As part of the regulatory process, the company anticipates the permits could take up to eight weeks to obtain.
Seacom is waiting for permits to start repairing its broken submarine cable in the Red Sea.a service-affecting outage on its cable system on 24 February.
The company provided an update on the cable today, saying: “Our repair partner, E-marine, has taken proactive steps this week by applying for repair permits through the appropriate authorities. As part of the regulatory process, we anticipate permitting could take up to eight weeks to obtain.
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