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Undersea cable to prevent repeat of net nightmare

Du investment in $700mn cable project to boost capacity, reliability - CEO.

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Ship impounded, crew arrested for net blackout

Ship allegedly responsible for cable damage that disrupted services across region.

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Ship impounded, crew arrested for net blackout

Ship allegedly responsible for cable damage that disrupted services across region

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Foul play still suspected over Internet chaos

'Deliberate act of sabotage' could have damaged undersea telecom cables. - UN

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Web access restored to Middle East

Services returned to normal as two of three broken undersea cables repaired, operator reports.

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Anchor blamed for severed Gulf cable

Flag Telecom repair crew finds six-tonne anchor near damaged cable 35 miles north of Dubai.

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Internet in Egypt back to normal by Monday

Telecom Egypt official says repairs on second of two cables cut last month almost finished.

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Flag cable repairs complete on Sunday

Flag Telecom says repairs to its undersea cables should be completed by 10th February; anchor that broke UAE cable recovered

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Internet chaos nears its end

Two broken underwater cables providing data services to Middle East to be fixed by February 10, Flag says.

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Saudi, UAE in new undersea cable deal

14,000km telecoms network will connect India and western Europe via the Middle East.

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Flag plays down net blackout conspiracy theories

Damage to undersea cables sparks fears US-Israel targeting Iran communications.

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Two weeks of net disruption - Etisalat

UAE telecom says it has been informed damaged undersea cable could take up to two weeks to repair.

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Bad weather holds up internet repairs

Repair ship stuck at port in Abu Dhabi unable to mend broken underwater cable off UAE coast.

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Egypt net nightmare to last 10 more days

Egyptian internet disruption caused by damage to undersea cables will last another 10 days, ministry says.

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Internet crisis deepens

Third undersea cable break between UAE and Oman adds to web woes after two breaks just days earlier.

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Egypt undersea cable breakage fixed within two weeks

Operator expects repairs to Egyptian cable to be completed within two weeks; repair ship due to start work on 5th February

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Third Middle East submarine cable damaged

FALCON undersea cable linking UAE and Oman cut on Friday morning

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KSA adds 155 Mbit/s Internet link to rest of world

Saudi Arabia has added a 155 Mbit/s Internet link to the rest of the world via the FLAG undersea cable.

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ETISALAT buys cable capacity

The Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (ETISALAT) has moved a step closer to its ambition of becoming a centre for Internet traffic after buying STM-1 level capacity on the Flag Telecom cable between the United Arab Emirates and Japan.

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Cairo connects to FLAG

Telecom Egypt has signed up to connect central Cairo to the FLAG Telecom global city-to-city network.

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