The Hong Kong telco is now the biggest supplier of bandwidth to Syria, according to reports

August 23, 2012

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PCCW, Not Chinese Gov't, Is Keeping Syria Online

Hong Kong telco PCCW Ltd. (NYSE: PCW; Hong Kong: 0008) is now the biggest supplier of bandwidth to Syria, according to Internet intelligence firm Renesys.

Turk Telecom, the incumbent in neighbouring Turkey, was shouldering much of the load until it abruptly quit on August 12, while Telecom Italia, is carrying a much lower share of transit traffic and looks like it too will depart, a Renysys blog post said.

That leaves PCCW as the biggest bandwidth provider, followed by India’s Tata Communications, and with Deutsche Telekom playing a minor role.

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