{"id":3074,"date":"2026-05-20T16:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lojistiknakliye.com\/?p=3074"},"modified":"2026-05-20T16:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:00:07","slug":"iran-hurmuz-internet-kablolarina-yonelik-tarifeleri-dusunurken-ucretler-avrupayi-nasil-tehdit-edebilir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lojistiknakliye.com\/en\/iran-hurmuz-internet-kablolarina-yonelik-tarifeleri-dusunurken-ucretler-avrupayi-nasil-tehdit-edebilir\/","title":{"rendered":"As Iran considers tariffs on Hormuz internet cables, how can fees threaten Europe\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran, in a new attempt to put West\u2019 under economic pressure, raises the idea of implementing \u2019 access fee\u201c to undersea internet cables passing through the Strait of Hormuz\u201d; This is a move that could further strain global trade following the blockage of the transition.<\/p>\n

The plan was first proposed by Tasnim, an Iranian news agency affiliated with the \u2019na (IRGC) of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.<\/p>\n

Questions arose about who exactly should pay such tariffs and what types of services will be targeted.<\/p>\n

From a logistical point of view, companies that operate cables under the Strait Iran\u2019a will have to pay a \u201caccess fee\u201d, while from a regulatory point of view, tech giants such as Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon will have to vaguely follow the rules defined as \u201cIranian laws.<\/p>\n

Third, the Islamic Republic can also undertake cable maintenance in the Strait of Hormuz and charge more accordingly.<\/p>\n

the \" Movements\" can produce it<\/strong>up to 13 billion Euro\u2019 for the country.<\/p>\n

From Ege\u2019 to Spain\u2019ya: How does Europe get involved?<\/b><\/p>\n

According to the Submarine Telecom Forum\u2019, European \u2019 firms from France, Italy, Greece and the UK own or are part of a management consortium of at least four cables that run under Hormuz\u200b\u200b.<\/p>\n

Two of these cables are particularly important as they connect the Asya\u2019 to the European\u2019.<\/p>\n

The first of these is Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE1)\u2019, whose owners include Italy\u2019's Retelit and Greece\u2019's OTEGLOBE\u2019. Crete, Bari and Marseille reach the \u2019 landing points.<\/p>\n

Secondly, PEARLS\/2Africa, part of the world's largest undersea cable system, runs under the \u2019 of Sicily before arriving in Genoa, Marseille and Barcelona\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Strait of HormuzDetail of \u2019's Submarine Cable Map<\/div>\n

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How much do wages pose a threat to Europe?<\/b><\/p>\n

Currently, there is no consensus among experts on the threats posed by Iran\u2019.<\/p>\n

Some argue that if the country actually imposes wages, the results will likely extend far beyond telecommunications infrastructure, affecting global trade, maritime law, military strategy, internet governance, and big power policies.<\/p>\n

Meredith Primrose Jones, president of geopolitics and risk and compliance consulting firm Leidra\u2019, said: \u201cEuropean \u200b\u200bfinance institutions, cloud providers, telecommunications firms and multinational companies rely heavily on low-latency submarine cable networks for banking operations, digital services, energy trading and industrial operations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A mass cargo ship is docked at the Strait of Hormuz, \u2019, off the coast of Bandar Abbas, \u2019, Iran, on Saturday, May 2, 2026.<\/div>\n

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Any increase in political risk around the Strait of \u201c could increase connectivity costs, delay infrastructure projects, and create greater vulnerability for Europe\u2019's digital economy at a time when the region is already focused on strengthening technological resilience and strategic autonomy, \u201d said.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, threats of tariff cuts and even physical sabotage of the cable are greatly underestimated by other experts.<\/p>\n

International Cable Protection Committee (IPCC) Europe in Motion\u2019a \u201cStrait of Hormuz onstitutes less than \u2019, \u201d said.<\/p>\n

The IPCC says the impact will be minimal, even in the event of cable failure, thanks to backup systems connected to the Gulf region.<\/p>\n

Many cable systems serving the \u201c Bay region use branching architectures connected to larger international mainline systems, the committee said. \u201cThis network design provides additional operational flexibility and durability and helps minimize the impact of individual cable failures.\u201d<\/p>\n

He explained that submarine cable failures were not unusual operational events.<\/p>\n

IPCC, \u201cAbout 150-200 submarine telecommunications cable failures occur each year around the world, and about %The 70-80\u2019i is caused by accidental human activity, such as commercial fishing activity and ship anchors, rather than sabotage, \u201d said.<\/p>\n

Does anyone else charge for submarine cable access?<\/b><\/p>\n

Iran\u2019's plan is not unique: Egypt already charges for underwater cable access, which provides significant revenue for the country's Telecom business model.<\/p>\n

A Work carried out by submarinenetworks.com<\/strong>In the period 2000-2019, it is estimated that the cost of landing rights, maintenance and operational support for each underwater cable operator will be approximately 1.5 million euros.<\/p>\n

Egypt is described as a global telecommunications transit point due to the large number of cables passing through it.<\/p>\n

The most important difference of Hormuz\u2019 is that the cables passing through M\u0131s\u0131r\u2019 physically pass through its territory and are connected to its terrestrial infrastructure.<\/p>\n

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An IRGC speedboat Strait of HormuzCargo ship in \u2019 approaching Epaminondas\u2019a, 21 April 2026<\/div>\n

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In contrast, most of the cables in Hormuz\u2019 do not enter Iranian territory, which means that Tehran\u2019 will have little legal basis for paid access.<\/p>\n

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) protects maritime flows and international navigation in this sense.<\/p>\n

Iran signed the agreement in \u2019 in 1982, but never ratified it.<\/p>\n

Jones, \u201c, therefore, said that a unilateral toll system targeting global cable infrastructure would be broadly interpreted as an overuse of coastal state authority under UNCLOS principles.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This move could increase connectivity costs and create a larger digital vulnerability for Europe, but some experts argue that the continent has enough backup bandwidth to survive without access to cables in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[828,282,94,807,421],"class_list":["post-3074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genel","tag-altinda","tag-are","tag-avrupa","tag-iran","tag-kuresel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lojistiknakliye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lojistiknakliye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lojistiknakliye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lojistiknakliye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lojistiknakliye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lojistiknakliye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3079,"href":"https:\/\/www.lojistiknakliye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3074\/revisions\/3079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lojistiknakliye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lojistiknakliye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lojistiknakliye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lojistiknakliye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}