Ooredoo Maldives has confirmed that internet services in the country remain unaffected despite reports of a major submarine cable disruption in the Red Sea. On Saturday (September 6, 2025) multiple undersea submarine cables in the Red Sea had been severed, causing widespread internet disruptions across parts of Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Several international media outlets reported that the cable break has caused connectivity issues across Asia, the Middle East, and parts of. The Internet Outages Map is an at-a-glance visualization of global Internet health over the last 24 hours, tracking Internet outages across ISPs, top application providers, public clouds, and edge service networks. This map automatically updates outage information every 5 minutes and shows ongoing. Microsoft said in a status update that the Middle East "may experience increased latency due to undersea fibre cuts in the Red Sea," but gave no other details. Fibre optic cables on the ocean Floor.
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