New Delhi, Feb 1, IRNA ,India’s top service provider in telecommunication sector, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL), Reliance and Bharti Airtel Limited, are in constant touch with Telecom Egypt to ensure the speedy repair of the SEMEWE-4 Cable (SMW-4) and FLAG Cable connecting India to Western Europe.
Normally repair of such type of submarine optical fiber cable takes 15 days time for restoration, however, it is expected that the links will be completely restored by the International Long Distance (ILD) operators within 10 days by expediting the repair of cables, said an official release issued here Thursday evening.
It may be recalled that the disorder occurred near Alexandria off the coast of Egypt Wednesday afternoon.
The ILD traffic and Internet traffic to Europe and USA has got affected due to this fault.
Besides India, traffic of other countries is also affected.
The circuits working on these cables are being shifted by the ILD operators, VSNL, Reliance and Bharti Airtel Limited, to other cables such as SMW-3 cable and pacific route cables etc. to restore the telecommunication links.
Out of total links working on these cables, approximately 30 percent links are restored and efforts are being made on war-footing for providing alternate path to remaining links.
Compared to Wednesday services were restored in most of the outsourcing industry on Thursday, but the quality of the network is still poor.
Internet speeds in India will also be slow for two weeks.