A view shows an RJ45 ethernet cable on the construction site of the Olympics 2024 Athletes village, in Saint-Ouen, near Paris, France March 24, 2023. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann 

Espionage concerns have opened up a new front in the superpower tech war: subsea cables China’s HMN Technologies Co Ltd was founded in 2008 and was once owned by Huawei Technologies. 

Espionage concerns have opened up a new front in the superpower tech war: subsea cables New Jersey-based SubCom, which was founded in 1955, is one of the world’s three biggest fiber-optic cable companies. 

Espionage concerns have opened up a new front in the superpower tech war: subsea cables Roughly as thick as a garden hose, undersea cables consist of multiple layers of protection around a bundle of optical fibers, which transmit data as pulses of light. 

Espionage concerns have opened up a new front in the superpower tech war: subsea cables Undersea cables are laid by specially-designed ships that carry the cable onboard and reel it out onto the sea floor. 

Espionage concerns have opened up a new front in the superpower tech war: subsea cables Despite protective layers, undersea cables can easily be damaged. So in some regions, the cable is buried in a furrow in the seabed. 

Espionage concerns have opened up a new front in the superpower tech war: subsea cables The South East Asia–Middle East–Western Europe 6 cable, or SeaMeWe-6 for short, will transport data from Asia to Europe, via Africa and the Middle East. 

Espionage concerns have opened up a new front in the superpower tech war: subsea cables New Jersey-based SubCom, which was founded in 1955, is one of the world’s three biggest fiber-optic cable companies. 

Espionage concerns have opened up a new front in the superpower tech war: subsea cables Roughly as thick as a garden hose, undersea cables consist of multiple layers of protection around a bundle of optical fibers, which transmit data as pulses of light. 

Espionage concerns have opened up a new front in the superpower tech war: subsea cables Despite protective layers, undersea cables can easily be damaged. So in some regions, the cable is buried in a furrow in the seabed. 

Espionage concerns have opened up a new front in the superpower tech war: subsea cables Undersea cables are laid by specially-designed ships that carry the cable onboard and reel it out onto the sea floor. 

Espionage concerns have opened up a new front in the superpower tech war: subsea cables China’s HMN Technologies Co Ltd was founded in 2008 and was once owned by Huawei Technologies. 

Espionage concerns have opened up a new front in the superpower tech war: subsea cables The South East Asia–Middle East–Western Europe 6 cable, or SeaMeWe-6 for short, will transport data from Asia to Europe, via Africa and the Middle East. 

German Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck stands in the so-called cable corridor with the submarine cables from the wind turbines and the export cables during the opening of the RWE-Offshore-Windpark Kaskasi, north of Helgoland, Germany, March 23, 2023. Christian Charisius/Pool via REUTERS 

HMN Technology logo is seen in this illustration, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, March 20, 2023. To match Special Report US-CHINA-TECH/CABLES REUTERS/Dado Ruvic 

Staff works beside railroad tracks as an IT failure at Lufthansa stranded passengers and forced flights to Germany's busiest airport to be canceled or diverted in Frankfurt, Germany, February 15, 2023, with the airline blaming botched railway engineering works that damaged broadband cables. REUTERS/Timm Reichert 

Staff works beside railroad tracks as an IT failure at Lufthansa stranded passengers and forced flights to Germany's busiest airport to be canceled or diverted in Frankfurt, Germany, February 15, 2023, with the airline blaming botched railway engineering works that damaged broadband cables. REUTERS/Timm Reichert 

Staff works beside railroad tracks as an IT failure at Lufthansa stranded passengers and forced flights to Germany's busiest airport to be canceled or diverted in Frankfurt, Germany, February 15, 2023, with the airline blaming botched railway engineering works that damaged broadband cables. REUTERS/Timm Reichert 

Senior Courier for DHL, Christopher Brownbill, removes the charging cable from a Ford E-Transit in London, Britain, February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls 

Workers install the 2Africa undersea cable on the beach in Amanzimtoti, South Africa, February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Rogan Ward 

Workers install the 2Africa undersea cable on the beach in Amanzimtoti, South Africa, February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Rogan Ward 

Workers install the 2Africa undersea cable on the beach in Amanzimtoti, South Africa, February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Rogan Ward 

Workers install the 2Africa undersea cable on the beach in Amanzimtoti, South Africa, February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Rogan Ward 

A digger holds tension as workers install the 2Africa undersea cable on the beach in Amanzimtoti, South Africa, February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Rogan Ward 

Open-air cable cars, used to take tourists to the local ski slopes, pass by Auli, a hill station in Joshimath, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, January 15, 2023. In January, cracks developed in more than 800 homes in Joshimath, 100 km from the border with China. Some houses crumbled completely, forcing hundreds of occupants to evacuate. Officials halted road construction work near the town, fearful of a bigger collapse. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS HIMALAYAS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A cable car is seen on mountain Jahorina in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina January 4, 2023. REUTERS/Kirsten Donovan 

A second page of a US embassy cable, signed by then-US ambassador to Oslo Thomas Byrne, in which Henry Kissinger thanks the Norwegian Nobel Committee for the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize, from the Norwegian Nobel Committee Archives, the Norwegian Nobel Institute, in this picture taken at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway, January 3, 2023. REUTERS/Gwladys Fouche 

A first page of a two-page US embassy diplomatic cable, signed by then-US ambassador to Oslo Thomas Byrne, in which Henry Kissinger thanks the Norwegian Nobel Committee for the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize, from the Norwegian Nobel Committee Archives, the Norwegian Nobel Institute, Oslo, Norway January 3, 2023. REUTERS/Gwladys Fouche 

U.S. Navy divers attach winch cables to NASA's Orion capsule after being successfully secured by a NASA and U.S. Navy team, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, 11 December 2022. CAROLINE BREHMAN/Pool via REUTERS 

U.S. Navy divers attach winch cables to NASA's Orion capsule after being successfully secured by a NASA and U.S. Navy team, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, 11 December 2022. CAROLINE BREHMAN/Pool via REUTERS 

U.S. Navy divers attach winch cables to NASA's Orion capsule after being successfully secured by a NASA and U.S. Navy team, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, 11 December 2022. The Orion capsule returns back to earth after a 25.5-day mission obiting the moon and back to Earth in a recovery operation involving the US Navy and NASA. CAROLINE BREHMAN/Pool via REUTERS 

A man connects to the internet with his mobile phone at a park in Havana, Cuba, December 8, 2022. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini 

Britain's King Charles arrives at the Luton DART central terminal at Luton Airport during a visit to learn about the new cable-drawn mass passenger transit system which will connect Luton Airport Parkway rail station to London Luton Airport, in Luton, Britain December 6, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

Britain's King Charles arrives at the Luton DART central terminal at Luton Airport during a visit to learn about the new cable-drawn mass passenger transit system which will connect Luton Airport Parkway rail station to London Luton Airport, in Luton, Britain December 6, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

Britain's King Charles meets airport staff during a visit to Luton Airport to learn about the new cable-drawn mass passenger transit system which will connect Luton Airport Parkway rail station to London Luton Airport, in Luton, Britain December 6, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

Britain's King Charles travels in a DART carriage for the three-minute journey to the Luton DART central terminal, during a visit to Luton DART Parkway Station to learn about the new cable-drawn mass passenger transit system which will connect Luton Airport Parkway rail station to London Luton Airport, in Luton, Britain December 6, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

Britain's King Charles meets a group of apprentices who worked on the DART, many of whom have now transitioned to permanent employment, during a visit to Luton DART Parkway Station to learn about the new cable-drawn mass passenger transit system which will connect Luton Airport Parkway rail station to London Luton Airport, in Luton, Britain December 6, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

Britain's King Charles meets staff during a visit to Luton Airport to learn about the new cable-drawn mass passenger transit system which will connect Luton Airport Parkway rail station to London Luton Airport, in Luton, Britain December 6, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

Britain's King Charles meets staff during a visit to Luton Airport to learn about the new cable-drawn mass passenger transit system which will connect Luton Airport Parkway rail station to London Luton Airport, in Luton, Britain December 6, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

Britain's King Charles travels in a DART carriage for the three-minute journey to the Luton DART central terminal, during a visit to Luton DART Parkway Station to learn about the new cable-drawn mass passenger transit system which will connect Luton Airport Parkway rail station to London Luton Airport, in Luton, Britain December 6, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

Britain's King Charles travels in a DART carriage for the three-minute journey to the Luton DART central terminal, during a visit to Luton DART Parkway Station to learn about the new cable-drawn mass passenger transit system which will connect Luton Airport Parkway rail station to London Luton Airport, in Luton, Britain December 6, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

Britain's King Charles travels in a DART carriage for the three-minute journey to the Luton DART central terminal, during a visit to Luton DART Parkway Station to learn about the new cable-drawn mass passenger transit system which will connect Luton Airport Parkway rail station to London Luton Airport, in Luton, Britain December 6, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

Britain's King Charles travels in a DART carriage for the three-minute journey to the Luton DART central terminal, during a visit to Luton DART Parkway Station to learn about the new cable-drawn mass passenger transit system which will connect Luton Airport Parkway rail station to London Luton Airport, in Luton, Britain December 6, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

Britain's King Charles travels in a DART carriage for the three-minute journey to the Luton DART central terminal, during a visit to Luton DART Parkway Station to learn about the new cable-drawn mass passenger transit system which will connect Luton Airport Parkway rail station to London Luton Airport in Luton, Britain December 6, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

Britain's King Charles III meets a performer in costume from the UK Centre For Carnival Arts during a visit to Luton DART Parkway Station to learn about the new cable-drawn mass passenger transit system which will connect Luton Airport Parkway rail station to London Luton Airport, in Luton, Britain December 6, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

Britain's King Charles III meets a performer in costume from the UK Centre For Carnival Arts during a visit to Luton DART Parkway Station to learn about the new cable-drawn mass passenger transit system which will connect Luton Airport Parkway rail station to London Luton Airport, in Luton, Britain December 6, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

Britain's King Charles meets a group of apprentices who worked on the DART, many of whom have now transitioned to permanent employment, during a visit to Luton DART Parkway Station to learn about the new cable-drawn mass passenger transit system which will connect Luton Airport Parkway rail station to London Luton Airport, in Luton Britain December 6, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

Britain's King Charles meets a group of apprentices who worked on the DART, many of whom have now transitioned to permanent employment, during a visit to Luton DART Parkway Station to learn about the new cable-drawn mass passenger transit system which will connect Luton Airport Parkway rail station to London Luton Airport, in Luton Britain December 6, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

Britain's King Charles meets staff during a visit to Luton DART Parkway Station to learn about the new cable-drawn mass passenger transit system which will connect Luton Airport Parkway rail station to London Luton Airport, in Luton Britain December 6, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

Britain's King Charles is shown the control room to learn about the new cable-drawn mass passenger transit system which will connect Luton Airport Parkway rail station to London Luton Airport, during a visit to Luton DART Parkway Station, in Luton Britain December 6, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

Britain's King Charles meets staff during a visit to Luton Airport to learn about the new cable-drawn mass passenger transit system which will connect Luton Airport Parkway rail station to London Luton Airport, in Luton, Britain December 6, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

Britain's King Charles unveils a plaque during a visit to Luton Airport to learn about the new cable-drawn mass passenger transit system which will connect Luton Airport Parkway rail station to London Luton Airport, in Luton, Britain December 6, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

Britain's King Charles unveils a plaque during a visit to Luton Airport to learn about the new cable-drawn mass passenger transit system which will connect Luton Airport Parkway rail station to London Luton Airport, in Luton, Britain December 6, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

King Charles III unveils a plaque during a visit to Luton Airport to learn about the new cable-drawn mass passenger transit system which will connect Luton Airport Parkway rail station to London Luton Airport, in Luton, Britain December 6, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

Britain's King Charles III is shown the control room to learn about the new cable-drawn mass passenger transit system which will connect Luton Airport Parkway rail station to London Luton Airport, during a visit to Luton DART Parkway Station, Britain December 6, 2022. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS 

A Ford logo is seen on an electric vehicle charging cable during a press event at the Ford Halewood transmissions plant in Liverpool, Britain, December 1, 2022. REUTERS/Phil Noble 

A Ford logo is seen on an electric vehicle charging cable during a press event at the Ford Halewood transmissions plant in Liverpool, Britain, December 1, 2022. REUTERS/Phil Noble 

Cable cars ride amidst smoke caused by wildfires, in La Paz, Bolivia November 29, 2022. REUTERS/Claudia Morales 

People travel on cable cars between Barceloneta beach and Montjuic mountain during winter in Barcelona, Spain November 25, 2022. REUTERS/Nacho Doce TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Cable cars are seen ahead of the season opening and amid surge in electricity costs in winter sports resort Val Thorens, France, November 24, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse