Undersea cable incident affects internet service

The Intra Asia (IA) cable system connecting Vietnam to Hong Kong and other parts of Asia encountered a power failure on January 10 morning, affecting the speed of internet connection of local users.

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Hanoi (VNA) - The Intra Asia (IA) cable systemconnecting Vietnam to Hong Kong and other parts of Asia encountered a powerfailure on January 10 morning, affecting the speed ofinternet connection of local users.

Internet service provider Viettel said on January 12 that thedisruption has happened at several points off Singapore’s shore. The cable isbeing repaired but there is no confirmation on when the IA will resume fulloperations.

Several internet service providers said they had rerouted andtransferred signals to other cable systems to minimize the impacts on users.

The 6,800 km (4,225 miles) underseacable system was officially launched in November 2009, connecting Vietnam,Singapore, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Japan.

More than 50 million peoplein Vietnam, or over half of the country’s population, are online.-VNA

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