Mumbai, September 7: Internet services have been impacted across South Asia and Middle East due to the Red Sea cable outage. It has affected India, Pakistan and other countries. The disruption was traced to the cable by Tata Communications and the cable by Alcatel-Lucent group of companies. The affected countries are facing slow internet issue and disruption.
Earlier, it was reported that Microsoft Azure cloud service was disrupted by the multiple Red Sea cable cuts slowing down the internet activities. Microsoft confirmed that its Azure cloud services experience disruptions. The tech giant warned the users of “increased latency” on routes passing through the Middle East saying, “Network traffic that does not traverse through the Middle East is not impacted. We’ll continue to provide daily updates, or sooner if conditions change.”
Why Internet is down in India?
The internet disruption was linked to the cuts in the SMW4 (South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 4) cable operated by Tata Communications. Alcatel-Lucent operated IMEWE (India-Middle East-Western Europe) cable also was linked to the problems the internet. However, as per a report, neither of the company first responded.
As per the official X post by Pakistan Telecommunications (@PTCLOfficial), the cable cuts occurred in Saudi waters near Jeddah. As a result, partial bandwidth capacity of SMW4 and IMEWE systems were measured.
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