Disruption Of Internet Services: Telecom Operators Working Round The Clock To Restore Services – NCC

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By Eunice Orike

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has disclosed that the telecommunication companies were working round the clock to ensure that services are restored to the countries affected by the combination of cuts on the major cables along the West African Coast within the shortest possible time.

According to a statement issued by the Commission’s Director of Public Affairs, Reuben Mouka, the operators of the cables have commenced repairs already, and services were gradually being restored.

The Nigerian Communication Commission, NCC, confirmed that the cuts occurred somewhere in Cote De’Ivoire and Senegal, with an attendant disruption in Portugal.

“Cable companies – West African Cable System (WACS) and African Coast to Europe (ACE) in the West Coast route from Europe have experienced faults while SAT3 and MainOne have downtime. Similar undersea cables providing traffic from Europe to the East Coast of Africa, like Seacom, Europe India Gateway (EIG), Asia-Africa-Europe 1 (AAE1), are said to have been cut at some point around the Red Sea, resulting in degradation of services across on these routes.”, the statement adds.

In Nigeria and other West African countries, Internet access and speed have experienced disruptions in the networks of service providers in the affected countries.

The NCC also said it was important to bring the information to the knowledge of corporate and individual consumers on these services.

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