Illustrative photo (Photo: businessinsider.com) Hanoi (VNA) – Four out of the five international underseacables that were damaged last year and early this year have been repaired, the Department of Telecommunications under the Ministry ofInformation and Communications announced on June 1.
Up to now, only the Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) internet cablethat connects Vietnam with the rest of Asia is still experiencing errors. The APG, with 10,400 km of cable under the Pacific Ocean, is thecable with the largest bandwidth connecting to Vietnam. It provides a maximumbandwidth of 54 terabytes per second and opened in 2016.
In late December 2022and mid-January this year, the cable had an problem with its connection to HongKong and another cable 151 km offshore. The two errors affected the entire line.
The errors on APGroute are expected to be fixed in June.
With the completed repair and restoration of normaloperation by four undersea cable routes - IA, SMW3, AAE-1 and AAG, the qualityof Vietnam's internet services has improved as there are more connection options, with better latency. Telecom operators will be moreflexible in navigating data traffic, ensuring service quality and enhancing theexperience for internet customers./.
