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Indian operator to repair internet cable next week

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DISRUPTED SERVICES: India's Reliance Communications expects to repair damaged cable, which has disrupted internet services, next week. (Getty Images)

India's No. 2 mobile operator, Reliance Communications, said it expected to repair by next week its damaged submarine cable, which along with cuts in two other cables had disrupted internet and phone services in some parts of the Middle East and South Asia.

Breaks in the three submarine cables under the Mediterranean, including the Reliance's FLAG Europe-Asia cable, were possibly caused by a ship's anchor at the weekend.

A ship with spares was on its way to the site, Reliance said on Monday in a statement to newswire Reuters.

Reliance said its unit, Reliance Globalcom, which operates the FLAG cable network, was working closely with its suppliers and partners to build additional capacity to meet year-end traffic of customers.

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The company said it had diverted the traffic via Pacific region and customers were using the services, though some congestion was expected. (Reuters)

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Posted by Najaf Haider, Kuwait on Sunday 28 December 2008 at 00:31 UAE time


The problem is that 3 underwater cables have been damaged, yet again this year. But what really compunds the problem is that there is no update on the situation. All searches show old news dated 19 and 22 December. It'd be nice if France Telecom and Reliance Telecom set up a web site, informing global users of hour-by-hour status of work being done.

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