"Having 911 service might not seem that important, until there's an emergency at your house and your babysitter doesn't know the address," Wood said. "Do you leave things like that up to the industry, or do you establish a regulation so all [users] have that functionality? I just want to make sure we get it right."
Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
