A fire at a junction box for fiber optic cables in the Soug il-Thlat
district of Tripoli caused major disruptions to telecommunications
inside and outside Libya yesterday.
The fire, which was believed to have been started by someone, was in an underground junction box carrying cables for national, international telephone calls and internet services.
Speaking live on Libya Al-Ahrar TV station last night, and from the scene of the fire, Telecommunications and Informatics Minister Osama Siala said that the fire occurred at about 3 pm yesterday.
He said that the telecoms companies were on the scene within an hour of the telecoms failure and that actions to divert the flow of telecoms via alternate routes had already been taken to maintain services
The fire had caused the cutoff of telecoms links between the east and west of Tripoli and had disrupted international calls. Moreover, it had disrupted internet services all over the country with some areas experiencing very slow service whilst others losing service all together.
The poor internet service had affected Libya Herald’s various journalists yesterday all over Tripoli and in Benghazi too. Indeed, Libya Herald’s Maha Ellawati had reported that both the al-Madar and Libyana mobile networks were down for sometime yesterday in her native Benghazi.
Asked by Libya Al-Ahrar if the fire was an act of vandalism, Minister Siala said investigations were ongoing. Moreover, when it was pointed out by the interviewer to the Minister how easy it was for a potential vandal to disrupt the national telecoms network, Siala confirmed that his ministry was in talks with the security forces regarding better protection of sensitive sites.
He also confirmed that his ministry was also discussing better protection measures by the various telecoms companies of their sensitive assets.
The fire, which was believed to have been started by someone, was in an underground junction box carrying cables for national, international telephone calls and internet services.
Speaking live on Libya Al-Ahrar TV station last night, and from the scene of the fire, Telecommunications and Informatics Minister Osama Siala said that the fire occurred at about 3 pm yesterday.
He said that the telecoms companies were on the scene within an hour of the telecoms failure and that actions to divert the flow of telecoms via alternate routes had already been taken to maintain services
The fire had caused the cutoff of telecoms links between the east and west of Tripoli and had disrupted international calls. Moreover, it had disrupted internet services all over the country with some areas experiencing very slow service whilst others losing service all together.
The poor internet service had affected Libya Herald’s various journalists yesterday all over Tripoli and in Benghazi too. Indeed, Libya Herald’s Maha Ellawati had reported that both the al-Madar and Libyana mobile networks were down for sometime yesterday in her native Benghazi.
Asked by Libya Al-Ahrar if the fire was an act of vandalism, Minister Siala said investigations were ongoing. Moreover, when it was pointed out by the interviewer to the Minister how easy it was for a potential vandal to disrupt the national telecoms network, Siala confirmed that his ministry was in talks with the security forces regarding better protection of sensitive sites.
He also confirmed that his ministry was also discussing better protection measures by the various telecoms companies of their sensitive assets.
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