Repair of AAG cable to finish ahead of Tet

The repair work on the Asia America Gateway (AAG) undersea cable is set to be completed ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday which will fall later this month, the internet service provider said on January 8.
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Hanoi (VNA) – The repair work on the Asia AmericaGateway (AAG) undersea cable is set to be completed ahead of the Lunar New Year(Tet) holiday which will fall later this month, the internet service providersaid on January 8.

Accordingly, the repair of branch S1H of AAGwill finish on January 9, one week later than initially planned, and of branchS1I January 15.

Meanwhile, the problem on the Asia Africa Europe(AAE-1) cable will be fixed from January 22 to January 27.

Repair work on branches S2 and S1 of TataTGN-Intra Asia (IA) cable is scheduled to be completed on January 29 andFebruary 3.

On December 22, the three cables concurrentlyencountered problems, causing a loss of 30 percent to the internationalinternet transmission capacity of Vietnam.

With the above-mentioned schedule, the country’sinternational internet transmission capacity will be fully recovered beforeTet. However, the repair plan could also be changed depending on weatherconditions at sea./.
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