The National Communications Authority (NCA) has updated the public on the current network crisis that has negatively affected Ghana and other countries.
The Authority on Saturday afternoon held a face-to-face meeting with all four (4) subsea cable landing service providers (ACE, MainOne, SAT-3 and WACS); and the three (3) mobile network operators (AT, MTN and Telecel).
The meeting was attended by the top management of the above providers and operators to receive updates and to discuss the way forward.
The Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and subsea cable landing service providers continue to work with their international partners in the sub-region to progressively add more capacity for data services as it becomes available.
The subsea cable landing service providers have remotely identified the approximate locations of the damage and have made preparations to dispatch repair vessels to the location for physical assessment and restoration.
Based on the above, the subsea cable landing service providers have indicated an estimated time frame of a minimum of five (5) weeks for full service restoration from the time the vessels are dispatched to the various locations.
The NCA has noted that it continues to collaborate with relevant stakeholders as “We expect some improvement in data services in the coming days while the operators work around the clock to restore full connectivity.”
“The NCA encourages MNOs, Internet Service Providers, and all other providers to actively participate in the operations of the Ghana Internet Exchange (GIX) in order to ensure an efficient local content delivery and a seamless Internet traffic exchange locally, ” the NCA’s statement added.
New developments will be communicated when available, the Authority assured.