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Internet connections recover after APG cable fixed

The Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) has confirmed that the Asia-Pacific Gateway (APG) international undersea cable has been fixed.
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Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group(VNPT) has confirmed that the Asia-Pacific Gateway (APG) international underseacable has been fixed.

According to the VNPT, Internet connections were recovered completely onApril 25.

The cable broke on April 23, causing loss of 930G of Internet data fromVietnam to other countries due to problem of the cable’s branch to theChongming/APG/China landing station near China. The problem was fixed afternearly one day.

In 2018, theAPG experienced the first rupture on January 6, caused by the expansion ofChangi Airport in Singapore. The second time was on February 27, at a locationabout 125 km away from Hong Kong.

The APG cablealso suffered from two incidents in 2017, on June 20 and December 23.

Launched in2009, 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 10,400km-long APG boasts a capacity of 54Tbps, the highest of any network in Asia,connecting eight countries and territories in the Asia-Pacific region – China,Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, the Republic of Korea, andVietnam. It was funded by VNPT, Viettel, FPT and CMC Telecom.

The cablesystem was put into operation at the end of 2016, aiming to reduce Vietnam’sdependence on the Asia-America Gateway (AAG), which broke down several timeslast year.-VNA
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