Submarine cable incident record

Egypt, Kenya regional cable advisory cable event — 2024-02-24

Event ID evt_hist_2f144d6cae01a3b5 ·

Seacom awaits permits to repair its broken Red Sea cable, which suffered an outage on 24 February.

Assumed resolved

Affected cable or system
Regional advisory; no cable was deterministically attributed
Affected countries
Egypt, Kenya
Region
Red Sea
Evidence mode
Reported evidence
Source extraction confidence
90%
Resolution
Assumed resolved after six months without newer evidence

Lifecycle

  • Occurred:
  • Repair activity reported:
  • Resolution date:

Original supporting evidence

  1. Seacom Waits for Permits to Start Red Sea Cable Repairs Submarine Telecoms Forum Archive · 2024-03-08T15:30:25.000Z

Confidence describes automated extraction of the cited source, not a probability that every named cable was physically cut. Historical records may be marked assumed resolved when no newer evidence was available. Confirm operational decisions with the cable owner or carrier.

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