The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced a significant disruption in data and voice services along the African West Coast due to a series of undersea cable cuts.
In a statement, the Commission said these cuts have resulted in equipment faults on major undersea cables, affecting countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, and Cote d’Ivoire among others.
According to the statement, 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 also 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, NCC disclosed that Internet access and speed have experienced disruptions in the networks of service providers in the affected countries.
The Commission, however, noted that 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.
“It is important to bring this information to the knowledge of corporate and individual consumers on these services.” The statement read.
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