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Thursday, January 3, 2008

News : Telcos team up to restore undersea cable failures

by VNA

Ha Noi - The Viet Nam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) has banded together with its partners in the Asia-Pacific region to ensure prompt restoration for their services when undersea cable system failures take place.


Under an agreement signed recently, these companies will develop a mechanism to ensure quick response in cases of emergency.

According to the Postal Information Centre, an earthquake in Taiwan in December 2006 damaged nine international sea cable systems and slow implementation of restoration plans caused difficulties for the whole region.

In early 2007, representatives from these telecom groups met to discuss measures to avert similar crisis caused by natural disasters and agreed to pursue a number of strategic cooperation initiatives in dealing with possible cable failures.

VNPT is among 14 members of the Pacific Partners, an alliance of major carriers in the region that also includes AT&T of the US, China Telecom, CAT Telecom of Thailand, Chunghwa Telecom of Taiwan, KDDI of Japan, Korea Telecom, INDOSAT of Indonesia, REACH of Hong Kong and Australia, Singapore Telecom, Telecom New Zealand, Telecom Malaysia and VSNL International of India and Canada.
- Enditem Desember 31, 2007 -

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