By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
Finally, internet and voice services affected by undersea cable cuts have been restored by 90%, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said.
NCC made this known on Monday in a statement released by Reuben Muoka, Director of Public Affairs.
Due to cuts in undersea fibre optics along the coasts of Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal, Internet and voice services were badly affected in Nigeria and a number of other African countries.
“We are pleased to announce that services have now been restored to approximately 90% of their peak utilisation capacities,” the telecoms regulators stated.
According to NCC, all operators who were impacted by the cuts have taken recovery capacity from submarine cables which were not impacted by the cuts, and have thus recovered approximately 90% of their peak utilisation capacities.
“Mobile Network Operators have assured the Commission that data and voice services would operate optimally pending full repairs of the undersea cables as they have managed to activate alternative connectivities to bring back the situation to normalcy,” NCC disclosed.