Omantel said a number of reports have indicated cuts in a number of submarine cable systems passing through the Bab Al Mandab Strait, which in turn affected internet service.
Omantel services continue unaffected due to the reported cut at this junction. Therefore, it is not expected that the incident will have a material impact on the internet service.
Undersea cable damages in the Red Sea disrupted internet access on Sunday in parts of Asia and the Middle East, experts said, though it wasn't immediately clear what caused the incident.
The disruption has required rerouting through alternate paths, which may lead to higher-than-normal latencies.
NetBlocks, which monitors internet access, said "a series of subsea cable outages in the Red Sea has degraded internet connectivity in multiple countries," which it said included India and Pakistan. It blamed "failures affecting the SMW4 and IMEWE cable systems near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia."
Similar internet disruptions have been observed on Etilasat and Du networks in the United Arab Emirates, resulting in slow speeds and intermittent access as engineers work to resolve the issue impacting multiple countries, NetBlocks said.
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