10 months after the last event which blocked lines between the two continents , 3 underwater cables were severed on the bottom of the sea `` for unknown reasons '' between Sicily and Tunisia .
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10 months after the last event which blocked <m> lines </m> between the two continents , 3 underwater cables were severed on the bottom of the sea `` for unknown reasons '' between Sicily and Tunisia .
More telecoms disruption between Europe and Asia follows another brak in underwater telephone lines .
10 months after the last event which blocked <m> lines </m> between the two continents , 3 underwater cables were severed on the bottom of the sea `` for unknown reasons '' between Sicily and Tunisia .
France Telecom reported that `` an attack is unlikely '' .
The company is sending a repair ship to the location but predicts that there will be problems during Christmas which may last up to the new year .
Business volumes between Europe and Asia have been redirected on trans-oceanic lines to the USA .
At present 65 % of traffic with India is offline .
The same goes for 59 % of communications with Singapore , 44 % with Malaysia , 55 % with Saudi Arabia , 52 % with Egypt , 39 % with Taiwan and 51 % with Pakistan .