Submarine Cables Off Mumbai Coast Damaged; Data Transfer May Be Affected

Business Standard: Two submarine cables FLAG and SEA-ME-WE-3 that carry voice, data and Internet bandwidth to a number of countries, including India, were damaged at around 37 nautical miles off Mumbai coast today.
As the bandwidth is being restored over redundant cables and satellites, this is unlikely to impact telephony. However, Internet access in certain circuits may slow down. There are seven submarnine cables landing in India now and four more will be set up next year. The reasons for the disruptions are not immediately known. Sources said this could be on account of sinking trawlers or fishing boats landing on the cable network. The degree of damage cut was also not immediately known, as it was monitored from the control stations of the companies in Mumbai.

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