GENEVA (AN) — The global economy depends on a network that most people never see.
Hidden beneath the oceans, hundreds of submarine telecommunications cables carry 99% of all intercontinental data traffic, connecting countries, financial markets, governments, cloud computing systems, hospitals, universities and billions of internet users around the world.
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