Bad weather halts net cable repair effort
Tuesday, February 05 - 2008 at 09:36
An Indian owned cable operator has reported that bad weather has prevented a repair ship from setting off to fix one of three broken undersea cables providing Internet services to parts of the Middle East and Asia, reported Bahrain Tribune. FLAG Telecom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of India's No. 2 mobile operator Reliance Communications , said a ship loaded with spares was waiting in Abu Dhabi port to sail to a break in its FALCON cable, which was cut off the coast of Dubai on Friday.
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Jeff Florian, Senior ReporterTuesday, February 05 - 2008 at 09:36 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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