Taipei: Two ageing subsea telecoms cables serving Taiwan's Matsu archipelago have stopped functioning, with the outages blamed on "natural deterioration", Taipei communication officials said on ...

TAIPEI -- Taiwan's remaining undersea cable link to the Matsu Islands near China was completely disconnected early Wednesday, the government said, adding to a string of such issues and raising ...

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) said at the time that the vessel severed the cable. Earlier this month, four fibers of a Chunghwa Telecom-operated subsea cable were damaged off the ...

Credit: AFP The incident marks the fourth submarine cable disruption in 2025 alone, compared to three incidents each in 2023 and 2024. The Taiwan-Matsu cables, designated as critical ...

According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), undersea cables carry more than 90% of global internet data traffic and face more than 150 cable breaks annually worldwide ...

Trump has made several incendiary comments about Taiwan, saying it should have to pay for U.S. protection from China, and accusing Taipei of stealing the ability to make semiconductors from the U ...

TAIPEI – The recent severing of an undersea cable off Taiwan has underscored how important it is for the island to strengthen its communications resilience, amid concerns that the critical ...

The cutting of a submarine cable outside of the Keelung Harbor earlier this month has led to renewed concerns about Chinese attempts to disrupt telecommunications in Taiwan. The disruption ...

TAIPEI: Taiwan will step up the surveillance ... was suspected of damaging an undersea communications cable, the government said. Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, said a ship ...

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TAIPEI (Reuters ... cargo vessel was suspected of damaging an undersea communications cable, the government said. Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, said a ship owned by a Hong ...

Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, said a ship owned by a Hong Kong company but registered both in Cameroon and Tanzania, damaged a cable to the north of the island earlier this month ...