Faulty undersea cables to be fully restored in a minimum of 5 weeks – NCA

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has said the faulty undersea cables which has plunged Ghana and other African countries into Internet shutdown will fully be restored in the next five weeks.

The Authority disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday after a face-to-face meeting with the four subsea cable landing service providers (ACE,MainOne, SAT-3 and WACS).

The meeting was attended by some three mobile network operators – AirtelTigo, MTN and Telecel.

NCA said the four subsea cable landing service providers have remotely identified the approximate locations of the damage and have made preparations to dispatch repair vessels to assess and restore the cables.

“Based on the above, the subsea cable landing service providers have indicated an estimated time frame of a minimum of five (5) weeks for full service restoration from the time the vessels are dispatched to the various locations,” NCA