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The minister’s comments come as internet users in the UAE and other parts of the Middle East and South Asia have reported degraded connectivity.

According to a global internet observatory, the outages are attributed to failures affecting the SEA-ME-WE 4 (SMW4) and India-Middle East-Western Europe
(IMEWE) cable systems near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, causing increased latency and slower speeds.

According to telecom research company TeleGeography, the Red Sea corridor carries about 17 per cent of global internet traffic between Asia, Europe and Africa,
making it one of the world’s most critical digital chokepoints.

What is causing the outage?
While major telecom providers in the UAE, including e& and du, have acknowledged the disruption and assured customers that technical teams are working on a
resolution, reasons for what is causing the outage is yet to be revealed.

The affected SMW4 cable is operated by a consortium that includes Tata Communications, a key player in India's telecom sector. The disruption has reignited
discussions about the vulnerability of global digital infrastructure in a geopolitically volatile region. When asked what could've caused the outage, Scindia said there
could be a 'myriad' of reasons.

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India going global

Commenting on India’s participation at the Universal Postal Congress Dubai 2025, Scindia spoke about the transformation of India Post into a logistics organisation,
leveraging its extensive reach and public trust, while modernising its operations with technology and a new business plan to appeal to a younger generation of users.
He added, “We are intending to sign a number of Letters of Intents based on our Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), which has been tremendously successful across
the world, and to introduce the UPI platform to provide financial technology platforms.”

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