In the past week, three undersea cables connecting India to global telecom networks — Asia-Africa-Europe-1, Europe India Gateway, and Tata Global Network — have been damaged as a possible result of targeted attacks, forcing telecom operators like Bharti Airtel Ltd., Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd., and Tata Communications Ltd. to reroute traffic to other cable systems.
The damage to the three undersea cable systems in the Red Sea as a result of the ongoing conflict in the region exposes the grave vulnerabilities to India’s Internet and overseas telecom connectivity systems if further infrastructure passing through the region is impacted.