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New Delhi, Dec. 25 The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has asked Reliance Communications to give details of measures it had taken to deal with cable cuts. TRAI said the company was told in February to make available adequate bandwidth on alternative routes to take care of such eventualities.

Internet services in the country were thrown out of gear after three cables, including RCom’s FLAG, got cut last week in the Mediterranean Sea.

“You would recall that in January and February of this year SEA-Me-We 4 and FLAG cables were damaged and Reliance Communication was in a similar situation. During the meeting, you were asked to plan for such eventualities in future so that adequate restoration bandwidth is available on the alternative routes and Indian consumers and business organisations served by you do not suffer. You are requested to intimate the arrangements made for routing the traffic via alternative routes in cases of such failure,” TRAI told RCom.

The TRAI move follows a complaint by RCom against rival Bharti Airtel. While Bharti Airtel and Tata Communication’s cable network were also affected due to the cable cuts, they have been able to cushion the impact as they own capacity on alternative routes.

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