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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has confirmed damages to submarine cables providing data and fixed telecom services in several countries of West Africa, including Nigeria.
According to NCC, damages to the undersea cables occurred somewhere in Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal, with an attendant disruption in Portugal.
The Nigerian telecoms regulatory agency listed cable companies affected to include WACs and ACE in the West Coast route from Europe while confirming SAT3 and MainOne also experienced downtime.
NCC in a statement released by Reuben Muoka, Director of Public Affairs, disclosed operators of the affected cables have commenced repairs already, and that services are gradually being restored.
The Commission confirmed the operators have promised to work round the clock to ensure that services are restored within the shortest possible time.
The statement reads: “A combination of cable cuts, resulting in equipment faults on the major undersea cables along the West African Coast have negatively impacted on data and fixed telecom services in several countries of West Africa, including Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire.
“The cuts occurred somewhere in Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal, with an attendant disruption in Portugal.
“Cable companies – WACs and 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, EIG, AAE1, are said to have been cut at some point around the Red Sea, resulting in degradation of services across on these routes.
“In Nigeria and other West African countries, Internet access and speed have experienced disruptions in the networks of service providers in the affected countries.
“Operators of these cables have commenced repairs already, and services are gradually being restored. They have promised to work round the clock to ensure that services are restored to the affected countries within the shortest possible time”.