Hanoi (VNA) - Withrepair work on some international undersea cables now underway, Vietnam’sinternet connection with the world is expected to be fully restored on February24.
The repair of the TataTGN-Intra Asia (IA) cable system’s broken sections began on February 18. The IAmanagement board said the work is scheduled to be completed on February 24.Earlier, the system’s branches S1, S5, and FP1 were found to be faulty.
The IA, stretching 6,800 km,connects Singapore, Vietnam, the Philippines, Hong Kong (China), and Japan.With designed transmission speeds of 3.84 Tbps, it is an important cabletransferring data from Vietnam and other Asian destinations to America andEurope.
Meanwhile, faults in the S6section of the Asia-Pacific Gateway (APG) cable system will be fixed onFebruary 24, missing the initial plan of February 22.
The 10,400-km-long APG boastsa capacity of 54Tbps - the largest of any network in Asia - and connects eightcountries and territories in the Asia-Pacific region, including Vietnam. It waspartly funded by Vietnamese firms VNPT, Viettel, FPT, and CMC Telecom, and putinto operation at the end of 2016./.