MTN restores operations after subsea cable disruption

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After facing subsea cable disruptions last Thursday, Bayobab Group, a subsidiary of MTN Group, has declared the successful restoration of its operations.

This announcement came in a statement released on Tuesday.

Despite the challenges posed by the cable disruptions, MTN revealed that its subsidiary swiftly recovered over 3 Terabits per second (Tbps) of capacity across its operational area.

By efficiently rerouting traffic and activating new cables, the company has strengthened its network, ensuring uninterrupted services for its customers.

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The statement stated, “As of March 19, 2024, Bayobab Group, a subsidiary of MTN Group, has successfully restored its operations, recovering over 3 Terabits per second (Tbps) of capacity across our footprint.”

“Although the recent subsea cable disruptions on March 14, 2024, presented challenges, we have demonstrated our capabilities to maintain a resilient network and efficiently reroute traffic.”

“Throughout this challenging period, we prioritized the restoration of services by swiftly activating new cables to increase inter-connectivity and establish alternative routes, thereby bolstering our network resilience.”

Last Thursday, cuts to the undersea cable supplying broadband Internet connectivity to Nigeria and countries in the West African sub-region forced many banks, financial institutions, telecom companies, and allied firms to scale down their operations.

Affected cable companies include the West African Cable System and African Coast to Europe on the West Coast route from Europe, both of which experienced faults.

Also, SAT3 and MainOne reported downtime due to the cable cut.

Over the weekend, telcos, banks, and other financial institutions rerouted their traffic to alternative service providers to mitigate the disruption’s impact.

On Monday, the Nigerian Communications Commission announced that services had been restored to approximately 90% of their peak utilization capacities following the disruption on March 14, 2024.