Cut Undersea Cables Raise Questions of Safety
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Most telecommunications specialists and cable operators say that sabotage seems unlikely, but no one knows specifically how the cables were damaged or if the incidents were related.
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Plans to lay an undersea fiber-optic cable off eastern Africa could be the beginning of the end of crackling long-distance calls, slow dial-up Internet connections and universities without e-mail.
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Children living under high-voltage power lines could run double the risk of getting cancer, new research reportedly suggests. Those living within 100 metres of the cables are more likely to suffer from leukaemia, the study indicates.
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By Raloff, Janet  ENVIRONMENT  Huge tracts of delicate coral gardens and soft-coral forests off the coast of Alaska will be permanently protected from fishing gear that targets groundfish and shellfish by scraping the seafloor.
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An inquiry into the fire on a Canadian submarine bought from the UK finds two separate fires broke out.
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On Wednesday, Internet traffic to Middle Eastern countries through two international data pipelines was greatly reduced or totally severed, as a result of breaks in undersea cables.
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Four breaks in undersea internet cables have some speculating that terrorists or the U.S. military are to blame. But telecom experts say the pattern is at most a bit suspicious, and probably just business as usual at the bottom of the ocean floor.
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Traffic has returned to normal on undersea Internet cables in the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf that were cut last month, causing disruptions across the Middle East and parts of Asia, cable owner FLAG Telecom said Monday.
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An abandoned anchor was responsible for cutting one of the undersea Internet cables severed last week, causing disruptions across the Middle East and parts of Asia, the cable's owner said Friday.
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Restricted train services are operating as inquiries go on into how two miles of overhead cables came down.
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Repair ships are going to the site of two undersea cables which were damaged this week, snarling Internet and phone traffic across the Middle East and parts of Asia, the cables' owner said Friday.
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Fishermen who were allowed to take unused  war-era undersea copper cables have gone too far, &quot;salvaging&quot;  fibre-optic lines providing some of Vietnam&#39;s Internet and  other international communications.
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Work is under way on the first undersea telecommunications cable linking the US with China.
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Investigators probing a fire that crippled the submarine HMCS Chicoutimi this month are focussing on flawed insulation beneath the captain's cabin, The Globe and Mail newspaper reported.
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Damage to undersea Internet cables hit business across the Middle East and South Asia on Thursday, including the vital call centre industry, prompting calls for people to limit their surfing.
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Vast fishing no-go zones are needed to save the world&#39;s marine ecosystems from irreparable harm, say British scientists. After climate change, scientists consider the wrecking
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NAIROBI, Kenya -- Plans to lay an undersea fiber-optic cable off eastern Africa could be the beginning of the end of crackling long-distance calls, slow dial-up Internet connections and universities without e-mail.