"Microsoft announced via a status website that the Mideast "may experience increased latency due to undersea fiber cuts in the Red Sea." The Redmond, Washington-based firm did not immediately elaborate, though it said that internet traffic not moving through the Middle East "is not impacted." NetBlocks, which monitors internet access, said "a series of subsea cable outages in the Red Sea has degraded internet connectivity in multiple countries," which it said included India and Pakistan."
"The South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 4 cable is run by Tata Communications, part of the Indian conglomerate. The India-Middle East-Western Europe cable is run by another consortium overseen by Alcatel Submarine Networks. Neither firm responded to requests for comment. Pakistan Telecommunications Co. Ltd., a telecommunication giant in that country, noted that the cuts had taken place in a statement on Saturday."
Undersea fiber cables in the Red Sea were cut, disrupting internet access and increasing latency in parts of Asia and the Middle East. The cause of the cuts was not immediately clear, and there has been concern about possible targeting linked to Yemen's Houthi rebels, though the Houthis have denied past attacks on cables. Internet service providers can reroute traffic via alternate routes, but outages can slow access. Microsoft warned of increased latency for the Mideast, and NetBlocks reported degraded connectivity affecting countries including India and Pakistan, blaming failures near Jeddah. Operators reported SMW4 and IMEWE were affected, and neither firm responded to requests for comment.
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