Internet connection in Bangladesh was disrupted for an hour and a half in Bangladesh beginning 4:30pm on Wednesday because of submarine cable maintenance.
The internet disruption was due to power re-configuration in the submarine cable SEA-ME-WE 4 to which Bangladesh reconnected again on Wednesday after completion of the repairs, the Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd managing director, Monowar Hossain, told New Age on Wednesday.
Earlier on Sunday, there had been an internet blackout for about two hours early morning when power was shut down in the SEA-ME-WE 4, the submarine cable which connects Bangladesh with the rest of the world, for repairs.
The Submarine Cable Consortium changed two repeaters on a segment of the submarine cable on the 20,000km submarine cable in Singapore beginning on August 7.
'Two repeaters have been replaced successfully in the SEA-ME-WE 4 and there will be no disruption of internet service in the near future,' Monowar said.
He, however, stressed the need for Bangladesh to get connected to a second submarine cable to avoid such disruption caused by technical glitches.
Bangladesh had been connected to the i2i cable maintained by India's Bharti Airtel between Sunday and Wednesday during the repairs of the SEA-ME-WE-4 cable, Monowar said.
Source : New Age
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