Not long ago, the Houthis pressured the US and UK to cut undersea fiber optic cables in the Red Sea if they launched another attack on Yemen. This threat has aroused worldwide concern.
This very morning, three fiber optic cables located under the Red Sea have been cut. Internet communications in the Middle East, in India and Pakistan will be affected.
The three submarine cables are Asia-Africa-Europe1, Europe-India-Gateway et Seacom-TGN-Gulf, which carry a large part of international traffic, and outages led to disruptions in communications services and delays in data transmission.
Global Global Telecom (HGC) has not yet indicated how the cables were damaged, and it is not known exactly what severed the submarine fiber optic cables. But the incident had considerable repercussions.
Seacom, which operates one of the Seacom/TGN-GUlf submarine cables, said it must obtain an operating license for the region before it can carry out repair work on the Red Sea submarine cable. It may take a while. This makes the restoration of network communications in the Red Sea region even more uncertain..
Cables Ssubmarines Sou the Red Sea
The Red Sea has extremely important strategic attributes. It constitutes an important pipeline for the transport of oil and gas, as well as an important maritime link with the Mediterranean Sea and the Suez Canal. All types of energy and shipping are transported around the world through it.
It is also one of the densest regions in terms of transport lines. submarine fiber optic cables. According to statistics, the Red Sea has more than 15 fiber optic submarine cable lines, making it one of the densest areas for submarine fiber optic cable lines.
These fiber optic cables carry a considerable volume of international communications traffic, which directly affects network communications in all regions of the world.
Underwater fiber optic cables in the Red Sea currently damaged, some traffic will need to be rerouted to meet the bandwidth needs of the damaged portion.
Impact of the interruption of Ccables Ssubmarines
Submarine cables currently constitute the main communications infrastructure. They convey many aspects of networking, such as transnational information transfer, international communications and the internet.
Almost all global networking relies onsubmarine cables. For example, commercial communications between commercial companies, the exchange of research results in scientific research organizations, data sharing in educational institutions, etc.
Therefore, the interruption of a submarine cable can have a wide range of consequences.
Communications
Disruption of submarine cables directly affects the efficiency of cross-border communications. It prevents international phone calls, faxes, the letters, etc. to run smoothly. It affects communication between two or more parties.
Even if only part of the cable is damaged. This can also cause an increase in the time it takes for fiber optic cables to transmit data, leading to communication delays. Negative impact in areas such as video conferencing, financial markets, the games, etc.
Services Internet
We are in the internet age and there is a massive internet population in every part of the world. Underwater cables are used to connect internet services. In case of disturbance, the impact on Internet services will be significant.
First of all, a large number of websites will not be able to access response requests. These include government sites, information sites, commercial sites, video sites, etc. This hinders access to information and daily leisure activities.
Secondly, the impact of the submarine cable interruption on online applications is also significant. Online payments, social software, etc. all depend on the Internet platform. Once internet service is affected, these online apps will not work.
Economic Losses
With global economic integration. Financial transactions such as stocks, futures contracts, foreign exchange and other financial transactions have a high demand for real-time global data. Any interruption or untimely transmission of information leads to market volatility.
It even leads to stagnation of transactions in the financial market in case of frequent transactions. This results in all sorts of instabilities for investors..
At the same time, many internet and e-commerce businesses are unable to make online sales, customer requests cannot be processed in a timely manner, logistics information cannot be updated timely, and a whole host of other problems. It affects the revenue and reputation of companies and causes them serious economic losses.
The Ppoint of view of ZMS Cable
ZMS Cable believes that fiber optic cable is a means of network communication that all regions of the world currently need. It plays an important role in transmitting digital information globally. promote information exchange and contacts between countries and regions of the world.
Cut of submarine cable in the Red Sea not only affects network communication in the region. More importantly, in the context of an armed conflict, Does this incident risk exacerbating tensions between the parties? ?
The situation in the Middle East has been volatile for a long time, and all countries in the world should attach great importance to it and actively respond.. We must prevent a similar incident from happening and the submarine cables in the Red Sea from being cut. In order to maintain the stability of global communications, joint efforts of the international community are needed to promote peaceful development in all regions.
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