The Asia-Pacific Gateway (APG) international undersea cable broke down at 23:50 on April 23, disrupting Internet connections from Vietnam to other countries (Photo: Internet)Hanoi (VNA) - The Asia-Pacific Gateway (APG) international underseacable broke down at 23:50 on April 23, disrupting Internet connections fromVietnam to other countries, according to the Vietnam Posts andTelecommunications (VNPT).
The breakdown is due to problem of the cable’s branch to the Chongming/APG/Chinalanding station near China. This is the third time in this year the cablesystem has been interrupted.
VNPT, one of the country’s largest Internet service providers, said to overcomethe situation, it has re-directed the Internet traffic to other cable systemsand been working with foreign partners to ensure the quality of Internetservices so customers would not be severely affected due to the problem.
The cable’s repair is expected to finish within three weeks.
In 2018, the APG experienced the first rupture on January 6, caused by theexpansion of Changi Airport in Singapore. The second time was on February 27,at a location about 125 km away from Hong Kong.
Initiated in 2009, the APG is a partnership between Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan),China Telecom (China), China Unicom (China), KT Corporation (RoK), NTTCommunications (Japan), PLDT (the Philippines), Telekom Malaysia (Malaysia) andVNPT (Vietnam).
The 10,400 km-long APG boasts a capacity of 54Tbps, the highest of any networkin Asia, connecting eight countries and territories in the Asia-Pacific region– China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, the Republic of Korea,and Vietnam. It was funded by VNPT, Viettel, FPT and CMC Telecom.
The cable system was put into operation at the end of 2016, aiming to reduceVietnam’s dependence on the Asia-America Gateway (AAG), which broke downseveral times last year.-VNA
The breakdown is due to problem of the cable’s branch to the Chongming/APG/Chinalanding station near China. This is the third time in this year the cablesystem has been interrupted.
VNPT, one of the country’s largest Internet service providers, said to overcomethe situation, it has re-directed the Internet traffic to other cable systemsand been working with foreign partners to ensure the quality of Internetservices so customers would not be severely affected due to the problem.
The cable’s repair is expected to finish within three weeks.
In 2018, the APG experienced the first rupture on January 6, caused by theexpansion of Changi Airport in Singapore. The second time was on February 27,at a location about 125 km away from Hong Kong.
Initiated in 2009, the APG is a partnership between Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan),China Telecom (China), China Unicom (China), KT Corporation (RoK), NTTCommunications (Japan), PLDT (the Philippines), Telekom Malaysia (Malaysia) andVNPT (Vietnam).
The 10,400 km-long APG boasts a capacity of 54Tbps, the highest of any networkin Asia, connecting eight countries and territories in the Asia-Pacific region– China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, the Republic of Korea,and Vietnam. It was funded by VNPT, Viettel, FPT and CMC Telecom.
The cable system was put into operation at the end of 2016, aiming to reduceVietnam’s dependence on the Asia-America Gateway (AAG), which broke downseveral times last year.-VNA
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