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Undersea Cable Cuts Disrupt Data, Voice Services along African West Coast

<h4>Undersea Cable Cuts Disrupt Data&comma; Voice Services along African West Coast<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that a combination of cable cuts&comma; resulting in equipment faults on the major undersea cables along the West African Coast&comma; have negatively impacted data and fixed telecom services in several countries of West Africa&comma; including Nigeria&comma; Ghana&comma;  Senegal&comma; Cote de Ivoire&comma; among others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is contained in a statement signed by<br &sol;>&NewLine;Reuben Muoka&comma; Director&comma; Public Affairs of Nigerian Communication Commission&comma; NCC and made available to OpenLife&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the statement&comma; the cuts occurred somewhere in Cote de’Ivoire and Senegal&comma; with an attendant disruption in Portugal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cable companies – West African Cable System &lpar;WACS&rpar; and African Coast to Europe &lpar;ACE&rpar; in the West Coast route from Europe have experienced faults while SAT3 and MainOne have downtime&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Similar undersea cables providing traffic from Europe to the East Coast of Africa&comma; like Seacom&comma; Europe India Gateway &lpar;EIG&rpar;&comma; Asia-Africa-Europe 1 &lpar;AAE1&rpar;&comma; are said to have been cut at some point around the Red Sea&comma; resulting in degradation of services across on these routes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In Nigeria and other West African countries&comma; Internet access and speed have experienced disruptions in the networks of service providers in the affected countries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Operators of these cables have commenced repairs already&comma; and services are gradually being restored&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They have promised to work round the clock to ensure that services are restored to the affected countries within the shortest possible time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is important to bring this information to the knowledge of corporate and individual consumers on these services&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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