtel has joined hands with 5 international cos including internet giant Google to construct a new high-bandwidth, sub-sea cable sy...
27 Feb, 2008, 06.15 AM IST
- Tata Communications foraying into China
Tatas-owned VSNL, which has rebranded itself as Tata Communications, is foraying into China. So far, China had been the missing link to the...
16 Feb, 2008, 04.16 PM IST
- Bharti to set up undersea cable connecting India, France
Telecom major Bharti Airtel will set up another high-capacity undersea cable, which will connect India to France through the Middle East, i...
06 Feb, 2008, 05.07 PM IST
- Alcatel bags $350 mn deal from RCOM
FLAG Telecom has awarded a contract estimated at $350 million to France-based vendor Alcatel to build a fully IP-enabled trans-Pacific unde...
13 Dec, 2007, 02.01 AM IST
- Undersea broadband cable to link Africa, India & Europe
South Africa has given the go-ahead for the construction of an undersea broadband cable linking South Africa, east African countries and In...
14 Nov, 2007, 02.28 PM IST
- RCOM, Tatas now lock horns in Africa
Tatas and RCOM eye cable system linking South Africa to Madagascar and Mauritius.
18 Jan, 2007, 02.44 AM IST
- Orascom, VSNL to tie up for cable biz
Controversial Egyptian telecom company Orascom is set to enter into a partnership with Tatas-owned VSNL for the submarine cable business.
12 Jan, 2007, 02.53 AM IST
- FLAG Telecom heads to Maldives
RCL subsidiary, FLAG Telecom, is now heading to Maldives, to link the island through an undersea cable communication system for internation...
17 Nov, 2006, 02.57 AM IST