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Mother Nature versus Technology
Monday, 22 December 2008
Monday, 22 December 2008
Three cables that are critical to internet and phone services in the Middle East have recently been cut.
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Undersea cable to prevent repeat of net nightmare
Sunday, 11 May 2008
Sunday, 11 May 2008
Du investment in $700mn cable project to boost capacity, reliability - CEO.
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Ship impounded, crew arrested for net blackout
Saturday, 12 April 2008
Saturday, 12 April 2008
Ship allegedly responsible for cable damage that disrupted services across region.
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Ship impounded, crew arrested for net blackout
Saturday, 12 April 2008
Saturday, 12 April 2008
Ship allegedly responsible for cable damage that disrupted services across region
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Foul play still suspected over Internet chaos
Monday, 18 February 2008
Monday, 18 February 2008
'Deliberate act of sabotage' could have damaged undersea telecom cables. - UN
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Web access restored to Middle East
Sunday, 10 February 2008
Sunday, 10 February 2008
Services returned to normal as two of three broken undersea cables repaired, operator reports.
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Anchor blamed for severed Gulf cable
Saturday, 9 February 2008
Saturday, 9 February 2008
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
Saturday, 9 February 2008
Saturday, 9 February 2008
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
Thursday, 7 February 2008
Thursday, 7 February 2008
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
Thursday, 7 February 2008
Thursday, 7 February 2008
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
Wednesday, 6 February 2008
Wednesday, 6 February 2008
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
Monday, 4 February 2008
Monday, 4 February 2008
Damage to undersea cables sparks fears US-Israel targeting Iran communications.
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Two weeks of net disruption - Etisalat
Sunday, 3 February 2008
Sunday, 3 February 2008
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
Sunday, 3 February 2008
Sunday, 3 February 2008
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
Saturday, 2 February 2008
Saturday, 2 February 2008
Egyptian internet disruption caused by damage to undersea cables will last another 10 days, ministry says.
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Internet crisis deepens
Saturday, 2 February 2008
Saturday, 2 February 2008
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
Friday, 1 February 2008
Friday, 1 February 2008
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
Friday, 1 February 2008
Friday, 1 February 2008
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
Tuesday, 15 August 2000
Tuesday, 15 August 2000
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
Sunday, 13 August 2000
Sunday, 13 August 2000
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
Sunday, 30 July 2000
Sunday, 30 July 2000
Telecom Egypt has signed up to connect central Cairo to the FLAG Telecom global city-to-city network.
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