By Prince Osuagwu, Vanguard News
June 20, 2017
MainOne, Tuesday announced that repairs on its submarine cable which suffered a major fault Sunday has commenced.
However, the appealed for its customers’patience throughout the repair period which it said would take up to 14 days.
Statement from the Chief Executive Officer, Ms Funke Opeke, said that the company experienced a fault on its submarine cable system, 3000km offshore Portugal on Sunday, June 18 and that the service outage was the first of its kind in seven years since the cable system came into operation.
She said that the fault had caused disruptions in service to MainOne’s international connectivity customers in West Africa.
She said: “Supported by our cable maintenance arrangement with the Atlantic Cable Maintenance and Repair Agreement (ACMA), we immediately mobilised a repair-vessel from France early Monday morning.
“ACMA is to pick up the necessary spares and personnel to recover the affected sections of the submarine cable in the Atlantic Ocean and effect repairs.
“The current estimated time for the repairs may be up to 14 days. “This is an event of Force Majeure, being beyond our control in the ordinary and normal course of business.
