Cabo Verde Telecom restores services after two network cuts
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Expresso das Ilhas
Cabo Verde Telecom restored around 14:15 telecommunications disrupted in Santo Antão, São Vicente, Fogo and Brava by two cuts to the national backbone network. Repairs were continuing on the island of Santiago to restore communications redundancy, according to the operator quoted by Expresso das Ilhas.
Cabo Verde Telecom (CVTelecom), Cabo Verde’s telecommunications operator, restored around 14:15 the services disrupted by an outage in the Salamansa area on the island of São Vicente. The outage had affected telecommunications on the islands of Santo Antão, São Vicente, Fogo and Brava since midday, according to CVTelecom.
The outage resulted from two separate cuts caused by third parties on the national high-speed network: one inside the island of Santiago and the other in the Salamansa area of São Vicente. Teams were continuing to repair the affected circuit in Santiago, with completion expected during the day, according to CVTelecom.
