India's critical subsea cables face unprecedented risks as geopolitical tensions escalate in West Asia. The Department of Telecommunications has urgently engaged telecom operators and cable firms to develop risk analyses and contingency plans following threats to underwater data pipelines. A third of India's westward internet traffic flows through the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea, making disruptions potentially catastrophic. Alternative Pacific routes through Singapore exist but prove costlier and slower, impacting latency and processing speeds. Recent cable cuts near Saudi Arabia have halted repairs, affecting major systems operated by Airtel, Tata Communications, and others. Service providers maintain some redundancy, but industry experts acknowledge no one planned for war-scale disruptions.
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