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Fire disrupts telecommunications on several islands

By , based on A Nação

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A fire on 10 November at a CVTelecom station in Mindelo, on the island of São Vicente, is disrupting telecommunications services on several Cape Verde islands. Technical teams are working to restore services, according to Cape Verdean operator CVTelecom.

A fire reported overnight on Tuesday 10 November at the CVTelecom station in Mindelo, on the island of São Vicente, is disrupting telecommunications services on several islands of Cape Verde, the public operator said in a statement. Technical teams have been mobilised to restore the affected services as soon as possible, according to CVTelecom.

The operator said it was continuously monitoring the situation and promised to inform its customers of further developments. CVTelecom apologised for the inconvenience caused and thanked customers for their understanding, reports A Nação.

The fire follows two telecommunications outages that CVTelecom had restored in early October: CVTelecom restores telecommunications after two outages.

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