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French owned Alcatel Submarine Networks halts 2Africa cable work on Gulf leg

Alcatel Submarine Networks, now majority owned by the French state, invoked force majeure and halted cable laying on the Persian Gulf leg of the 2Africa system after regional conflict left its vessel stranded at Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

Reported Editor-read Mobile Europe, 18 March 2026

What it does not test. Does not establish when or whether work will resume, or a financial cost of the delay.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. French-owned ASN halts one Gulf cable leg amid conflict; no ownership or law change. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-09-20. How the record is made

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