ISLAMABAD – Pakistanis woke up to connectivity troubles on Eid Milad un Nabi, a public holiday, as submarine cables in Saudi waters near Jeddah were damaged, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) confirmed Saturday. The fault struck two key international links, identified as SMW4 and IMEWE, disrupting Pakistan’s bandwidth capacity and slowing services nationwide. The largest […] The post Why your Internet is Slow Today; All you need to know about it appeared first on Daily Pakistan English News.

Pakistan internet slow submarine cable fault reported near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. PTCL internet issues 2025 affect SMW4 and IMEWE systems. PTCL bandwidth adjustment is underway to reduce Pakistan inter...

In meerdere landen in Azië en het Midden-Oosten is de internetverbinding ernstig verstoord geraakt nadat onderzeese glasvezelkabels in de Rode Zee zijn doorgesneden. De getroffen verbindingen, waaronder de cruciale SMW4- en IMEWE-kabels, zorgen normaal voor dataverkeer tussen Europa en Azië. De schade werd vastgesteld nabij de Saudische havenstad Jeddah, meldt de onafhankelijke internetwaakhond NetBlocks.

The Pakistan Telecommunications Limited (PTCL) announced on Saturday that cuts to submarine internet cables in Saudi waters may impact internet services in the country during peak hours. In a statement shared on X, the telecom giant said the submarine cable cuts near Saudi capital Jeddah had impacted the partial bandwidth capacity SMW4 (South Asia-Middle East-West Asia) and IMEWE (India-Middle East-Western Europe) networks. “Internet users in Pakistan may experience some service degradation during peak hours,” the PTCL statement read. “Our international partners are working on priority to resolve the issue while our local teams are actively arranging alternative bandwidth to minimise the impact.” > The Ministry of Information Technology has not issued any statement on the development yet. This is not the first time that damage to undersea internet cables has affected services in Pakistan. Internet users across Pakistan complained of slow internet and hindered access to services throughout 2024. On January 3 this year, PTCL said teams were “diligently” working to resolve the matter of disruptions faced by users after a fault in the AAE-1 subsea internet cable connecting Pakistan slowed down the network speed in the country. On January 16, PTCL announced that internet services were “now fully operational” after the complete restoration of the Asia-Africa-Europe-1 (AAE-1) undersea internet cable.

Undersea breaks on SEA-ME-WE 4 and IMEWE systems disrupted Microsoft’s Middle East transit over the weekend.

Multiple undersea cables were severed in the Red Sea over the weekend, disrupting internet connectivity across parts of Asia and the Middle East, technology companies and monitoring groups reported Sunday. The cable cuts affected the SMW4 and IMEWE fiber-optic systems near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, according to NetBlocks, which monitors global internet access. Countries experiencing degraded […] The post Multiple Fiber-Optic Cables Severed, Affecting Connectivity Across Asia, Middle East appeared first on the deep dive.

Undersea breaks on SEA-ME-WE 4 and IMEWE systems disrupted Microsoft’s Middle East transit over the weekend.

早前微软在MicrosoftAzure中发布说明称，位于沙特阿拉伯吉达附近的海底光缆出现中断，此次中断影响微软的诸多云服务并导致相关网络延迟增加。具体来说中断发生的时间是世界协调时2025年9月6日06:00，已经确认受影响的海底光缆包括SMW4(东南亚↔中东↔西欧四号海底光缆)、IMEWE(印度↔中东↔西欧海底光缆)、FALCONGCX(东南亚↔印度↔中东)、欧洲印度网关。

紅海の海底ケーブル切断によりMicrosoft AzureとLinodeで中東経由トラフィックの遅延が発生。サウジアラビア・ジェッダ近郊でSMW4・IMEWEシステムに障害。イエメン・フーシ派の軍事作戦が原因の可能性も指摘され、デジタルインフラの地政学的リスクが顕在化。

Die zwei Seekabel SMW4 und IMEWE im Roten Meer sind ausgefallen, was Störungen verursacht. Laut Netblocks sind mehrere Länder betroffen.

Undersea breaks on SEA-ME-WE 4 and IMEWE systems disrupted Microsoft’s Middle East transit over the weekend.

Red Sea undersea cable cuts disrupted internet in India, Pakistan, and UAE. Experts link outages to SMW4 and IMEWE systems near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

A ship likely cut cables in the Red Sea that disrupted internet access in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, experts said Tuesday, underlining the vulnerability of global connectivity just over a year ...