Tehran is floating the idea of charging the world’s largest tech companies – including Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon – for using the undersea internet cables crossing the Strait of Hormuz in a new…

Iran vill att techjättar som Google, Meta och Amazon ska betala för tillgång till internetkablarna som ligger på bottnen utanför den iranska kusten. Experter utesluter inte att…

The subsea cables reportedly serve countries around the Persian Gulf, including the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. | World News

Iran’s widening war with the US and much of the Middle East appears to be entering a new phase. After using the Strait of Hormuz as leverage during months of military escalation,…

Iran is considering imposing fees on submarine internet cables passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

From Whatsapp chats, Insta reels to Amazon deliveries, everything could be hit as Iran is considering imposing fees on undersea internet cables passing through the Strait of…

ALBAWABA- Tehran is escalating efforts to consolidate control over the Strait of Hormuz by introducing new regulations targeting undersea internet cable

Plan floated in Iranian media to extract revenues from US tech firms would rely on intimidation and is legally dubious

Le Parlement iranien a débattu d’un projet de loi visant à taxer les câbles sous-marins des opérateurs étrangers qui traversent ses eaux territoriales.

Après le pétrole, les câbles sous-marins. Téhéran menace désormais de faire payer le passage des infrastructures numériques qui traversent O

Tehran vows to impose fees, meaning installation and potential repairs would take much more time

Threatens unspecified ‘fees’ and warns of economic consequences – yet only major kinetic action could stop data flows entirely

Iran has threatened to assert control over the subsea cables that run through the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran's claim over subsea chokepoint pushes US tech companies to overland fiber.

In a report examining discussions surrounding the potential charging of fees on submarine internet cables in the Strait of Hormuz, The G ...

L'Iran vuole tariffe sui cavi sottomarini a Hormuz. Rischio concreto per cloud, SWIFT e traffico dati tra Asia ed Europa. Ecco il quadro geopolitico e giuridico.

Carla Norrlöf considers the implications of the regime’s threat to impose a toll on undersea cable traffic.

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Iranul a amenințat că va impune taxe pentru cablurile submarine din Strâmtoarea Ormuz, infrastructură esențială pentru economia digitală regională și pentru traficul global de…

En menaçant de taxer les câbles sous-marins qui traversent Ormuz, les Gardiens de la Révolution iranienne testent une nouvelle forme de pression: transformer ces artères…

The move could raise connectivity costs and create greater digital vulnerability for Europe, but some experts argue that the continent has enough backup bandwidth to survive…