Could Iran Start Charging Global Tech Firms For Undersea Cables In The Strait Of Hormuz?
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"Receipts from the Internet cable: Before Donald Trump's visit to China, regime media distribute reports on fees for fiber optic in the sea. The cables in the Persian Gulf are an important part of the global communications network.
Could Iran Start Charging Global Tech Firms For Undersea Cables In The Strait Of Hormuz?
Iranian outlets with ties to the IRGC have floated the idea that Tehran assert control over undersea fiber-optic cables running under the Strait of Hormuz. Experts say the proposal has little legal merit but warn that Iranian sabotage remains a threat.
Up to 30 percent of the world's internet traffic runs through cables in the Persian Gulf. Seven main cables lie under the road of Hormus - there are serious failures.
Pressures continue around the Strait of Ormuz. This time it is Iran that is on the offensive, with new ideas discussed in the country that concern submarine cables passing through the Persian Gulf.
IRGC-linked media outlines plan to tax and control undersea internet cables in the Hormuz Strait — Iran's mouthpiece calls for a cut of $10 trillion of transactions that pulse through the cables daily
The oil and shipping choke point of the Strait of Hormuz looks set to become a digital pressure point with internet cabling under threat.
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