A halt to subsea cable projects in the Middle East is set to persist despite the US-Iran ceasefire, threatening to hamper the region’s efforts to become a hub for AI, cloud computing and the wider digital economy.
Alan Mauldin, research director at data group TeleGeography, said all subsea cable projects in the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf had been “delayed indefinitely”.
Ryan Sher, chief operating officer of West Indian Ocean Cable Company — a partner on the Meta-led 2Africa cable network connecting Africa to Europe and the Middle East — said that until security was assured, cable laying in the Red Sea was “on pause”.
您已阅读13%（630字），剩余87%（4292字）包含更多重要信息，订阅以继续探索完整内容，并享受更多专属服务。