Internet services have been disrupted in parts of the Middle East following damage to an undersea cable in the Mediterranean, according to reports.
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There was also disruption in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, reported the Associated Press.
India also suffered up to 60% disruption, a national industry body told Reuters news agency.
Egypt's Telecommunications Ministry said it would probably take several days for internet services to return to normal following the disruption on Wednesday.
In Dubai, one of the two internet service providers (ISP) was completely down, reported AP.
An official at the provider, DU, told AP that a fault in a cable between Alexandria, Egypt, and Palermo, Italy, was to blame.
In Kuwait, the Gulfnet International Company apologised by e-mail to customers for "degraded performance in internet browsing".
Saudi Arabia users complained that the internet was slow or totally down, while there were complaints of slow services in Bahrain and Qatar, reported AP.
The Internet Service Providers' Association of India told Reuters that disruption there was due to a breakdown in an international undersea cable network.
(BBC)
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