Submarine cable company, MainOne, has declared it may take weeks to fix the undersea cable cut, that has continued to disrupt internet services in Nigeria, and some other West African countries.
The company also revealed that while actions have started, towards the repair of the damage, the process might take weeks to complete, according to nairametrics.
The company in a statement said, the preliminary findings suggest that some kind of seismic activity on the sea bed, led to the break of the cable. It however noted that additional data would be received when the cable is retrieved for repairs.
After testing the cable system, and having sufficient technical data from the preliminary assessment, all indication tends to some underwater activity, likely responsible, and hence MainOne declaring a force majeure event.
The company explained “We believe it is important to inform our customers of the fault details, given the magnitude of the situation in order to set expectations and make contingency arrangements, while the repairs are ongoing.”
A Force Majeure event describes an activity beyond our control e.g. tornadoes, earthquakes etc. Commercial contracts typically include such a clause which enables service providers to suspend contractual obligations for the duration of such disruptions.
However, MainOne said it is working to restore services for all its customers as quickly as possible and complete the cable repairs in record time.
Recall, NCC on Thursday explained that the disruption was caused by a combination of cable cuts, resulting in faults, on the major undersea cables along the West African Coast.
