The Asia-Pacific Gateway (APG) international undersea cable broke down at a location about 125 km away from Hong Kong at 6:30 am on February 27. (Photo: Internet) Hanoi (VNA) – The Internet traffic throughthe Asia-Pacific Gateway (APG), the international Internet cable connecting Vietnamto Asian countries that broke down on February 27, is expected to resumeoperation at 5:00 am on April 10.
The international submarine cable will undergomaintenance from 19:00, March 22.
It was down at a location about 125 km away from HongKong, disrupting Internet connections from Vietnam to other Asian destinations,according to the State-run Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT), one ofthe country’s largest Internet service providers.
VNPT said in response to the situation, it has re-routedthe Internet traffic to other cable systems and been working with foreignpartners to ensure the quality of Internet services so customers would not beseverely affected due to the problem.
In 2017, the APG experienced two ruptures on June 20and December 23. It was the second time this year the cable system has beeninterrupted with the first caused by the expansion of Changi Airport inSingapore.
Initiated in 2009, the APG is a partnership between Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan),China Telecom (China), China Unicom (China), KT Corporation (RoK), NTT Communications(Japan), PLDT (the Philippines), Telekom Malaysia (Malaysia) and VNPT(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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