2011 submarine cable disruption refers to two incidents of submarine communications cables cut off on 25 December 2011.
The first cut off occurred to SEA-ME-WE 3 at Suez Canal, Egypt and the second cut off occurred to i2i which took place between Chennai, India and Singapore line.
SEA-ME-WE 3 is the longest datacable on earth of 39,000 kilometres (24,000 mi) length, which links South-East Asia to Western Europe through the Red Sea.
[1] Both the incidents had caused the internet disruptions and slowdowns for users in the South Asia and Middle East in particular UAE.
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