FALCON (cable system)

FALCON is a submarine a submarine fiber-optic backbone that connects India with several countries in the Persian Gulf. Operator is the Indian company Flag Telecom, a 100 percent subsidiary of Reliance Communications.

The landing points of the cable are:

  • Suez, Egypt
  • Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Al Hudaydah, Yemen
  • Al - Ghaydah, Yemen
  • Sib, Oman
  • Al - Khasab, Oman
  • Doha, Qatar
  • Manama, Bahrain
  • Dammam, Saudi Arabia
  • Kuwait City, Kuwait
  • Mumbai, India

Submarine cable damage on 1 February 2008

The FALCON submarine cable was damaged on February 1, 2008 at 5:59 UTC. This occurred 56 km off Dubai in the United Arab Emirates in the segment to Oman back, just two days after servicing the FLAG and SEA- ME- HS4 cable.

Reports on the failure were confirmed by news organizations such as CNN.

A ankerndes off the coast of Dubai's ship to have been responsible for the failure. It was found during the repair work a five to six -ton anchor. The cable was again operational as of February 11, 2008.

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