Cable damage hits 1.7m Internet users in UAE

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Cable damage hits 1.7m Internet users in UAE
By Asma Ali Zain (Our staff reporter)

5 February 2008

DUBAI — An estimated 1.7 million Internet users in the UAE have been affected by the recent undersea cable damage, an expert said yesterday, quoting recent figures published by TeleGeography, an international research Web site.

Internet data was majorly affected as it is the biggest capacity carried by the undersea cables.

However, all voice calls, corporate data and video traffic were also affected.
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