Varney says she is skeptical that legislation can be created that would be effective because commercial interests are too great.
Ira Rubinstein, the associate general counsel for regulatory affairs and public policy for Microsoft Corp., who spoke on the same panel as Varney at the Identity Mashup conference, disagreed with her. "The laws are beginning to impose very significant costs in terms of fines and corporate reputation."
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.
