Three cables linking Italy and Egypt failed for yet unknown reasons, Shaheed al-Sateeh, a manager with Reliance GlobalCom, told AFP from Dubai.
‘We know three cables have been cut. We still don't know why or where. They cover all the Middle East and India and other countries,’ said Sateeh, Middle East sales director for the company.
‘We have no more information. A ship has been sent out to locate the place where the cables were cut,’ he added.
Egypt's state news agency MENA reported that the cuts happened off the coast of Sicily at 10:00 am (0800 GMT) on Friday.
In January, five cables in the Middle East and Europe were cut, causing Internet failures in the region.