Internet service restored

KARACHI: The internet service, which continued to be affected for almost two days due to a submarine cable fault, has been restored, said Imran Janjua, the General Manager of Pakistan Telecommunication Limited (PTCL), here on Sunday.

The internet service was affected after a fault occurred near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in one of the international submarine cable systems, IMEWE, early on Saturday that provide internet bandwidth to Pakistan. Due to the fault, consumers experienced slow internet browsing.

Another international cable system SEA-ME-WE 4 is already under repair by the international consortium.PTCL’s Chief Business Development Officer Sikandar Naqi said on Saturday that the international consortium managing the submarine cable system had already started working to resolve the situation as early as possible.

In order to minimise the service impact, the PTCL had undertaken necessary measures to arrange additional/alternate bandwidth through its other cable systems and international cable business partners. – APP

INP adds: At least eight domestic and international flights at Islamabad’s Benazir Bhutto International Airport were cancelled on Sunday due to countrywide internet disruptions caused by a submarine cable fault.

Airport officials said that the reason behind the cancellation of flights was the slow internet caused by a fault in the India Middle East Western Europe submarine cable due to which flight schedules and ticket booking could not be confirmed. It is difficult to tell when the flight schedule will be back to normal the officials said, adding that flights would resume fully when internet services are restored.