ITU thinks time is now for more talk about how to keep data moving beneath the waves
On the same day that a submarine cable suspected of having been cut by a Chinese ship was repaired, two major telco bodies convened a submarine telecommunication cable resilience advisory board.
Although sabotage is a suspected cause of cable outages, most damage to cables occurs from accidental human activity – such as fishing and anchoring. Natural hazards, abrasion and equipment failure also account for many faults, according to theThe ICPC calculates that an average of 150 to 200 faults occur worldwide each year, requiring about three cable repairs per week.
The inaugural Submarine Cable Resilience Summit in early 2025 will be the first physical meeting of the board, held in Abuja, Nigeria. Meetings will occur twice yearly, beginning virtually in December 2024.While the ICPC and ITU have not indicated they are considering sabotage as a cause of cable damage, the timing of the board's creation coincides with thethat the Danish military monitored a Chinese ship suspected of deliberately damaging two cables in the Baltic Sea a couple of weeks back.
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