Internet connectivity is crucial in allowing most enterprises to carry out their core functions, even in remote areas. Fibre and communication cable cuts are much more common than imagined. Accidents, animals, natural disasters, vandalism and weather all cause communication blackouts for millions of people annually.

Companies and governments lose money every year due to inevitable short telecom network disruptions, bringing business to a standstill. Deloitte estimates that a temporary internet shutdown in a nation with internet penetration of just 35% could lead to a daily loss of 1.9% of GDP.