MainOne, one of the undersea cable companies affected by service disruptions due to multiple cable cuts, has said it might take between two and three weeks to fix the damaged portions of the cable.
In a note shared with Newsmen on Friday, the cable company said some form of seismic activity on the seabed resulted in a break to the cable.
It added that preliminary findings and further investigations revealed that the fault occurred due to an external incident that resulted in a cut on the submarine cable system, in the Atlantic Ocean offshore Cote D’Ivoire along the coast of West Africa.
“We have a maintenance agreement with Atlantic Cable Maintenance and Repair Agreement (ACMA) to provide repair services for the submarine cable.
“First identify and assign a vessel, the vessel has to retrieve the necessary spares required for repair, and then sail to the fault location to conduct the repair work.
”Next, in order to complete the repair, the affected section of the submarine cable will have to be pulled from the seabed onto the ship where it will be spliced by skilled technicians.
