As repair work gets under way, rumors are flying thick and fast about the cause of a series of undersea cable cuts in the Middle East in recent days. The latest is that a fifth undersea cable has been cut — or it could be a second cut to Flag Telecom’s FALCON cable near the Egyptian port of Alexandria, which was severed Jan. 23. The damaged cables were FLAG Europe-Asia, the Flag FALCON and SEA-ME-WE-4, owned by a consortium of 16 international telecommunication companies. The fourth cable cut was the Qatar-United Arab Emirates cable.
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Speculation Swirls as Undersea Cable Repairs Begin
Posted by: Richard Adhikari February 6, 2008 01:28 PMAs repair work gets under way, rumors are flying thick and fast about the cause of a series of undersea cable cuts in the Middle East in recent days. The latest is that a fifth undersea cable has been cut — or it could be a second cut to Flag Telecom’s FALCON cable near the Egyptian port of Alexandria, which was severed Jan. 23. The damaged cables were FLAG Europe-Asia, the Flag FALCON and SEA-ME-WE-4, owned by a consortium of 16 international telecommunication companies. The fourth cable cut was the Qatar-United Arab Emirates cable.