Vodacom, MTN, and Openserve have taken steps to minimise the impact of undersea cable snaps on their operations. | brederode00
On 6 August, a rockfall in the Congo Canyon broke critical infrastructure for network operators as two subsea cables snapped on the same day.
These cables enable the internet to work across the globe by allowing for the high-speed transfer of information.Network operators such as Vodacom, MTN, and Openserve make use of these undersea cables to provide network services to customers. Amaru Chavez-Pujol, the group chief technology and information officer of Bayobab, an infrastructure unit of MTN which was formerly MTN GlobalConnect, also recognised the impact of the cable breaks on MTN’s operations.
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