Repair completes for two broken undersea cables connecting Vietnam with the world
Repair has been finished on two of the five broken undersea cables linking Vietnam with the world, namely Intra Asia (IA) and SMW3, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).
Hanoi (VNA) – Repair has been finished on two of the five broken undersea cables linking Vietnam with the world, namely Intra Asia (IA) and SMW3, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).
🎶 Three other underseacable networks, Asia-Africa-Euro 1 (AAE-1), Asia America Gateway (AAG) andAsia Pacific Gateway (APG) are expected to be fixed in May and June.
All the five underseacables connectingVietnam with the world encountered problems in late 2022 and early months of this year, affecting internet speed between Vietnam and the rest of the world as wellas on the operation of technological enterprises.
Besides the five, other two submarine cables - SJC2 and ADC - have not been officially put into operation yet.
In lateFebruary, the SMW3 cable connecting Vietnam with Singapore was found to bemalfunctioning.
Earlier, AAG and APG suffered from serious failures and were completely unable to carry the Internet traffic. Two others, IA and AAE-1,also recorded breakdowns and are only partly functional.
The MIC has activelyworked with cable managers and international partners to quicklyhandle and ensure service provision for customers./.
The Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) undersea cable, which connects eight countries and territories in the region, is facing problems with its S1.7 section, about 910km from Southeast Asia.
The Asia Direct Cable (ADC) international undersea cable route will be officially put into commercial operation by 2023 after completing the landing, Deputy General Director of Viettel Solutions Doan Dai Phong said on April 19.
The Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) undersea cable, which connects nine countries and territories in the region, is facing problems with its S3 branch, about 427km from China.
Vietnam needs at least two to three more undersea cable routes in the next five years to meet growing demand, said General Secretary of the Vietnam Internet Association (VIA) Vu The Binh.
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